72 Mr. A. P. Maudslay. A Maya Calendar Inscription 

 Signs for the named days — 



Cimu Cib. Ymrx. Ahau. 



Signs for the named months — 



YaxMn,. Kankin. XTo. Tax. Muan. 



The glyph A I is the initial glyph indicating the Great Cycle. It 

 has more the appearance of the sign for the 53rd than for that of the 

 54th Great Cycle, Ibut the signs for the different Great Cycles are 

 still in need of elucidation, and the subsequent reckoning shows 

 clearly that the dates fall within the table given by Mr. Goodman as 

 that of the 54th Great Cycle. 



The next glyph B 1 is the Cycle sign with the numeral 9 in front 

 of it (one bar = 5 and four dots = 4). 



A 2 is the Katun sign with the numeral 12 in front of it (two 

 bars = 10, and two dots = 2; the hollow curve between the two 

 round dots is merely used to fill -op the space, and does not count). 



B 2 is the Ahau sign with the numeral 2. 



Turning to the tables of Mr. Goodman's chronological calendar, of 

 which an extract showing the 10th to the 14th Katuns of the 9th 

 Cycle is here given, we find that the first day of the — 



2nd Ahau, 

 12th Katun, 

 9tfo Cycle, 

 54th Great Cycle, 



falls on the day 2 Ahau, the 18th day of the month Xul (which is 

 underlined in the table). 



This is as far as the chronological calendar can guide us. We 

 have next to find the position of this date in the annual calendar. 

 The date can only occur once in the fifty-two years which constitute 

 a calendar round, and an examination of the tables shows that it falls 

 in the first year of the calendar round (where it is marked with a 

 square). 



