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Glyph T584 - B'EN

B'EN (B'en) (T584) > n. day sign, within a cartouche; thirteenth day of the Maya Tzolk'in calendar.

(CH) > ? (? ) ? ~ n. logogram of unknown value, day sign, thirteenth day of the Tzolkin calendar. The reading ben is the 16th century value that was attributed to this logogram by the Yukatek Maya and is not the value of the sign during the Classic period. <> represents a side view of a stylized royal throne.

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