TOK.p16.r3.c1 B1564st MHD.ZT1a.1&2
JOP HOP HOP
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p363.fig9a BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p363.fig9b BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p363.fig9c
CRC Altar 13 E-F CRC Altar 13 W-X CRC Stela 19 H7-G8
K’AHK’.<*HOP:la{j}> <CHAN:na>.LEM K’AHK’.<*HOP:la{j}> <*CHAN:*na>.LEM K’AHK’.<HOP:la{j}> <CHAN:na>.LEM
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p358.fig5b (Vepretskii) = MHD (Graham) BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p358.fig5a (Vepretskii) = MHD (Graham)
NAR Stela 12 G13-F14 NAR Stela 35 E4-F4
K’AHK’.<HOP:*la{j}> <CHAN:na>.*CHAAK K’AHK’.<HOP:la{j}> <CHAN:na>.<*CHAAK:*ki>
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p361.fig8a BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p361.fig8b
UAX Stela 7 pB12 UAX Stela 13 A9
<K’AHK’:<HOP:la{j}>>.? K’AHK’:HOP{:laj?} ?
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p360.fig7a (Vepretskii) = MHD (Kerr)
K4572
K’AHK’.<HOP:la{j}> <CHAN:na> YOP.<AAT:ti>
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p360.fig7c (Vepretskii)) = MHD (Kerr)
K4669 B5-A6
CHAK.<HOP:<la.ja>> <CHAN:na>.<YOPAAT:ta>
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p360.fig7d (Vepretskii) = MHD (Polyukhovych)
K4997 E-F
K’AHK’.<HOP:la{j}> <CHAN:na>.K’INICH
BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p360.fig7b (Vepretskii) = MHD (Krempel)
K9271 C-D
K’AHK’.<HOP[CHAN].la{j}> <YOP:AAT>.ti
· This is an unusual instance where the glyph which usually has the reading tzu has the reading HOP.
o It’s found exclusively in personal name/title of rulers. In fact it seems to occur only in the word Hoplaj, quite popular in royal names.
o It isn’t restricted to one site or even one region, and not for just one name. Instead, it is used in the names:
§ K’ahk’ Hoplaj Chan <deity-name>, where <deity-name> = Chaak, K’awiil, or K’inich, which mean “<Deity> Who Stokes Fire in the Sky”, or
§ (Perhaps) K’ahk’ Hoplaj Chan Lem?, or
§ Chak Hoplaj Kamis = “Great (Fire-)Stoking Centipede”.
· BeliaevEtAl-NGA is the paper which explains that the glyph traditionally read as tzu also has a reading as HOP. This conclusion is arrived at by examining substitutions of this glyph in the names of various rulers, among which:
o Chak Ak’ Paat Kuy of CRN, who has an additional name/title Chak Hoplaj Kamis.
o Hoplaj Chan Chaak of NAR.
o Yax We’en Chan K’inich of XUL/Baaxwitz, who has an additional name/title K’ahk’ Hoplaj Chan Yopaat.
o K’inich Tobil Yopaat of CRC, who has an additional name/title K’ahk’ Hoplaj Chan Lem.
In all these cases, the names are known from either pure syllabogram spellings or well-established logogram spellings, so when the “tzu” glyph appears in a position for which it is known that the pronunciation is Hop, then this reading of the glyph can be established.
· TOK.p16.r3.c1 gives JOP while BeliaevEtAl-NGA gives HOP. This is a change from the reading of a syllabogram from jo to ho, for which a paper will eventually be written (BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p357.pdfp7.fn1: Evidence for the reading of “Thick-Lipped Head” as ho (with glottal spirant) and not jo (with velar spirant) will be presented in a forthcoming paper (Davletshin n.d.).).
· There are three distinct glyphs with a vine growing upwards: UUN/UN (infixed circle), tzu (infixed LEM), or TAK (infixed K’IN). Perhaps due to erosion, it is unclear what the circular element in HOP is – probably not K’IN, but either the circle or LEM are possibilities.
o TOK treats HOP as the one with infixed LEM, from example TOK.p16.r3.c1 (which is, in theory, tzu not UUN/UN).
o Bonn treats HOP as the one with the infixed circle, from example 1564st (which is, in theory, UUN/UN, not tzu).
o MHD treats is as the one with the infixed circle, from examples MHD.ZT1a.1&2, but MHD doesn’t make such a strong distinction between the infixed circle (in theory UUN/UN) and infixed LEM (in theory tzu), as one of tzu examples (ZT1s.3) has an infixed circle.
Zender-BH.p9.c2.fig7
CPN stela N
K’AHK’.<jo/ho:po> <la:ja>.<CHAN:na> CHAAK
· BeliaevEtAl-NGA.p357.fn1 (2018): Evidence for the reading of “Thick-Lipped Head” as ho (with glottal spirant) and not jo (with velar spirant) will be presented in a forthcoming paper (Davletshin n.d.).
· A number of epigraphers already list this as ho (paper yet to be published).
· Zender-BH.p10.c1.l-5: K'awiil that Stokes the Sky with Fire.