1898-99.] DECIPHERING HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 
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Il. 
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Ho Holhun for Ku Holcan, the warrior god, also known as Hurakan. 
Analysis of Basal Inscription. 
ca, two. 
popob, mats or thrones. 
Holhun for Hurakan. 
wuc for hayac, destroy. 
Buctanox for Puchtunox, the bird Vaku. 
cankax, very united. 
kulel, enter. 
hun, one. 
Pak is the only remaining new word, and its meaning here is unknown. 
Analysis of Inscription on the Cross. 
ca, then. 
canpetcht, the chunbezah or principal. 
uac for hayac, destroy. 
cabuchun for chabac-on, we killed, or chabac-en, I killed. 
cantun, the chunthan, or president. 
tun for than, a word, used as the verb to speak. 
bak, the number 4oo. 
capet for kebanthan, to rebel. 
pet pak for bet pach, made a possession or prisoners. 
capetxic, still another form of chusbezah. 
Analysis of the Inscription suspended from the bird's tail. 
thun for than, a word. 
cacanlahun ich for chacanhal Hunich ; chacanhal means to manifest. 
ox ca yub for yok chaab, over the killing. 
Analysis of inscription behind the left-hand figure. 
Cheoxak for Cakaaxha or Cocyoéza. 
ox tun pak ca yub for yok tan pak chaab, before centre city kills. 
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ox thun pet hun can buc tun ca for yok than patan can puchtun ca, over word tribute 
saying fight when. 
catun ca pet tun buk tun ca pet ca yub for katun kebatthan. puchtun kebat chaah, army 
rebelling quarrelsome rebel kills. 
Analysis of inscription behind the right-hand figure. 
Oxlahun Pek. 
ca, when. 
ox tun for yok tan, before the ‘didi: 
ca pet tun for kebatthan, rebel. 
thun pet hun ca yub for tan patan chaab, towards tribute kills. 
ca thun for katun, army. 
ca pet tun for kebatthan or kebanthan, rebel. 
can, to tell. 
ca tun ca for katun ca, two katuns of 20 years. 
tsuc ca, two tsucs of 4 years. 
Analysis of the line to the right of the Ns. 
ca tun for katun, army. 
pet for bet, makes. 
huntun for hunten, at one time. 
ca tun bak, two to the 4a, or four hundred, 
pet hun for patan, tribute. 
pak for pach, possession, prisoners. 
Analysis of the line to the left of the Ms. 
xtc, to divide. 
