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

Translation: conjure
Part of speech: Verb

Logogram spellings of tzak

                                       

K&H.p87.#1                  K&L.p39.#8.2-5                                                                

TZAK                               TZAK                              

 

                                                                                                                           

TOK.p19.r5.c1                 BMM9.p16.r3.c4           JM.p241.#3                  JM.p242.#1 = K&L.p39.#8.1                 JM.p242.#2

TZAK                                  TZAK                                TZAK                             TZAK                                                         TZAK:wa

 

Boot-THHiCMHW.p14.pdfp14.para4.l+1 =  K&L.p39.#8.1

K519 (Pearlman Incised Conch Shell) C5

TZAK

 

·    Boot-THHiCMHW.p14.pdfp14.para4.l+1: The example on the left [referring to TZAK] is one of the earliest examples known (Pearlman Shell).

·    Features:

o Left hand grasping a fish, viewed looking at the palm.

o K&H is the only source to show a right hand (could be a “mirror” inscription).