1898-99.] DECIPHERING HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, 189 
“Oxyib pop: “the carpet or mat, z.2., the ruler of Oxyib.” No. 1 of line 
2 exhibits ox, 3, duc, cover, fet, circle, wz, stone, a figure that may denote 
vegetation but which is certainly #a, and another ¢uz of different form 
from the one above it. These read: “ Orbuc patan katan:” “Oxbuc 
asking tribute.” The characters following look like zw and hol, but as 
this furnishes no sense, the supposed stone must be fas, a stone wall, the 
whole being paral, to desert. Next comes Aum, 1, zch, the face, and a 
vague figure which may once have been ywd, an article of clothing. The 
next group is one of five characters ; a stone inscribed with three lines 
gives ortun. At its right is the circle fet, followed by the conventional 
ca. Underneath these are cz, the mouth, and +rz/, the end, making in 
all: “paral Hunichob yoktan Cachixul:” “the opposers desert the 
Hunichob (and) make the Cachiquels.” The following group is of five, 
being fun, a stone, ru/,a bird’s head, hol, Lax, united, and zch, the face 
furnishing: “ dzan 2ul hol kak ich :” “to be destroyed in the fire hole.” 
Three characters make up the next clause, dzzb, tun and uac, 6, for 
hayac, to destroy. These precede ca, d2b, two dzzbs, or writings, which 
are followed by «ac, 6, differently written and inserted in ¢uz,a stone 
over fet, a circle.. The whole is: “ dz2b than hayac Katzib hayac tan bet:” 
“writing a word to destroy, they make destruction in Katzib.”. Two 
dots in a tum make it katun ; below are hun, ich and od, followed by daz, 
an axe, and a duc, or cover, together with ca, tux and xrul. This isa 
complete sentence: “atun Hunichob bet pach katun xul:” “the army 
of the Hunichob makes an end of the prisoners of the army.” Oxyib 
now reappears over fun, after which is Oxbuc over katun. Below is a 
compound figure consisting of ca, 2, ox, 3, and fun, to represent chuuc- 
tan, “spoiling in.” The back of the head, ach, is over au/,an end, and 
then come two faces, ca zch, for Quiche. This imperfect line ends: 
“ Oxyib tan Oxbuc katun chuuctan paxal Caich:” “the army of Oxbuc 
plundering in Oxyib deserts Quiche.” 
The first sentence of line 3 is, fora Maya-Quiche document, a long 
one. The first group is evident, being atun ahau. The two following 
characters are peculiar, but the top one is simply a stone with inscribed 
ca, and the lower is az/, end, similarly inscribed. The upper part of the 
next two gives Ziun, a drop, in the plural, and the lower is @zzé, writing. 
Hunichob is represented by uz at the right-hand corner of zch, a face. 
under which are the folds of ywé,a dress. The four subscribed U’s read 
simply as caz, 4; and afterwards comes or/ahun, 13,followed by a symbol 
denoting pak, a building. Thus we have: “hatun ahau katun kuxil 
thanob dztb Hunichob can Oxlahun-Pek :” “the army, hating the chief of 
the army, writes words (for) the Hunichob to tell Oxlahun-Pek.” Ovxla- 
hun-Pek is repeated below, and following it are fet, yok, over, and muyal. 
