·    Distinguishing characteristic is the “bar-and-dot” form of “5” + main sign.

o It can be on the left or on top of the main sign.

·    There are many variants of the main sign, differing considerably from one another.

·    Features of the main sign: LEM or CH’AM+LEM (and some one-off variants):

·    Variants (4):

o A. 5-LEM:

§ The LEM can optionally have an infixed “ladder” instead of just a curved band on the inside.

§ There’s typically a series of dots in an L-shape, on the outside of two contiguous sides of the LEM.

§ One example has an additional darkened (=cross-hatched) area above the LEM (PNG P. 2 D1 – the inscription reference is from Gronemeyer-GGF.p7.pdfp7.fig6f but I haven’t been able to determine which inscription this is).

§ One example conflated with Glyph-F (K&L.p65.G5.5 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p7.pdfp7.fig6b) has hardly anything left of Glyph-G – just the arc of dots and a bit of the LEM.

o B. 5-CH’AM-LEM:

§ The CH’AM grasps a LEM.

§ When the CH’AM is present, the L-shaped element consisting of dots is absent, and vice versa.

§ There can be a regular LEM, or the LEM can be infixed with a “ladder”.

§ There appear to be some sub-variants, where the LEM is replaced by AHIIN? (= there might be an upward-curling snout) or (the la-face variant of) AJAW.

o C. 5-HUL-CH’AB:

§ Only one known example (HIG Stela 1 A6).

§ The HUL is above the CH’AB.

o D. Hard to classify:

§ Only one known example (YAX Lintel 48 C7).

§ There’s a LEM-like element infixed in a large main sign which is difficult to read. Gronemeyer-GGF.p8.pdfp8.para1.l+5: difficult to determine due to the early and rich style of the inscription.

·    The “5” and the main sign can become detached from one another when Glyph-G is infixed in Glyph-F.

·    Gronemeyer-GGF.p7.pdfp7.para2.l+2 acknowledges the large degree of variants of Glyph-G₅: Several alternate forms of it can be distinguished.