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Altered Body Symbolism in Mesoamerica Charlotte AIiryn Werner ...

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ffi(¡ \) ) / J / jJ or accession-to-the-throne glyph<br />

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Fig.6.11<br />

Hieroglyphs associated with a Maya ruler,<br />

based on Tatiana Proskouriakoff's work. Draw<strong>in</strong>g as Fig. 1,.2, p. 4 <strong>in</strong><br />

Joyce Marcus, 1976, Emblem ønd state <strong>in</strong> the Classic Maya Lo,utlands.<br />

Fi9.6.11<br />

n6f 59:.t68:t68); the associated<br />

date is called the "<strong>in</strong>augural<br />

date."<br />

¿. Two forms of the "seat<strong>in</strong>g" glyph<br />

(r-644a.88 :t78 and t'6 44b.r t6:<br />

r3o), which are variants oíthe<br />

accession glyph (above).<br />

/. Possible "union" or "marriage"<br />

glyph (r-65.552:23).<br />

e. The "capture" glyph (t-8z.StS.<br />

r8r:25), seen at left, is emPloYed<br />

<strong>in</strong> clauses nam<strong>in</strong>g Prisoners taken<br />

by the ruler, who thereafter<br />

acquires a new title glYPh, seen at<br />

. right, which mean5 "caPtor of<br />

. . ." (t-t.to8:761.<br />

f Two death expressions: rhe<br />

serpent-w<strong>in</strong>g over a scroll eletnent<br />

(t-ll:szs.tz6) at left, and the<br />

s crcI\-ik- ahau (r-r t'7 g. 5 q :82) on<br />

the right.<br />

g. Two expressions associated with<br />

ritual events commemorat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

dead rulers: at left, the "handgrasp<strong>in</strong>g-fish"<br />

glYPh (r-rr.3r4?:<br />

7r4), which seems to signi$ the<br />

apotheosis of deceased nobiliry; at<br />

right, a glyph $-5g.7tz:3t4:24)<br />

associeted wi¡h rirual bloodlett<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

This rite is often showrr<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g performed bY women, Pass<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a thorny cord through their<br />

tongue which then conducts the<br />

blood to the bowl or basket<br />

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