1 2 5 6 9 10 13 14
3 4 7 8 11 12 15 16
17 18 21 22
19 20 23 24.
Of these, 1-5 are wholly effaced and also the most essential part of 6.
Of these hieroglyphs four (1-4, 13-16, 17-20 and 21-24) clearly belong to
each of the four deities, for 15, 18, and 22 (the last again with the dot
between two crosses as on page 2a) certainly belong to the picture. From
this it seems to follow that Hieroglyphs 5 to 12 refer to the sacrifice
itself. As a matter of fact 9 and 11, which are directly above the
sacrifice, also refer particularly to that part of the representation.
I wish also to call special attention to the two signs 8 and 16 which seem
to correspond to one another. They are the two which I have designated with
_q_ and _a_, which are met with here for the first time (aside from the _q_
with the Ben-Ik, which is not in question here) and which, I think, denote
the good and evil days, _q_ referring to the sacrifice and _a_ to its
results.
In regard to the rest of these hieroglyphs, 7 and 9 are Cimi; 10, 14, 17
and 24 the cross _b_ and 11 and 23 the hieroglyph c. 12 is the head with
the Akbal eye, having for its prefix the uplifted arm, which is joined thus
to the most diverse signs, and which also occurs in the Tro-Cort. 13 is a
similar head, 19 again Imix, 20 the sign _o_ and 21 a hieroglyph, which is
without doubt a simplified head.
Here, too, we have a Tonalamatl, and one beginning on an especially
ceremonial day I Ahau, which seems to play the same role in celestial
affairs as IV Ahau does in terrestrial matters. On the sacrificial stone we
read the days Ahau, Eb, Kan, Cib and Lamat, and I think it likely that the
same days occur in the passage of the Cortes. referred to above; the
passage evidently contains some errors. The subdivisions of this Tonalamatl
are not known to us, for here the manuscript is somewhat confused. I
propose to read it as follows:--