![]() ![]() More on the Supplementary and Lunar Glyphs at B4 through B6 later. This particular set of calendrics is typical of Classic Maya monumental inscriptions, with a generalized format of: ISIG at A1, Long Count Date (9.0.19.2.4) at B1 through B3, Tzolkin Day Number and Day Name (2 Kan) at A4, and Haab Month (2 Yax) at glyph A7. The content of this article can be found on the World Wide Web on the Maya Astronomy Page. This calendrics recap is a review of Dawn Jenkins’ document "Maya Astronomy" which appeared in the Fall 1995 OTAA issue of "Asteroid Belt", where she treats in more detail these calendric specifics. Let us spend a few paragraphs on the basics of the Maya calendar before forging on to the core of this paper, the even more exciting Lunar glyphs, here at B4 through B6. It is the date it is adorned with the patron deity of the month of Initial Series Introductory Glyph), and it announces that following when the bottom of column B is reached, the text wouldĬontinue with the next two columns, not drawn here, at C1 and D1,Īnd so forth. Left to right, in the first row, then two Glyphs Blocks in the second Note the order of reading of glyphs, which is two Glyphs Blocks, Of lunar notations, are that portion sandwiched between glyphs A4Īnd A7 they are, left to right, the five glyphs B4, A5, B5, A6 andī6. The "Supplementary Glyphs", most of which consists ![]() This specific date of the event is read at Glyph Blocks B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, A4Īnd then A7 as 9.0.19.2.4 2 Kan 2 Yax, and is generally accepted to be 16 My sketch of Yaxchilán Lintel 21, after Eric Von Euw (1977), is theīeginning of a Maya text which describes, carved in stone, a significantĮvent enacted by an ancestor of the royal ruler Bird-Jaguar my sketchĬomprises only of the date portion of the text, a specific day in A.D. Great importance in carefully meshing the Lunar status within theirĮlaborate day-count and day-keeping system. Was paid to the state and status of the moon, and that the Maya placed Invent lunar calendars before solar calendars, that substantial attention Portion of their calendar which expresses the status of the moon for theĭate recorded this follows the observation that early cultures often The purpose of this short paper is to explore that Turn of the twentieth century, and most, but not all of its glyphs are Maya, that is, their calendars, have been studied by scholars since the Send us feedback about these examples.Lunar Glyphs in the Maya Celendrics The Lunar Glyphs in the Maya Calendrics Supplemental These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'glyph.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023 In one glyph, the Sak Tz’i’ ruler appears as the dancing Yopaat, a divinity associated with violent tropical storms. 2023 The monument acknowledges this history via a ring of lights around the perimeter, each sporting a glyph representing a historical event. 2021 Each glyph is unique and roughly 1 centimeter in diameter. 2021 The most vexing in the lot - XXXTentacion, 6lack - felt more like screen names, or maybe even like echoes of Prince’s famously unpronounceable glyph, which, in hindsight, may have been the Artist’s attempt at stripping his identity of a vocalized sound. 2022 And here is a glyph of it found in the same app. 2023 His tag is a stark glyph in the morning light. 2023 Encountering some arcane glyph, how often does the philologist stare hopelessly into the void of the indecipherable, when, all unexpectedly, lightning intuition dispels blindness, and meaning penetrates enigma? - Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. Recent Examples on the Web Aha, does this mean there’ll be glyphs in the Nothing Phone (2)? - David Phelan, Forbes, 17 Mar. ![]()
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