1 2 5 6
3 4 7 8.
Of these 1, 6 and 8 are one of the signs of A, 7 another, and 4 may be a
third, recalling the Moan, which, as on page 14c, rests on a hand held
beneath it. 2 and 5 seem to signify a carpet or other fabric (or a lying-in
bed?), on the one hand suggesting the occupation of the figures in 2b and
2c, and on the other the checkered hieroglyph, which is so common in the
Palenque inscriptions. Finally 3 is the woman pictured beneath.
Page 3.
We come now to the sacrificial scene proper, which practically fills the
upper half of the page. The victim, a woman, lies bound hand and foot, on
the sacrificial stone, just as in the Cortes. 41-42; the incision above the
stomach is already made and the eyes are closed. Behind her rises the tree
of life with a bird (vulture?) sitting in its branches, which holds in its
bill one end of an object, resembling a ribbon (entrails) issuing from the
eyes of the victim, just as in Tro. 26*a and 27*a.
This picture is surrounded by four gods, who, however, differ very much
from the other four in the second sacrificial scene, page 34a. At the right
above is K, who, I think, is the storm-god; the figure at the left above is
almost entirely destroyed, and its hieroglyph wholly; I prefer to consider
it a rain deity, so that these two gods shall signify the productive
season. The two gods below may refer to the blessing upon the harvest and
chase resulting from the season and the sacrifice. For, at the left below,
we see the maize deity E, holding a dish of fruit, while her head-ornament
contains a second head. At the right below sits the serpent deity H and in
front of him is an animal with the noose still around its neck, with which
it was caught.