12,381,728 12,391,470
12,412,920 12,412,920
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-31,192 = 119 × 260 + 252 -21,450 = 82 × 260 + 130
IV Eb - IX Kan = 252 IX Ix - IX Kan = 130
The date given for both numbers was the day IX Kan, which was likewise the
starting-point for six of the eight numbers in the previous serpents.
Besides this the day IV Eb, the starting-point of the 65-series, is given
for the black number, and therefore also the interval between IV Eb and IX
Kan = 252.
To this 252 was added a multiple of 260, not an arbitrary choice, but one
which combined with 252 resulted in a number divisible by 8, the interval
from IX Kan to IV Eb. 31,192 = 3899 × 8 = 119 × 260 + 252 was thus
obtained.
The subtraction of this number from 12,412,920 resulted in the serpent
number 12,381,728.
In addition to all this the day IX Ix, the starting-point of the 54-series,
is given for the red number; consequently also the interval between IX Ix
and IX Kan = 130, which, at the same time, is reversely the interval from
IX Kan to IX Ix.
To this 130 was added a multiple of 260, which _must_ in every case be a
multiple also of 130. Thus we obtain the 21,450 = 82 × 260 + 130.
The subtraction of this number from 12,412,920 results in the serpent
number 12,391,470.
Reckoned from the starting-point IX Kan 12 Kayab (4 Ix) the black number
corresponds to the date IV Eb 5 Chen (10 Muluc) and the red to IX Ix 12 Zip
(11 Kan), and these two dates must certainly have been under the serpent;
the months unfortunately are effaced.
It is self evident that the black number is exactly divisible by 8 and the
red by 130.
The two events indicated by the two numbers must be to some extent
coincident with the beginning of the seven events recorded in the previous
four serpents. These large numbers pertaining to the destruction of the
world are a reminder of the numbers, which on page 24 we believed were
connected with the creation of the world. Thus here, too, we have the
genesis and the apocalypse of all the mythologies.