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THE ARCHAIC MAYA INSCRIPTIONS. 



The count is right. Two illegible glyphs follow, and then comes another reckoning. 

 The reading (reversing the order of the periods, as I have all along) is : 1 — 14 X 6, from 

 the preceding date, to 6 Cimi-4 Tzec. Now, we know from the other inscription 

 that the distance from 12 Caban-5 Kayab to 6 Cimi-4 Tzec is 13 — 9x9; hence, 

 deducting 6 — 13x3. the first reckoning in this inscription, the remainder must be 

 6 — 14x6, and not 1 — 14x6. The latter count would take us only to 13 Cimi-9 Xul 

 in the 8th year, while the former would carry us to 6 Cimi-4 Tzec in the loth year, 

 which we know to be the date intended. Therefore there can be no doubt of the mistake 

 here also. Two unintelligible glyphs intervene, and then there is another reckoning. It 

 reads: 1 — 1 — 16 X 15, from the preceding date, to 11 Ymix-19 Muan. Let us test it: — 



AHATJ COUNT. 



YEAR COUNT. 



1 katun 7,200 days. 



1 ahau 360 „ 



16 chuens 320 „ 



15 days 15 „ 



7,895 days. 



13th year 280 days 



20 years 7,300 „ 



34th year 315 „ 



7,895 days. 



This reckoning brings us to 10 Ymix-14 Pax, a date nowhere mentioned and clearly 

 not the one intended. Manifestly there is another mistake here. Let us see if we 

 can find out what it is. The succeeding reckoning is: 8 — 4x19, from the preceding 

 date, to 13 Ahau-18 Cumhu, the 17th katun. 13 Ahau-18 Cumhu begins the 17th 

 katun, and cannot occur again during it, therefore we can reckon back from that point 

 with certainty. We find the date in the 45th year of the annual calendar. Going 

 backwards, there are 358 days on that page, to which add 2,555, seven years, and there 

 will still be 66 days to be counted in the 37th year, which will bring us to 11 Ymix-19 

 Muan, the date in question beyond any doubt. To recapitulate: — 



AHAU COUNT. 



YEAR COUNT. 



8 ahaus 2,880 days. 



4 chuens 80 „ 



19 days 19 „ 



45th year 358 days. 



7 years 2,555 „ 



37thyear 66 „ 



2,979 davs. 



2,979 days. 



