Creating My Maya Signature

Sticking with the ongoing signature theme, and because I am in the Americas group, as a preface to the project this week I decided to do some more in-depth research in how to write in Maya. I realize it is quite complicated and will be a challenging project.
I learned there are multiple ways to write syllables and sounds. Thus, people could often have a unique style in writing their name. For this post, I am going to attempt to write my name in Maya.
I got my syllable glyph information from Famsi.org
The Mayas used what is called a "syllabrary", like an alphabet, but with syllables. This means that consonants and vowels are paired together. The phonetics of the vowels in Maya are similar to Spanish.

My name is "Brianne".  Based on what I read, in Maya, this would translate into the syllables Ba-Ri-an-ne and would be meshed as one glyph based on the number of syllables.
However, because there is NOT a hieroglyph that represents R I use the L+i sign. (According to Famsi.org). Thus, the Maya syllables I will use are Ba-Li-An-Ne.
 I used this image showing compilations of glyphs based on syllables in another post. However, now I actually know what it means.

The first half image is an example of a simple In the latter half, glyphs are numbered. Glyphs change shape, significance, and position depending on the numbers of syllables in a word. Each number represents a different glyph that represents a syllable. Because my name has 4 syllables in maya, I will use the structure with only 4.

This Glyph represents Ba-The first syllable of my name.

This Glyph Represents the Li–the second syllable of my name.

This represents "An"-the third syllable of my name. 

This represents "Ne"-the fourth syllable of my name

Here is the final product! I assembled it and resized the glyphs in powerpoint as I am inept at art. . .

Here is my Maya Signature BRIANNE:

However, after creating this above hieroglyph, I realize it would be a literal translation of the English letters, and is not the most accurate as it does not take into account the actual phonetics. My name sounds like Ba-Ri-An in Spanish, as the "e" is silent. Thus, it would only be three syllables and arranged differently. (see first image above for structure). This demonstrates to me how it is important to translate the sounds, not just the letters and will provide an additional challenge as we attempt to translate and transcribe ancient languages this week. 

Here is my phonetically correct signature: (Not nearly as cool, but oh well.)

Both of these signatures are unique to me as there are about three different glyphs that represent each syllable. If I chose to, I could write this completely differently, but it would still have the same meaning. This adds additional complexity to understanding, translating, and transcribing the Maya language. I can't imagine carving this into stone or wood with the intricate details required to properly size and portray words, but am up to the challenge this week and will post on my hands-on learning experience next week.