As in the section occupying pages 61-64, the single series is crowned by
four serpents with eight large numbers, so in this section the two series
end in a single serpent with two numbers, one for each series, but both
bear some obscure relation to the day VIII Ahau, which has made its
appearance here. The two sections also correspond, inasmuch as the numbers
in both are computed not from the normal date, but from the date IX Kan 12
Kayab (4 Ix).
The serpent pictured here is different from the previous ones, inasmuch as
it is partly black. The god B is sitting on its opened jaws, and this time
he, too, is painted black (as on page 31c); there is an animal's head upon
the god's head, in which we again recognize that of the animal with the
fourth serpent in the preceding section. The god is armed with spear and
shield and recalls his picture at the bottom of page 74.
There are eight hieroglyphs above this picture, just as there are over each
of the first four serpents. The two top hieroglyphs are obliterated. Of the
legible hieroglyphs, the one at the left top is the Bacab sign, which also
occurs over the first of the four serpents. In the third line are the same
two hieroglyphs, which are in the third line of the first and second
columns on page 70. The first of the two also occupies the same place on
page 62 above the fourth serpent. But here at the bottom we find the date
IX Kan 12 Kayab (4 Ix), the same date which we found over the fourth
serpent, which is thus again brought into closer connection with the single
serpent.
There can be no doubt here regarding the two numbers in the serpents, but
notice should be taken of the fact that the figure 1 is barely visible in
the red number.
The black number here has the figures 4. 5. 19. 13. 12. 8. and the red 4.
6. 1. 0. 13. 10. The black is therefore 12,381,728, and the red 12,391,470.
The black number is somewhat less than the eight numbers in the four
serpents, and the red is somewhat larger than the least of them.
The difference of the two is 9742 = 37 × 260 + 122; but 122 is the interval
between days IV Eb and IX Ix. Now this is the same 9742 which we found on
page 70, as the difference between 111,554 and 101,812.
In order not merely to examine these numbers, but also to understand them,
we will again make use of 109 Ahau-Katuns = 12,412,920, as we did in the
first four serpents, and we shall have the following:--