The second hieroglyph is apparently meant for the Ahau sign (referring to
the 17th day), which usually does not belong to B. This hieroglyph, which
certainly bears a resemblance to Ahau and with which we have become very
familiar in the inscriptions, occurs again in this Manuscript on pages 46b,
c, 50b, 54b, 65a and 66a. The fourth sign is a combination of Cauac and
Manik.
2. B is seated on what may be a tree, below him is the cross _b_, and he
holds the hatchet in his left hand.
The second sign with an emphasized 6 as a prefix (cf. the same sign with
the 6 on page 48, bottom, left, below the gods), has the usual Ben-Ik
superfix, perhaps to denote that a lunar month has now elapsed, for this
passage extends from the 20th to the 40th day of the Tonalamatl. The rest
of the hieroglyph is unintelligible. In the 4th place we see a vessel with
Imix, probably denoting pulque.
3. B is sitting in water, the hatchet raised in his right hand and his face
turned upward.
The 3d hieroglyph is again Imix and the 4th a compound of Ik and
Muluc:--wind and clouds.
4. B is seated on a reproduction of his own head or D's, beating a drum
with his hand.
The 3d hieroglyph denotes the serpent-god H with the number 3 as a prefix.
The 4th hieroglyph is a Chuen with the sign for the south prefixed,--at any
rate the upper part of that sign.