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a poor equivalent for ez, which zch, the eye or face, would better 
represent. 
E 11 is Uaxrac kax, that is, united, rather than ox, 3, ahauob ; and F 11 
is ox kuxilekob. The analysis of A 12 probably furnishes ca, 2, dak, the 
bundle, and ¢uz, the stone, the whole standing for the verb kebanthan, 
to rebel, commit treason. B 12 is pet, the wheel, and ¢uz, a stone. 
Plurality is probably denoted by ywd, a coat or cloak, as it is sometimes 
by yz, a bean. C 12 is the same with the prefixed ca, which means, 
when; and D 12 contains the fu of kuxilek, and ‘tun, a stone, with 
plurality. E 12 begins with a kettle, wzazcabcun, and also contains kad, 
the hand, and ox, 3. The latter may represent Auduc to deliver ; and 
mascabcun seems to contain the negative ma, with edzcab, to do 
promptly, and caw to say, hence “ promptly refuse.” Thus the sentence 
will be: “ Uarac kax ahauob ox kuxilekob kebakthan pgtanob ca patanob 
katunob ma edzcab can kubuc”: “The three revolters rebel (against) the 
united kings of Oaxaca, refusing to deliver the tributes, when tributes 
they ask.” The word for ask is hat. 
F. 12, Bolon pak, begins a new sentence. A 13 is compounded of the 
mat, fof, the jar ppu/, and Bolon, designating the people of Palenque. 
The next group, B 13, prefixes zak, the end, and am, one, to popol. In 
C 13, the first character is vouched for as ca by its two strokes, for 2 is 
ca, and the stone, ¢uz, follows, making fatunob, soldiers or armies. 
D 13 prefixes zak, the end, in the plural, to Cablahun-Tox ; and E 13 
is another katunob. This makes the brief sentence: “ Bolon pak popol 
Bolon Nakhun popol katunob nakob Cablahun-Tox katunob”: The 
soldiers of Cablahun-Tox finish the soldiers of the city of Palenque, of 
the people of Palenque, and of the people of Nakhun.” 
F 3 isa ca sign, followed by a vase or cup, cw/,and seems to be a 
proper name, Cacul. A 14 is recognizable as a form of Nakhun ; and 
B 14 combines the figure of a man, wenzc, with that of ywé, a cloak. 
The latter may be part of his name, Hun Ahpu. There is no difficulty 
in determining C 14 as ov ahauob; and D 14 is 18 or uwaraclahun, fol- 
lowed by or ahauob. Uaxaclahun must consist of Uaxac or Oaxaca 
and d/wkun, departing from. The Quiche form /akuwh would be nearer 
than the Maya /afun. Then follows E 14, ca, with fet, the wheel, and 
chz, the mouth, denoting an officer of some kind. As the Quiche cha, 
answers to the Maya can, to speak, and as this officer is elsewhere 
denoted by can, the number 4, it is probable that the capetchz is the 
canbezah, instructor, or the chunbezah, \eader. F. 14 separates hun, by 
its form, from the following ca, 2, and unites it with the subscribed sz, 
