CMGG entry for itz'in taaj      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Translation: younger obsidian, junior obsidian (courtly title for a scribe)
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of itz'in taaj

Saturno-AMCR.p6.fig8.a

i.<tz’i:ni> ta.ji

 

·    Saturno-UXNDiMSaA.t0:19:24 (Bill Saturno’s audio-only Peabody lecture).

·    ZenderEtAl-SSw.p43.pdfp9.c1.l-11: itz’in te’ [itz’in] taaj […] “junior trees and junior obsidians.” […] This is almost certainly a reference to members of a ranked ritual order of priest-scribes.

·    See also sakun/sukun taaj = “Senior Obsidian”.