11. August 2020
Christian Prager
We have now added Ivan Šprajc's photographs of stelae, altars and monuments originating from the Classic Maya site of Oxpemul to our Maya image database. All images are under CC BY 4.0.
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2. Juli 2020Christian PragerIvan Šprajc and Octavio Esparza Olguín have kindly shared their reseach materials on the Classic Maya sites of Chactun and El Zacatal. We have now uploaded their materials: drawings and photos of the monuments and inscriptions of Chactun and El Zacatal, almost 400 materials. All images are under CC BY 4.0. -
23. Juni 2020Nikolai GrubeAmong the many logographic signs which so far have escaped decipherment is a head sign which shows a V-shaped stepped design in its interior. The sign has been identified by Eric Thompson as T1078. A closer look at the sign shows that its full form includes a small attached prefix with “darkness” markings representing an obsidian tool, perhaps a knife that was used for sacrificial purposes. It is argued here that the wounded head with the knife is a logogram YA or YAH for "wound". -
12. Mai 2020Christian PragerA Maya stela with a hieroglyphic text and a portrayal of a Maya ruler that is now in the collections of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Germany (inventory no. M 30751), has received scant attention from scholars to date. Our analysis concludes that the monument illustrates a previously unknown Maya king of the small polity of Hix Witz (English “Ocelot/Margay Hill”) from the early ninth century CE and most likely originates from Zapote Bobal in Petén, Guatemala, or a neighboring site.