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A Logograph in Maya Writing for the Verb “To Record”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Federico Fahsen
Affiliation:
Fahsen, Sherman, and Company, 11 Calle, 3-72, Zona 10, Guatemala, C.A.

Abstract

Hieroglyphic signs T757/788 have several functions in Maya texts, from strictly phonetic to grammatical. The author of this article suggests that a variant of this sign is the logograph for the verb or expression “to record,” which is different from the expression “to write.”

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Articles
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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