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1898-99.] DECIPHERING HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 
TABLE OF THE MOST COMMONLY RECURRING SYMBOLS. 
APPENDIX 'TL 
221 
Numbers marked by balls up to four and occasionally beyond that number ; fives 
denoted by thick lines, the length generally of the cartouche. 
denoted by an inscribed semi-circle over a dot or ball, ahaz. 
Man, figure of, z2z7c, 
Woman, figure or head of, chz/, 
Head, fo/ or hol, 
Forehead, chz/ek, 
Face or eye, 7ch, 
Nose, 721, 
Mouth, open, cz, 
Mouth with food in, mak, 
Tongue, af, 
Tooth, oh or co, 
Ears plain or ornamented, x7c77, 
Beard, meex, 
Breast, fan, ¢zem, 
Back, fach, 
Abdomen, za, 
Phallus, £z¢/e/, 
Arm or hand, ad, 
Foot, oc, 
Dog, fer, 
Wild cat, ekxuc, 
Bird, fox, 
Parrot, «kan dsulop, 
Bird-god, puch, 
Bird's beak, .xvz/, 
Bird’s wing, «7c, 
Turtle shell, ac, 
Bee, caé, 
Tree, che, 
Branch, @, 
Bean, y7d, 
Trefoil, 4a, 
Cloak, coat, yz, 
Cap, hat, Afaoc, 
Shoe, yaé, 
Covering over, bu, 
Sun's rays, £27, 
Sky, caaz, 
Moon, z, 
Cloud, mya’, 
Rain, chac, 
Fire, kak, 
Stone, 72272, 
Building, Aa, 
Cross, Zak, 
Inverted cross or well, chez, 
Stones crossed, xz, 
Drop on stone, ¢hz:72, 
Cultivated ground, jak, 
Writing, 22d, 
Flint flakes in circle, /of, 
Tied bundle, dak, 
Upright bundle divided at top, ca, 
Cavity, hol, 
Comb,-ca, 
Wheel or circle, Aer, 
Mat, fof, 
Jar, ppud, 
Kettle, mazcabcan, 
Bracket or union, sax, 
King, chief, lord, 
Imperfect circles united by horizontal line, 
tan, 
A thing placed over, yof, 
Standing symbol at end, «2/, 
Plurality at foot of group, 06. 
