[This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.]
CMGG entry for aat

Translation: penis
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of aat

                                                                 

K&H.p79.#2                          TOK.p20.r3.c2                  BMM9.p16.r5.c2                JM.p37.#1

ACH? / AT?                            AAT                                    AT                                         AT:ti

 

              

K&L.p26.#5                                                                              

AT / ACH

 

25EMC.pdfp29.#11.1 [25EMC.pdfp29.#11.2 = K&L.p26.#5.3, 25EMC.pdfp29.#11.3 = K&L.p26.#5.5, 25EMC.pdfp29.#11.4 = K&L.p26.#5.4]

AT / ACH

 

·    Do not confuse this with the phonetically similar AT (logogram of unknown meaning) and AT? “spine, thorn, fang, claw, tooth”. This logogram is pronounced with a long-a aat, while the others are short-a at.

·    The syllabogram me is visually very similar to the logogram AAT as both are iconographically derived from the drawing of a penis. There is perhaps a tendency for me to be the “rectangular” / “flint outline” / “rotatable” (sub-)variant and AAT to be the “square” / “boulder-outline” / “main sign” (sub-)variant).