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| A good example involves the Copan ruler Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, formerly known as 18 Rabbit. On the left above (from Quirigua Stela E) his name is spelled 18-'u-b'a-K'AWIIL, waxaklajuun ub'aah k'awiil. This can be translated "18 Are the Images of K'awiil", where the 'u indicates the possessive, "of". In the drawing on the right (from Copan Stela B), the b'a (or B'AAH) gopher and the flames from the K'AWIIL logogram have been conflated into a single sign. But the reading is essentially the same: 18-'u-b'a[K'AWIIL], Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil. |