[Aztlan] re: reversed glyphs

[Cameron Griffith]

Listeros,

Is it possible that the reversed glyphs in the Lintel 25 case were 
meant to be viewed with a pyrite mirror, by someone standing 
comfortably in the entrance chamber of Temple 23?  Could this be the 
case for other instances of reversed glyphs?


    > Listeros:  The most well known, if not the most unusual example of
    > "reversed glyphs" on Classic Maya monuments is of course the inscription
    > running across the top of Lintel 25, the centermost of the three 
adjoining
    > lintels once above the entrance to Temple 23, Yaxchilan. It has 
often been
    > argued that the reason for this peculiar presentation was that it was
    > intended to be read from straight above; that is, by divine eyes 
in the  sky
    > who presumably could see through stone.


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Cameron S. Griffith
Department of Anthropology
Indiana University
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