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Buluc tokob, three dividers of Buluc, which perhaps denotes Paraxtunya 
or Parraxquin, ruled over by Belehe-Gih, whom Oxlahuh-Tzy vanquished 
and killed.’ F 5 is aac ahauob, seven chiefs. Taken together, we read : 
“Kuxilek ahauob ~Uaxac xicmol can Bolon tokob ox Boluc tokob uuc 
ahauob:” “The disloyal chiefs together dividing Oaxaca (are) four 
monarchs of Palenque, (and) three monarchs of Buluc, seven chiefs.” 
A 6 is kachilek again; B 6 should be caan tok, from caan, the sky, 
which in Quiche is ca; the word meant is probably catac, and. The 
cross slabs representing division give xc, so that C 6 is ox xtc ahauod, 
three dividing chiefs; and D 6 has already been read Urmalahauob. In 
E 6, a new character appears, wzvzc, a man, together with or and ahauobd, 
making up Ox Wirntk ahauob. Brasseur mentions a great enemy of 
Oklahuh Tzy, called the Atzih-Winak-Cawek, Cay Hanahpu, more 
briefly named the Atzih Winak. He ruled over the Tukuches, a branch 
of the Cachiquels."” The last group in the line, F 6, reads canobd xe mol, 
they talk, cawob, of dividing together. The whole line is: “Aw+xzlek 
catac ox aic ahauobh Uxmal ahauob Ox Wintk ahauob canob xic mol,” 
“The disloyal and the three separating chiefs talk division together 
(with) the chiefs of Uxmal (and) the chiefs of Ox Winik.” 
Another disjointedesentence isin line 7. A 7 consists of 0x, 3, czb, as 
in D 4, and fad, the hand, making ox, or rather yok czb keb for keban, 
over the evil desire. Taking B 7 to be the sky and the moon, for the 
sun is quite different, it may be read cah u, is theirs, meaning, which is 
theirs. C 7 is Uxmal, but probably fas, a stone wall, should be added; 
and D 7 is Mohpat ahau. The following E 7 was hard to explain, but 
seems composed of a drop of water or other liquid on the first slab, the 
drop being ¢hwn, but standing for than, a word, speech; and an orna- 
mented ear on the other. The latter is xzczv, so that than azcinob is 
really than ci cenob, word pleasant they said. F 7 belongs to the next 
sentence, so that the whole of this one is: “yok czb keb cah u Urmal pak 
Nohpat ahau than ci cenob:” “They talked pleasant words to King 
Nohpat, (or to the chiefs of Nohpat) of the city of Uxmal over their 
wicked desire.” The value of the shield under a/au is doubtful; it may 
possibly denote plurality, in which case it must refer to the chiefs under 
Nohpat. 
F 7 is the well known Cah Cawek, and A 8 is af, the tongue, pro- 
nounced ah in ahpop. But what is B 8? The writer proposed £w/e/, the 
whole being the well-known word ahkule/, a lieutenant or deputy. As 
kulel means to act for another, the idea of a breast or teat furnishing 
milk to one’s offspring may be connected with it. However, it may 
