1. 9. IX Eb
2. 14. I Caban
3. 15. II Ezanab
4. 25. XII Lamat
5. 31. V Ix
6. 33. VII Cib
7. 44. V Manik
8. 51. XII Ix
9. 54. II Caban
10. 66. I Muluc
11. 74. IX Caban
12. 78. XIII Imix
13. 91. XIII Ix
14. 102. XI Chicchan
15. 115. XI Ezanab
16. 126. IX Muluc
17. 127. X Oc
18. 135. V Ezanab
19. 141. XI Kan
20. 145. II Lamat
21. 147. IV Oc
22. 160. IV Akbal
23. 166. X Muluc
24. 172. III Men
25. 180. XI Akbal
26. 182. XIII Chicchan
It would be very essential now to know what place these days occupy in the
year, and what year is meant; the answer to one of these questions would at
the same time solve the other.
Now I think I come nearer to the solution of this problem by assuming that
the pictures and hieroglyphs refer here only to the more important of the
two days, XIII Akbal, and that III Chicchan is represented only by the
numbers of the series. Thus both the pictures and the hieroglyphs of the
two sections connect without the interval of 218 days, which must be
assumed in the case of the numbers.
Here, as is usually the case of series, we have to begin at the bottom. Now
the first group of the lower half of page 65 contains the sign 9 Kan. If,
as it seems, this actually denotes the year, then the day XIII Akbal must
be the first of the eleventh month, _i.e._, the 201st day of the year.
Hence I will again set down the twenty-six dates, but add to them the
position in the year.
0. XIII Akbal I Zac (9 Kan)
1. 9. IX Eb 10 Zac
2. 14. I Caban 15 Zac
3. 15. II Ezanab 16 Zac
4. 25. XII Lamat 6 Ceh
5. 31. V Ix 12 Ceh
6. 33. VII Cib 14 Ceh
7. 44. V Manik 5 Mac
8. 51. XII Ix 12 Mac
9. 54. II Caban 15 Mac
10. 66. I Muluc 7 Kankin
11. 74. IX Caban 15 Kankin
12. 78. XIII Imix 19 Kankin
13. 91. XIII Ix 12 Muan
14. 102. XI Chicchan 3 Pax
15. 115. XI Ezanab 16 Pax
16. 126. IX Muluc 7 Kayab
17. 127. X Oc 8 Kayab
18. 135. V Ezanab 16 Kayab
19. 141. XI Kan 2 Cumhu
20. 145. II Lamat 6 Cumhu
21. 147. IV Oc 8 Cumhu
22. 160. IV Akbal 21 Cumhu
23. 166. X Muluc 2 Pop (10 Muluc)
24. 172. III Men 8 Pop
25. 180. XI Akbal 16 Pop
26. 182. XIII Chicchan 18 Pop
Let us now prove the correctness of my theory by an examination of groups
22 and 23. In 22 the 160th day of this period, the 361st day of the year is
reached, _i.e._, the first of the five Uayeyab days. The year 9 Kan is
ended and the year 10 Muluc is not yet reached. In the corresponding
picture we see B occupied in conveying in a bag the image of God K to whom
belongs the next year. B is armed with the official staff and the bag also
contains water (rain). In the 23d group the 166th day has passed and the
second of the year 10 Muluc is reached, which gives the name to this year.
The first hieroglyph shows two personages sitting back to back. This
representation is repeated on a larger scale below in the Janus picture of
B who is sitting on signs of planets. The second hieroglyph, with equal
fitness, represents a clamp, which is intended for fastening two objects
together, and which is repeated twice over the Janus picture, black in one
case and white in the other. Rain is pouring over the second half of the
picture, for it has long been known that Muluc and rain belong together,
and in our examination of page 7a we saw that K is the ruler of the day
Muluc (6).
Now, before I begin the examination of the separate pictures and the groups
of six hieroglyphs belonging to each picture, I wish to mention three
things which are often repeated here.
First, B's picture, which appears in all the twenty-six pictures with the
exception of 20, 24 and 25, and represents the god in the most varied
positions and activities. These pictures are very similar to those on pages
29-46 and we shall therefore make frequent reference to the section there
represented.
Second, the first hieroglyph in groups 1 to 13, strange to say, is not
found in the second half. It is hieroglyph _f_, which appears in exactly
the same way in close combination with B in two sections, which differ from
each other but are placed side by side on pages 30c-39c. In the present
passage it has a distinct prefix resembling the beak of a bird or tortoise,
but in the former passage it has rather a stunted appearance. It seems to
refer to the eagle in B's hands in group 13.
Third, the head with no underjaw, which is the sixth hieroglyph in groups 1
to 13, but does not occur in groups 14 to 26. It is repeated in a very
similar fashion in the last hieroglyph but one on page 23b. I propose to
attribute to it the meaning of fasting.