1895-99. | DECIPHERING HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, 22 
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holtun for holthan, the chief of speech, answering to the Maya chunthan, president or 
first of speech. 
oxich for yok-edz, established over, a new official title. 
chitun ichox stands for Chichen Jtza, there is no doubt, and suggests that / must 
have been pronounced ¢swz. The final ox is harder to account for; ca would 
have been better, | 
capet pak for kebat pak, wicked city. The later termination ax of eban does not 
appear on these monuments. 
hkatun ahau and xu/ need no more explanation. 
Oxyib pop denotes the ruler of the Oxyib by his fof, mat or throne. 
Analysis of line 2. 
Oxbuc, the name of the ruler of Oxyib, the author apparently of the inscription. 
patan katun, asking tribute. 
pakhol for paxal, to desert. 
FHunichob, see line 1. 
ox tun pet ca chi xul for yoktan bet Cachiquel. I suppose yok tan, opposite the breast, 
to mean an opponent. This is the first time the Cachiquel name has appeared. 
tun xul hol kax ich for dzan to ruin, xl to end, ho/ hole, sak fire, and zch in. 
dztb tun for dztb than, writing word. 
wac for hayac, destroy. 
cadztb or Katzib, the fortress or town. 
uac again for hayac. 
tun for fan, within ; and feé for det, to make. 
Katun Hunichob need no explanation. 
bat for det, make. 
buc for puch, possession, captive. 
katun and xu/ must by this time be as familiar as any English words. 
Oxytb tun for tan, within. 
Oxbuc katun reverses the usual order of the genitive. 
caoxtun for chuuc and fan, seizing in or plundering. 
pach xul for paxal, to desert. 
Catch for Quiche. 
. Analysis of line 3. 
katun ahau katun need no more explanation. 
caxul for kuxtl, disgusted. 
thunob for thanob, words. 
dzih Hunichob, write the Hunichob. 
can, to speak, tell. 
Oxlahun Pek as in Palenque and Copan, but occupying a subordinate position. 
pet yokmuyal for bet Uxmal, makes Uxmal. 
cantun for chunthan, president. ‘ 
pop, ruler, pak, of the city. 
chichixul for Cachzquel. 
katun patan yok katan, army tribute over asking. 
Ratu, warrior. 
buc pet for pach, a possession, de¢, makes. 
Oxyus, probably a truer phonetic than Oxyzé. 
xic, to divide. 
ox holtun pak for yok, over, holthan, the chief speaker, or ho/dzan, the chief destroyer 
pak, of the city. 
pet xul for bet xul, makes an end. 
xul, an end. 
