![]() The fact that the sign appears with exactly the same affixation when it has the “knife” sign attached to it and without it indicates that this is a complex logogram 2) The sign has already been recognized as a compound sign by Alexandre Tokovinine (20). This affix has not received previous attention in any of the existing sign catalogues, although it does occurs independently in other contexts, such as within the stela names on the back sides of Copan Stelae F and M (Fig. 2c) shows that the prefixed sign has a small hook and that it most likely represents an obsidian tool, perhaps a knife, such as the personified obsidian eccentric knife on Piedras Negras Stela 8 (Fig. The example on a shell from Piedras Negras Burial 13 (Houston et al. #Obsidian scalpel studies full#A closer look at the sign shows that its full form includes a small attached prefix with “darkness” markings (Fig. ![]() 1) has been identified by Eric Thompson (1962) as T1078, and by Martha Macri and Mathew Looper (2003) as PE3. The Logograph 1078 in its manifestations 1078vc, 1078va and 1078vs. This coincidence shows that epigraphy is a „mature discipline“ in which researchers independently come to the same results, even though the details of interpretation differ.įigure 1. Houston (2020), which comes to similar results to those published here. ![]() 1 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, BonnĪmong the many logographic signs which so far have escaped decipherment is a head sign which shows a V-shaped stepped design in its interior 1) This research note appears a few days after a post on the blog „Maya Decipherment“ by Dimitri Beliaev and Stephen D. ![]()
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