424 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 28 



occur in the technical and economic divisions of the manuscript, but 

 only in the astronomic and calendric part, on pages 1 to 19 and 31 to 

 42, and onh^ toward the end of these two divisions. The passages 

 are the following: 



Page 13a, where the hieroglyphs belonging to it are effaced. 



Page I7a, where, with the picture of the tortoise, its hieroglyph 

 appears at least four times (see /). 



%m^y^/////y^y^^/^yy'^^^^^^ 



Fig. 10.3. Glyphs of the month Kayaband turtle figures, from Maya codices and inscriptions. 



Page 17b, among a series of day signs. To the right of it a frog is 

 represented; to the left, astronomic signs and the sun; between them, 

 a crouching (praying?) human figure with outstretched hands. 



Page 19b, where we find it surrounded by three deities — a black 

 one, a second with the mouth painted black, and a white one. All 

 three hold parts of a rope or of a serpent (the course of the year?), 

 whose upper part rises above the tortoise. The hieroglyph of the latter 

 is close to it, both above and below. Nor must we omit to mention 

 that the sign yax (strength) occurs on the back of the tortoise. 



