The complete Writing in Maya Glyphs Book 2 - Famsi
The complete Writing in Maya Glyphs Book 2 - Famsi
The complete Writing in Maya Glyphs Book 2 - Famsi
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three dots. However, <strong>in</strong> the glyph on the left, the two loops (one<br />
above and one below the solid dot <strong>in</strong> the middle) do not count as<br />
dots. Thus the number is really just one bar and one dot, or 6.<br />
Similarly, on the right, the Xs do not count as dots, and aga<strong>in</strong> the<br />
number is 6. Only solid, circular dots count as dots; loops and X’s<br />
don’t count.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Maya</strong> used the loops and the Xs for artistic reasons.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y made all their glyphs more or less square <strong>in</strong> shape to make<br />
them fit together more nicely. In these glyphs for the number 6,<br />
you can also see that the <strong>Maya</strong> would often decorate the bars to<br />
make them more <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g and artistic.<br />
Here we have three more decorated number glyphs. Can<br />
you tell what numbers each of these glyphs stand for?<br />
(If you said ten, twelve, and fifteen, you’re learn<strong>in</strong>g fast.)<br />
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