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The verb in question is, as previously noted, "he died". The top sign is a logograph for "enter", while the bottom sign means "water". To enter the waters of the cosmic underworld was a metaphor for death. (The watery underworld of death and resurrection is described in Blood of Kings by Linda Schele and Mary Ellen Miller.)

Glyph D19 of Stela 31. Photo: Mark Van Stone.