280 MAT AN CALENDAR SYSTEMS [eth. anx. 22 



In number 15 it is stated tliat 1:2 days were lacking to complete the 

 tentli year after tlie Revolt, etc., on the day 8 Imox; and in nnmljer 

 10 that tiie day 7 Ali comi^Ieted the lOtli year. As it is stated iu 

 number 14 that 10 Ah was the end of the 9th year after the Revolt, 8 

 Imox would occur 128 and .388 days thereafter. Counting' 12 days 

 from the latter brings us to 7 Ah and gives 400 as the numlier of days 

 in the yeai'. This result must be accepted, or we must decide that 

 the year consisted of onl3' 140 days, which is unreasonable. In num- 

 ber 24 it is stated that 9 Ah completed the 18th year after the Revolt, 

 and in number 26 that 8 (?) Ah completed the 19th j-ear (that this 

 should be C Ah is evident, as 9 Ah precedes and 3 Ah (number 27) 

 follows it). In number 25, which relates to the 19th year, it is stated 

 that on the da^- 3 Caok the doves passed over the city of Ixirache; 

 and that 100 days after the doves had been seen the locusts came, on 

 the day 2 Yg (or Ik). Now, the first occurrence of 3 Caok in the 19th 

 year after the Revolt, that is, the year following 9 Ah (the year begin- 

 ning with 10 Yiz), is 2 months and 6 days after the commencement 

 of the year. One hundi'ed days more bring ns to 12 Caok, the 6th 

 day of the 8th month, or 7 months and G days from the commence- 

 ment of the year. This is not the day given, but counting 4 days 

 more we i-each 2 Yg or Ik, the day named. As 100 is a round num- 

 ber, the 104 may be assumed as correct. As this, even if the nuiiiber 

 be limited to 100, gives more than 140 days in this j'ear we liave evi- 

 dence that a year of 400 days was counted by the annalist. 



In numbers .31 and 32, and two or three items not given iu the 

 quotations, we have conclusive evidence that 400 daj's were counted 

 to the j'car by the Annals. Thej^ are as follows: 



1 Ah completed the 5tli year of the second cycle (25th year) after the 

 revolt (page 171). 



In the following year, ending on 11 Ah, Hunyg died on 12 Carney, 

 (ibid. Brinton's translation gives 14 Carney, but this is wrong, as there 

 could be no 14 Carney; the original says 12). 



100 days after was the day 1 Can (page 173), 



20 days later was 10 Queh (page 175). 



The daj' 11 Imox follows in this year (ibid.). 



The day 9 Batz occurs after this same year (ibid.). 



The year ends on 11 Ah (ibid.). 



As the preceding year ended on 1 Ah, this year began with 2 Yiz, 

 and 12 Camey would be the 13th daj' of the 12th month. One hun- 

 dred and twentjr daj^s more (or exactly 119) and not 100, as the 

 annalist says, would reach 1 Can, the 12th day of the 16th month; 

 22 days more would reach 10 Queh, the I4th day of the 17th month. 

 The day 11 Imox would be the 8th day of the 18th month, and 9 Batz 

 the 18th day of the 20th month, just two days before 11 Ah, the close 

 of the year. 



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