·    There are two (drawing) examples from K1398 which are from an excellent drawing of all the speech-related areas of the vase. It’s a frustration to me that I no longer have a reference to where this drawing comes from (and hence who the artist is). There’s a high probability that they’re by Carrasco, as I have a very similar drawing of M1-P1 and T1-Y1 which is reliably known to be by Carrasco (artist known but source also lost). This latter is very similar to the former, but not identical.

·    The word t’ul is one of the (few?) animal names which occur in both the names of individuals and as a word to refer to an actual rabbit (albeit a “mythological” one). Most animal names are known only from names of individuals or places.

o In a name: T’ul Chiik = “Rabbit Coati”:

§ (Perhaps) the father of K’inich Yat Ahk III, a.k.a. Ruler 7, the last ruler of PNG.

§ Appears on PNG Panel 3 (as a young boy) and PSD Lintel 1 (as an adult captive).

o In reference to a rabbit:

§ The “Trickster Rabbit”, who steals God-L’s clothes and other belongings.

§ Appears on K1398, a.k.a. the “Regal Rabbit Vase”.

·    This glyph can also be read as CHIT or pe.

§ Bonn does not recognize the reading T’UL.

§ Bonn assigns a reading PEK, perhaps from the pehkaj = “summoned”, “called” (passive) reading of (among others, for example) CRN Panel 1. In the various contexts, there is often a ka following, and it’s hence transliterated as pe-ka. But in a few contexts, the ka is absent (but the meaning of pek is still present). The rabbit-head glyph can hence be explained either as a pe with an underspelled -k (unlikely, as -k is not one of the regularly underspelled sounds) or as a logogram PEK, where instances of ka following are simply end phonetic complements. This is most likely the source of the reading PEK. See also the CMGG entry pek = “summon”

§ MHD doesn’t recognize the reading CHIT.

·    Features:

o Rabbit ear:

§ A long and floppy ear with “waterlily” markings on it.

·      This is possibly because the rabbit is associated with the moon, and the moon is associated with water.

·      However, this might also just be a coincidence, perhaps because of the visible lines (of blood) in the ear of a rabbit, or something independent, which evolved into a similar pattern.

·      The ear of a deer (in the iconography) or in the logogram CHIJ = “deer” can also be long and floppy, but (of course) never with “waterlily” markings.

o Mammal nose:

§ Optionally, a slightly curved line of dots on the nose.

§ Optionally, a tiny tick or indentation at the tip of the nose.