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The first date of the second line, I mnst add, is XI 13; 4, 7th 

 month, and denotes a year 6 Ix. Since from the year 11 Ix to the 

 year (J Ix it is 8 years, all the thirty-nine lines will extend over 312 

 years, or an Ahaii katun; but I will here remark, in order not to be 

 accused of carelessness, that the gaps after the thirteenth and twenty- 

 sixth lines have not escaped me. 



On page 51, at the top, on the left, is undoubtedly the date IV 17 ; 

 8, 18th month, half obliterated. Below it there is certainly another 

 date, namely, XII 5, and probably, added to it, the sign of the thir- 

 teenth month, with the symbol kin (" sun ") before it. I should like 

 to read 1, 13th month, and regard the 8 over the kin as an error, 

 assuming that the writer had overhastily begun to write the number 

 beginning with an 8 which stands below before he had written down 

 the calendar date. The matter is far from clear, owing to the uncer- 

 tainty, stated above, in regard to the large numbers. 



Page 52, at the top, on the right, twice has the normal date IV 17 .; 

 8, 18th month, though it is half obliterated. 



On page 58, at the bottom, on the right, we again find the normal 

 liate. and with it another, namely, XIII 6; 11th month. It is evident 

 that before the month sign a ninnber has been omitted, in my opinion 

 a 2. This indicates the year 8 Muluc, and shows (read from right 

 to left) a distance of 1 year and 146 days from the normal date, 

 that is 511 days, exactly the same number that we found above in 

 the encircled number standing there. 



Page 61 has the normal date in the middle of the first and second 

 colunms, while at their lower end it has IX 1 ; 12, 17th month (that is, 

 the year 4 Ix) , which date is re])eated at the top of the third and fourth 

 columns. As there are no numbers connected with these, nothing 

 further is to be said about them. 



Pages 61 to 62 further contain four serpents. Above the fourth one 

 the last date is repeated for the third time. Under each serpent there 

 are two dates, which, with the exception of the first, are quite cor- 

 rectly formed, according to my rule, although the second, in particular, 

 may have suffered a change. I here introduce these eight dates, read 

 from the right to the left : 



III 1: 1(>, 2d month. XIII 20: 1, 14tU month. Ill 3; 14, 17th month. 

 Ill 11; 7, 5th month. Ill 1; 12, 12th mouth. Ill 2; 13, 7th mouth. 

 Ill 2; 13, 16th month. Ill 2; 18, Oth month. 



Instead of the 16 in the first date, I should like to read 17; the 

 dates indicate the years 7 Muluc, 1 Kan, 9 Ix, 9 Muluc, 7 Ix, 2 Ix, 

 4 Ix, and 4 Muluc. The intervals of time are 2,779, 12,483, 13,988, 

 13,650, 2,821, 10,400, and 14,040 days. I am most in doubt as to 

 the first two and least so as to the last two. The last one, 14,040. 

 as already remarked, is one of the most important dates in our manu- 



