MORLEY] INTEODUCTION TO STUDY OF MAYA HIEEOGLYPHS 257 



There follows below an outline^ of this particular tonalamatl: 



1st Division 2d Division 3d Division 4th Division 5th Division 



1st part, 13 days, beginning 

 with day 



2d part, 26 days, beginning 

 with day 



3d part, 13 days, beginning 

 with day 



Total number of days 



llx 



1 Manik 



IBen 



52 



1 Cimi 

 1 Cauac 



1 CMcchan 

 52 



1 Eznab 

 1 Chuen 



1 Caban 



52 



1 Oc 



1 Akbal 



1 Muluc 

 52 



Ilk 

 IMen 



1 Imix 



52 



Next' tonalamatl: 1st Division, 1st part, 13 days, beginning with the day 1 Ix, etc. 



We may now apply rule 4 (p. 253) as a test to this tonalamatl. 

 Multiplying the sum of all the black numbers, 13 + ^ + 13 = 52, by 

 the number of day signs in the column of day signs, 5, we obtain 260 

 (52x5), which proves that this tonalamatl is regular and correct. 



The student will note in the middle division of plate 27 that the 

 pictures are so arranged that one picture stands under the first sub- 

 divisions of all the divisions, the second picture under the second 

 subdivisions, and the third mider the third subdivisions. It has 

 been conjectured that these pictures represent the gods who were the 

 patrons or guardians of the subdivisions of the tonalamatls, under 

 which each appears. In the present case the first god pictured is 

 the Death Deity, God A (see fig. 3) . Note the fleshless lower jaw, the 

 truncated nose, and the vertebrae. The second deity is unknown, 

 but the third is again the Death God, having the same characteristics 

 as the god in the first picture. The cloak worn by this deity in the 

 third picture shows the crossbones, which would seem to have been 

 an emblem of death among the Maya as among us. The glyphs 

 above these pictures probably explain the nature of the periods to 

 which they refer, or perhaps the ceremonies peculiar or appropriate 

 to them. In many cases the name glyphs of the deities who appear 

 below them are given; for example, in the present text, the second 

 and sLxth glyphs in the upper row ^ record in each case the fact that 

 the Death God is figured below. 



The glyphs above the pictures offer one of the most promising 

 problems in the Maya field. It seems probable, as just explained, 

 that the four or six glyphs which stand above each of the pictures in 

 a tonalamatl tell the meaning of the picture to which they are 

 appended, and any advances made, looking toward their decipher- 

 ing, will lead to far-reaching results in the meaning of the nonnu- 



1 This and similar outlines which follow are to be read down in columns. 



2 The fifth sign in the lower row is also a sign of the Death God (see fig. 3) . Note the eyelashes, suggesting 

 the closed eyes of the dead. 



43508°— Bull. SI 



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