THOMAS] PLATE 69, DRESDEN CDDEX 731 the time symbols to those of the inscriptions already tigured and those

presented farther on.

By

^{referring to} a and ^liof figure In,

showing

the katun symbols, the strong resemblance to gh'ph

A5

of the series

now

under consid- eration ^is at once seen.

The

resemblance of B.5 to n and ^h, figure !J,

showing

the ahau signs, is alsoapparent, as is

A6

to thechuen symbol, figure ^{S. Bt) is} the kin or day symbdi.

Here

it seems the

numbers

denoting days^ar(> not attached to tlie chucn symbol, as is usual in the inscriptions, the day. in the abstrat-t sense, having its appropriate symbol, to which the numerals denoting the

number

of daj's are attached.

As

^th(" usual order in which the glyphs are to be read ^is fi-om the top

downward,

by twos and twos

where

there are

two

colunnis,

we

will take the first pair.

Al

and Bl.asthe date

from

which to count. This, as already stated,is i

Ahau,

the 8th dayof the 18th

month — ^Cumhu

—

of the yeai' S Ben. which,as will ))eseen by referringto our table3.

is the forty-seventh yeai' of the cycle of years, or calendar round.

Changing

these time pei'iods to days

—

Days

15 katims 108,000

9ahaus 1 8^240

4chuens 80

Days 4

Theaggregate,is Ill,324

Sul.itract5calendarrounds 94,900

There remain llj,424

Subtracting from this remainder 17. the

number

of remaining days

in theyear ^S Ben,

from

i

Ahau

8

Cumhu.

and dividing the remainder

bj- 865,

we

^obtain 44 years and 347 days, equal to 17

months

and 7 days. Counting forward on table 3, ^-14 years,

we

reach 13 Ben. the nextyear being 1 Ezanab.

Turning

totalile 1

we

findthat 17

months

and 7days bring us to ^i» Kan. 7

Cumhu,

insteadof 9

Kan

12

Kayab,

whicli ^is given on the i)late. Counting

backward from

4

Ahau

8

Cumhu,

as the symbols apparently indicate should be done (if the oi'derbe as in the inscriptions), results ina ^still wider variation

from

the correct date, assuming that the symbols on the plate

—

^{which are}

verydistinct and unmistakaVjle

—

^arecorrect.

Ifthe dates on theplate arecoiTect, thefirstfalls in theyear 8 Ben, and thelatter in 3 Ben. Counting forward there

would

be an interval (omittingthe calendar rounds) ofonly 7 years and the fractions of the 2yearsinwhichthe

two

datesfall,manifest!}'toosmallforthenumeral symbols. Counting

backward

there would be an interval (omitting the calendar rounds) of 43 years and the fractions of the 2 date- years, making, ^{in all.} 16,076 daj'S, or 348daysshort of that required bv the time svnil)ols aftei- deducting the calendar rounds.

As

there

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are other symbols })ot\veeii tlie dates with luinierals attached, it is pos- sible the explanation needed is found in them. In the parallel pas- sage on plate 61, which appears to have the

same

Iteiriiiiiinir and end- ing date,there isbut one dot to the chuen symbol (indicating ¹chuen) and the syml)ol for^'i days. This gives a total (omitting the calendar round.s) of 1(5,368 days.

But

this gives no satisfactory result.

T have dwelt

somewhat

at length on these series as they are the only ones with

two

legible dates in the codex which

show

the higher time periods insymbols.

They

will serve, however, to

show

the close relation which this codex ))ears to (he inscriptions, to which

we

will

now

turn, beginning with thoseat Palen(jue.

Insckh'tions at

Palexque

Before proceeding with these, inorder to

show

exactly

Mr ^Good-

man's

method

of calculating a .series

from

the in.scriptions, 1 present as an exam})le one which he has fuUj'

worked

^out. This .series is

found ⁱⁿ the inscription of the

Temple

^of the Sun. at Palenque. It will be

more

critically

examined

hereafter

by

comparison with Clauds- lay'sphotograph.

At

present ^I use (roodman's determination merely for the purposeof illustrating the

method

of reckoning.

The

dates and intervening time periods as he gives

them

are as follows: i

Ahau,

S

—

(month not identifiable), 16 days, 5 chuens. 18 ahaus. ^1-2 katuns, and 9 cycles, followed

by

the date ^'2 Cib. 14 Moi.

Reducing

these time periods to days, the result is as follows:

Diiys

9cycles 1,296,000

12 katuns 86,400

18 ahaus 6,480

5chuens ¹⁰⁰

16davs 16

Total 1,:?88,996

Deduct^7:5calendar rounds 1,38-5,.540

Thisleaves ;l,4.')6

As

^{the first} date can not ^lie fully determined, ^it will be nccessai-y to count back

from

the second date 2Cib 14IMol. which falls In theyear

;-» .Vkbal. Subtracting 154. the j)recedingdaysof thisyear, from ;-{.4."i6

and dividing the remainder l)y 365.

we

obtain ^'.» years ^sitid 17 days.

Deducting ⁵ for the added days. thei'(> remain 12 to be counted hack on the last

month

^of the year 8 Ben, which

we

find by counting l>ack

on ^{table 3 is} theyear in which ^tlu> tirst date falls. This gives 4 .Vliau 8 Cundni. which ^is, no doubt, correct, as this date is a very

common

one on the Palenque inscriptions.

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