1898-99.] DECIPHERING HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. ot 
The fifth line begins with canlahun, 14, followed by duc, cover, tun, 
and yav,a shoe. Reading from below, the next group is oxy7p dzzb , it 
is followed by Oxlahun ; and the subsequent group, composed of ca, 2, 
can, a snake, and a rude shoe, vad, supplies caranob. Then come ca 2, 
the conventional ca before ¢wu, and another katunx over can, 4. From 
below, the following reads Oayzbthan. The top character following it is 
tok, and the cleft stone below probably gives tum xtc for dzanxzic. The 
sentence is: “canlahun puchtunob Oxzib dzib Oxlahun caxanob ca katun 
katun can Oxytbthan tocdzanxic:” “ Oxilahun writes, when the army finds 
fourteen rebellious Oxyib, telling the army to burn and destroy the 
speakers of Oxyib.” The bracket enclosing two dots is doubtless to 
be read caox for chuuc. It is followed by atun, and that by +w/. Below, 
there is no difficulty in recognizing Hunzchob, the ob being represented 
by yw, the cloak at the back. The next upper hieroglyphic is fet ; so 
this brief sentence reads: “chuuc katun xul Hunichob bet: “the 
Hunichob make an end of the plundering army.” On the right of the 
last circle, fez, is chz, the mouth, with three lines inscribed, making oxchz- 
Below, and to the left of it, are two ducs, giving cabuc. The next group 
furnishes ox, tok, and ahau; the next ca, ca; and the next ca dsb 
Then comes ¢wz, followed by uel, the unseemly symbol, under which 
are ca, 2,and fol. In the succeeding group, Hunich appears, and dzzd 
in the lower right corner must take the place of yw. Two hands are 
ca kab ; and the last series furnishes or, yzb, pop. These may be read : 
“ Vokcht Cawek yoktok ahau caca Katztb tan kulel kahal Hunichob cacab 
Oxyib pop:” “the Atzih Cawek in Katzib, the town of the chief of the 
rebels, recalls to rule the Hunichob, pop of the commune of Oxyib.” 
The first hieroglyphic in line 6 is the border, c#z, it is hard to say 
why the one below ft, a stone with four lines inscribed, should be chen. 
Under it is £atun, the ca being expressed by the two lines on the right. 
Next comes duc over fun, followed by pop ,; then fet precedes a bean, 
yzb, inscribed with wc, 7. The next group reads from below, ox, yd, 
ich. Two faces are catch; and ca puch, ca tztb follow, while Aol and 
tun read from the bottom upwards. These yield: “ Chichen katun 
puchtun pop bet hayacob Oxyib itch Catch Cawek Katzib holthan:” “the 
Holthan of Katzib of Quiche Cawek causes (that) they destroy the pop 
of the rebellious army of Chichen in Oxyib.” There is no difficulty in 
reading oxyzb pop and oxbuc, but the succeeding two borders are not so 
easily recognized as ca zich. Next follow ca, 2, tun, and fof, after: pop, 
the inverted basket-like character proves, on comparison to be a ca, and 
to be read before yuwd,a dress. Then orbuc reappears, followed by ca tun 
and fet. The irregular character at the top of the next group denotes 
yok, over, and unites with ca, 2, to make what so far has been caox for 
