Sunday, July 25, 2004

Poetic Discourse Structures of Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing



tz’ap lakam tun
   wa’wan yax sak tomaj was erected, the great stone
  it was stood up, Yax Sak Tomaj
 
tz’apiji(y) lakam tuun
   wa’wan k’an tuun(?)-il uk’ab’a’ was erected, the great stone
  it was stood up, Precious Stone was its name
 
chami tzipti’ ch’ahom
               tzipti’ nuun he died Tzipti’ the youth (?)
                 Tzipti’ the broken speaker (?)
 
uxte’ maax pujwi ajaw
   ’kak’ ti’ chan ma ajaw 3 Monkey Lord of Pujwi
  Fire-is-the-Mouth-of-the-Snake Lord of Ma
 
b’olon iplaj b’aak nab’(?) k’in
           susaj b’aak uchamali(y) many strengths bone painting (?) ceremony
                         the bones of the dead one were cut

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