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as mol, a gathering, joining ; so that the whole may be read as ca Uxmal. 
K is a fourfold hieroglyphic, consisting of jet, the wheel, and ¢uz, 
a stone, followed by two stones or ca tun, making up patan katun, 
tribute asking. Lit is can, 4, and ¢umn, a stone, and unfortunately 
L 2 is erased, all except the initial Zo or or. In Short’s North Ameri- 
cans of Antiquity, this L 2 is quite distinct, and is the same as 
B 8 and A 16, with the prefix mentioned. It will thus read ahkkulel 
or yoklal. Taking the latter as the true rendering, the preceding 
cantun will be chunthan, the spokesman or presiding officer. L 3 is ca 
with kurelek ; and L 4 contains sax, united, with ahkauob, and petod for 
betob, they make united chiefs. In L 5 may be detected or for yok, and 
kuxilek, and cabob, for chabod, they killed. L 6 is known to be the same 
as the second part of C 2, namely Hunich. The reading of this trouble- 
some paragraph is: “ Bolon pak Uaxac kuxilek ca Uxmal patan katun 
Chunthan yoklal ca kuxilek kax ahauob betob yok kuxilek chabob Hunich:” 
“The haters of Oaxaca of the city of Palenque, when Uxmal asked 
tribute by means of the Chunthan, then the haters made united chiefs, 
and through hatred killed the Hunich.” 
The second part of this group begins at L7, which unfortunately is 
defaced in all the copies so far as the cartouche is concerned. The 
numbers are clear, the first being cab/ahun, or in Maya /ahca, 12, and the 
second, wa@xac, 8, but here denoting Oaxaca. The defaced cartouche is 
probably ¢okob, opposers, but might be akauob, chiefs. L 8 contains ox 
for yok, and kuxilekob ; and Lg has waclahun, 16, over hun, 1, tun, a 
stone, and Zokob. The verb ¢tok means, to burn and waclahun or 
waclahuh must stand for yoklal, because of. An unnumbered hiero- 
glyphic is that under the feet of the standing figure, consisting of ox, 3, 
kak, fire, and dolon,9. Then comes L 10, in which ca is followed by the 
circle fet, and the face, zc#. The footstool group and L to read 
together or kax Bolon chunbezah, the three united leaders of Palenque. 
The whole of this short record of vengeance is : “ Jahca Uaxac tockob yok 
kuxilekob yoklal hunten tocob ox kax Bolon chunbezah:” “The three 
united leaders of Palenque burned at one time twelve opponents of 
Oaxaca in consequence of their enmity.” 
The next group consists of O 1, P, Q, and O 2 and 3. O 2is uwavrac 
followed by un, I, in a circle, fet, making patan, tribute or a tributary. 
P represents in a peculiar way Cablahun-Tok ; and Q, with nine balls 
and a face, furnishes Bo/on zch. In O 2 may be seen ox, 3, ca, 2, and yué, 
a cloak, the whole being or chaabd, killed three. -O 3 consists of 0, 3, 
pet, circle, and kad, the hand; it is the formula yok bet heb, for doing evil. 
Thus the whole may be read: “ Varac patan Cablahun-Tox ox chaabob 
