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the thing represented, then the lower characters in these symbols might 
well be supposed to represent the wall or framework of the house. But 
the widely different relations in which we find this lower character for. 
bid this conclusion. That the wall may be indicated is true, but if so 
it must be ikonomatically or by the phonetic value of the symbol. I 
have therefore found it very difficult to reach any entirely satisfactory 
conclusion in regard to these house symbols. That the lower character 
is phonetic in the true or rebus sense can, I think, be shown, but, not- 
withstanding the objections I have presented, the most satisfactory 
interpretation of the upper part is that it represents the roof, as we see 
in the upper figure of LXv1, 25, the crosshatching and the double ben 
lines. Hence it would seem satisfactory to consider it merely an ideo- 
gram or picture but for the prefix, which can not be readily accounted 
for on the idea of a pictorial representation. 
As we have found that the lower character of plate LXyt, 26, has the 
phonetic value of ch usually combined with o or wu (see remarks above 
on LXV, 44), we may find in this glyph otoch, ‘‘house,” though the full 
signification of the entire compound symbol appears to embrace more 
than this. Possibly the upper part is a determinative. The lower part, 
however, of LXVI, 25 and 27, is found, as before remarked, where it can 
have no reference to a building. As it has the two heavy lines indica- 
tive of the p sound (see explanation of Lxtv, 11), and also of the gut- 
tural, it is probable that the signification, where a structure is referred 
to, is pak (pakal), ‘‘a building, wall, fortification.” But when it is found 
in an entirely different relation, as in Tro. 17b, where it is over an indi- 
vidual tying a deer, it must have an entirely different signification. It 
is possible that it may be consistently rendered by pacoe (paccah), ‘to 
cord, fasten, bind” (Henderson), or some derivative thereof. We findit 
again on Tro, 19*d and 20*d, and Dres. 18e, 1!’c, and 20c, where females 
are represented as bearing burdens on their backs. Now, cuch signifies 
“to bear, to carry,” and also ‘a load, a burden,” and cuch-pach, “a car- 
rier, a porter” (literally ‘‘to carry on the back,” pach denoting ‘‘ back”). 
In this instance also the phonetic value assigned it holds good. On 
Tro. 17b the same glyph stands above an individual who is in the act of 
striking a snake which is biting his foot. In this case iv has a suffix 
like that to LXVI, 3, which, as we have stated, probably represents the 
sound ah, ha, or hal, and indicates that the word is a verb. There are 
several words containing the phonetic value assigned the character, 
which are applicable, as pokchetah, which Perez interprets ‘“pisar, poner 
el pie sobre algo;” puchah, ““despachurran, machucar;” pachah, “to 
scatter, break” (H.); pech, “to crush” (I1.); pacez ( paczah), “to squeeze, 
press, crush” (H.). 
It seems, therefore, quite probable that the lower part of these com- 
pound symbols is phonetic. 
If Dr Seler is correct in his supposition that the symbol is derived 
from the plaited mat, then it is most likely simply ideographie or a mere 
