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MAYA HIEROGLYPH DICTIONARY Peter Mathews and Péter Bíró Drawings by John Montgomery |
| -k'eb'- | ||||
| Meaning(s): | vt. kneel down / arrodillarse | |||
| Hieroglyphic Spelling(s): | (1) K'EB' | |||
| (2) k'e-K'EB' | ||||
| (3) K'EB'-b'a | ||||
| Thompson Number(s): | (1) nn | |||
| (2) (197-512)-nn | ||||
| (3) nn-501 | ||||
| Comments: | This particular reading for a logogram which represents an always left-turning headless body was suggested by Yuriy Polyukhovich in a conversation with the junior author in 2003. The reading is based on a k'e- phonoetic complement on Tamarindito Hieroglyphic Stairway 2 (A2-B2) and twice a phonetic complementation -b'a on Yaxchilan Stela 20 (A5) and on the Middle Tablet of the Temple of the Inscriptions Palenque (H9). This logogram is different from the left-turning body with a head which occurs in the codices apparently with the reading EM' 'to descend' and another similar but headless glyph for which David Stuart suggested a PAT 'back' reading and occurs in the bench inscriptions of Palenque Temple XIX. | |||
| Last Updated: | 17-Nov-2006 | |||
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