738 MAYAN CALENDAR SYSTEMS

Rightslab

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10

11 ? 20P<II.

5Cimi? 14Kayab?

1 2 .=)? 14 8,084

1 Kan² Kayal)? (5Akbal?)

11 Lamat^ti Xul(10Akbal)

18 3 9 4,749

2Cabaii 10Xul (10Lainat

)

6 3 123

8Ahau13Ceh (10Lainat)

1 ^»• 1 IS I

10,118 3 Ezanab 11 Xnl (10Lamat)

1 1(> s? IS? ¹ 13,138

5 ? (Ahau?) 3 ? (Tzec?) 5 ? 20 Zotz

1 li) (1 Hi 14,176

5 Kan¹²Kayab (12Ben)

2 2 4 17 15,217

1 luiix 4 ? (Zip nrCeh)

1 1 1 381

7 Kan 17 ]Mol (7Lamat)

2 8 4 7 17,367

11Cib? 14 Kayab? (3Akbal?)

16orl7? 8 2 ^7,002-.'

(Nodate followstothe^close)

The

^firtst da\^ of the left slab

—

^.S

Ahau

^IS Tzec

—

^has the miiiibers given ^ill face characters, ashasbeen stated; those given are according to

Mr

(xooduian's interpretation.

Tlic date following iiumb(>r 4. left slab, iscorrectedby

Mr Goodman from

^'J Ik 20 Zac ^toil Ik 2U Chen.

Mr (xoodman

coiTects the nuiiiber of days inthe sixth series, left slab,

from

^!»,51H to 9.512.

The month

of the date (13

Ahau

^i>

^Xul;

^{or Kayal) i" tlie middle}

space.

Mr

Maudslay, inhis drawing(part 5),probably inspired by

Mr

(ioodman. ^is inclined to give ^as Kankiii. in wiiich he is probaldy cor- rect.

The

nearly obliterate glyi)h wiiicii follows he gives as M

—

< 3 Kayab. This interpretation is. however, exceedingly doubtful.

Maudslay. in his

drawing

of the middle spat'e (part 10). gives 13 as the

number

of chueiis in the second series.

He

^{is also evidently}

inclined to give the, first date on tiie right slab

(11—^

20Pop) ^{as 11} Cat)an ²⁽¹ Vn\): and the second. .'>("iiiii 11 Kayab.as is indicated in the preceding list.

Though

there is

some

doulit as to the

number

of

THOMAS]

TABLET OF THE

CROSS ^73Vt chueiis, tirst series, right sluli. this author follows Run's restorsitioii

andgives it as _5, yet it

may

possibly be 4 or but ^{;^>.} as the o'lAph i<

exactly in the linoof a break repaired

by Dr

Rau.

The number

of chuens aswell asdays in the fifth series of the right slabis uncertain.

Maudslay

indicates 8 for the former and IS for the latter, which ^is apparently correct.

The two

dates following this series, except the

month

(20Zotz) of the second, are almost entirely oblitei'ated. I believe the dayof the tirst to be Ahau.

Maudslay

does not attempt a restoration, but agrees with

my

suggestion as to the month.

He

suggests

Caban

as the day of the second date.

Ho

gives Zip as the

month

in the date following the seventh series of this slab.

The

date following the ninth series he gives as 11 Chicchan ^{1:^}

Tax

or Chen, his figure being uncertain.

The number

of ahaus in the tenth series is left uncertain })y iiim; he apparently prefers 16.

though his figure

may

be construed ^as IS.

The

three lines (15) ^ai'e distinct in the inscription, but the

number

of balls forming the fourth line is uncertain: the

number

seems to

me

^to be ItJor 17.

lu referring to the inscription, Rau's scheme, given on page 61 of his Palenque Tablet

—

^{to wit, letters alwve for each column and}

numbers

^{at the} sides for the lines

—

^{will be followed here (not}

Maud.slay"s), it being reraembei'ed that the columns,

where

there ai-e

more

than one, are to be read

two

and

two from

the top

downward,

single columns

from

the tt)p

downward,

and single lines

from

left to right.

Referring

now

to the left slab,

we

will first point out the location in the inscription of the glyphs denoting the several datesand numeral

series, the latter being reversed to agree with theorder in which they

come

in the inscription, the tirst date

—

^S

^Ahau

^{18 Tzec}

—

^{l)eing that}

with which the initial series terminated.

