Resumo

VEPRETSKII, Sergei  e  DAVLETSHIN, Albert. A Possible [tze] Syllable and its Associates in Maya Writing. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2022, vol.59, pp.11-36.  Epub 19-Abr-2022. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.59.22x871.

The decipherment of the Maya script is still far from completion and awaits the interpretation of a considerable number of logograms and syllabic signs. This paper is dedicated to the composite sign that has been previously considered a ligature of two syllabic signs, tzo and ko. The present analysis shows that these two graphic elements are never written separately and that the ko-like element differs from the other ko syllables attested in the corresponding inscriptions. The sign is found in the context of other syllables involving the mid-front e vowel, implying a previously unrecognized Ce syllable, with “C” standing for an unknown consonant. In Palenque, the sign follows the le syllable; the combination of these two signs is attested in the position of a predicate, which might be interpreted as the verb letz-e, “he/she climbed, went up”. The data collected allow us to propose the phonetic reading tze and fill one more gap in the Maya syllabic grid.

Palavras-chave : Classic Maya; Maya inscriptions; epigraphy; decipherment; syllabary.

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