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the series extends. It is possible, therefore, that the series is in- 

 tended to be applied separately to each of the four years. Supjjosing 

 this to be the case, counting 64 days from 3 Ix would bring us to 

 2 Ezanab; 64 days from 3 Cauac to 3 Akbal; 64 days from 3 Kan to 

 2 Lamat; and 64 days from 3 Muluc to 2 Been. It is significant that 

 in each case the day reached is that on which the given year termi- 

 nates; for example, the Ix years (counting the five added days) ter- 

 minate on Ezanab; the Cauac years on Akbal &c. If the intention 

 was to have the series terminate with the end of the respective years, 

 then these years must necessarily have been 2 Ix, 2 Cauac, 2 Kan, 

 and 2 Muluc. I must confess that this explanation is not satisfactory; 

 it is thrown out simply as a suggestion. 



Eunning through the middle division of Plates 30 and 31 is this 

 series : 



Commencing with 8 Oc (omitting for the present the 3 and 5 to 

 the left) and counting thence 3 months and 5 days we reach 8 

 Men; 3 months and 5 days more and we reach 8 Ahau; 3 months and 

 5 days more bring us to 8 Chicchan, and 3 months and 5 days more 

 bring us again to 8 Oc, thus completing a cycle of 260 days (13 

 months) and also accounting for the first pair of numerals — 3 and 5 — 

 in the series. It appears to be a pretty general rule to commence a 

 series of this type with the difference between the numbers of the 

 series. One reason for this is apparent: that is, to complete the cycle 

 of 2G0 days, to which most, if not all, of these groups appear to refer. 



Dr. FiJrstemann says in regard to this line:' 



This is the place where I first discovered how numbers of several figures ai-e to be 

 read; here for the first time I understood that the figiire 3 with 5 below it is nothing 

 but 3 X 20 -|- 5, or 65, and that they mean nothing else than the interval between 

 the days, such as we have frequently met with so far; 4 X 65 is again the well 

 known period of 260 days. 



Plate 3 appears to be isolated and unfinished; at least it presents 

 nothing on its face by which it can be directly connected with any 

 other jilate of the codex, notwithstanding the change made by Dr. 

 F(')rstemann, by which 45 was brought next to it. The day column 

 in this case is in the middle compartment of the upper division and 

 consists of the following days: Ahau, Eb, Kan, Cib, Lamat; the red 

 numeral over it is I. The numerals and days are arranged as follows: 

 (V) (?) 4, V(?1 15. XIII 



I 



Ahau 

 8, XIII Eb 



Kan 



Cib 14(?) 



Lamat 

 • Erliiutei-ungen zur Mayahandschrift, p. 56. 