,S Ahau(AS B8) ISTzec (A9 B9)

Series 1 Ahau (A16) 18 Zotz (B16)

First dav!^^r,chuens (Dt) 8ahaus(C2) 4 Ahau (D3) 8Cuuihu (C4) Sefond 2days9 chuens (D5)1ahau (C6)

13Ik (C9) 20Mol (D9)

Third days 12cluiens (D1.3) 3ahaus {Cl4) 18katuns (D14) 1cycle (015) 9 Ik (El) ISCeh (Fl)

Fourth 2days 11 chuens(E.5) 7ahaus(F5) ¹ katun (E6) 2cycles (F6) 9 Ik (E9) 20 Zac (F9)

Fifth 2days12chuens (ElO) 10ahaus (FIG) ⁽³ katuns (Ell)3 cycles (HI)

9 Ik (F12)nomonthgiven

Sixth 13days7cluiens (F15) 6ahaus (E16) 1 katun (Fltj)

We

begin, therefore, in our attempt to trace the series and con- nect the dates with 8

Ahau

18 Tzec ^(as

Mr Goodman

interprets the niuueral face characters), which falls in the year 2 Akixil.

As

^{it is}

followed by another date (1

Ahau

18 Zotz) without an^- recognized

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intervening mimeral intended ^to he u.sed as si coiuieetiiig .series,

we must

assume ^{tlisit if it is} contieeted witli unv of tlie following dates it

must

l)e bv

means

of one of the series

eoming

after the second date.

Mr

(roodman does not Itegin hisattempts at tracjng the connections in the inscription on this slah with tlie first date. ))ut, after noticing the initial series, and taking ¹ Aliau Ls Zotz as his starting point, says (page13o):

After three{rlyphs,whicli are probablydirectives statingtliat tliecomputation is

fromthat date,there isa reckoninf;^of 8-oX-O [thatis, Sahaus 5 chiiens 20<lays], withtliedirective signs repeated,to4Ahau8Cunihu [the third date given above].

* * * This reckoning is a mistake. It should be either ()-14x20, the distance from8-VhauIS Tzecto4 Ahau8Cuinhu,or 6-1.5x20, the distancefrom¹ .\hau18 Zotz

—

^{more likelythelatter, as it will presently be seen tliat} other reckonings go back tothat date.

Before referring to

Mr

^(ioodman's suggestions,

we

find by trial that this first date ^(.s .Vhau 1<S Tzec, year ^-2 .Vkbal) will not connect withany of the dates on the left slab, nor middle space*, by either of the numeral series as given. If, however,

we

add

two

daj's to the

first ntuiieral series,

making

^{it 2.!t82 days,} and count forward

from

8

Ahau

^{IS Tzec,}

we

reach 18 Ik 20

Mol

ⁱⁿ the year 10 Aklial. the date following tlie .second series. This, it is tru(\ ski))s over the innnediatelj' following date (4

Ahau

^S Cundiu. year ^.s Ben), but if

we

subtract the .secjnd numeral series (o4-2)

from

the first (ii.!>s2. as cor- rected) the remainder, 2.44U, counting forward

from

the

same

date, will bring us exactly to 4

Ahau

8

Ciimhu

S Ben.

Are

these

two

coincident correct residts to be c-onsidered accidentals

They

might be but for the additional fact that if 54:3 lie subtracted

from

the stun of the first three series (first, sec-ond, third) with added

two

days to the first, the remainder, covinting forward

from

^S

Ahau

^{l.s Tzei'} 2 Akbal. will reach H Ik 15

Ceh

⁹ Lamat, the date following the third numeralseries.

Turning now

to

Mr Goodman's

e.\))lanationof ^tht>first series and the accomjianying dates, I notice first the fact that here as elsewhere he interprets what I consider tht; symbol ^for naught (0) as equivalent to 20;thus thenumb(>rof daysof thefirst seriesinsteadof 2.9SOwoidd be. following his e.xplaiiation,3.000

—

^{that istosay. thenmneral series,}

as he gives ^it, is 8 ahaus ^."> chuens 20 days,

my

interpretation being 8 iihaus 5 chuens days.

The

chuen.symbol here ^isof theusual form, that

shown

in tigure ¹ '/: the ahau is a face

form

si-nilar to that shtiwn at tigure 'Ih. That there ^isa mistake here, as

Mr Goodman

^a.s.serts,

isevident,ifthe

two

datesgiven, 1

Ahau

^IS Zotzand4

Ahau

^SCumhii, are tobe connected l)y the intermediate time periods.

As

1

Ahau

18 Zotz falls in the yeai 2 Akbal, and 4

Ahau

^{S Cimiiui in the year} 8 Ben, the intervalis sixyears and the fractional days of the tw'o years