The point of departure was 230, the interval between IV Ahau and XIII Oc,
to this was added 98 × 260 = 25,480, the sum being 25,710. The result of
this number added to 11 Ahau-Katuns = 1,252,680, was 1,278,390, which
number is not revealed in the Manuscript. It is concealed in XIII Oc 3 Mol
(2 Muluc). But 1,278,390 = 42,613 × 30, _i.e._, it is divisible by the
interval XIII Oc-IV Ahau.
Now if we add to this large number the 30 set down in the Manuscript, the
result will be the above-mentioned 1,278,420. This number in the Manuscript
has the date IV Ahau 13 Chen. (2 Muluc). It is, of course, divisible by 30
and by 260, hence = 42,614 × 30 and 4917 × 260. It corresponds not merely
in this respect with the largest number on page 31a, viz:--2,804,100, but
also with regard to its divisibility by 78, 156, 195, which are all
multiples of 13.
On page 45a, top left, there were doubtless five hieroglyphs, of which the
two topmost ones are effaced. First we see only the sign of the eleventh or
twelfth month, Zac or Ceh, with an uncertain number prefixed, then the
signs for beginning and end are distinctly legible. Ceh begins and Zac ends
the year of 364 days; see page 4 of my treatise "Zur Entzifferung V."
Pages 29b--30b.
We come now to the middle section of pages 29-45, in which we shall not be
so hampered by obliteration in our attempts at interpretation, as we were
in the upper section.