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The glyph above is from the Temple of the Inscriptions West Tablet. Like all emblem glyphs, it has three components. In the first of these it is generally possible to recognize drops of precious liquid, possibly blood, being scattered as in an offering. This logogram is transcribed K'UH and transliterated in the implicit adjectival form k'uhul, "divine". The two balls on top of the emblem glyph together form a logogram for AJAW, "lord". The other component changes from kingdom to kingdom and respresents the given polity. The Palenque emblem glyph in its standard form has as it changing element a bone or an animal skull, both read as B'AAK. B'aak, or "bone", was the core component of the ancient name of the Palenque kingdom.
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