360th day of the year 19 Cumhu last day of the month Cumhu.
361st day of the year 0 Uayeb first day of Uayeb.
362d day of the year 1 Uayeb
363d day of the year 2 Uayeb
364th day of the year 3 Uayeb
365th day of the year 4 Uayeb last day of Uayeb and of the year.
1st day of next year 0 Pop first day of the month Pop,
and of the next year.
2d day of next year 1 Pop
3d day of next year 2 Pop
4th day of next year 3 Pop
5th day of next year 4 Pop
6th day of next year 5 Pop
7th day of next year 6 Pop
8th day of next year 7 Pop
9th day of next year 8 Pop
10th day of next year 9 Pop
11th day of next year 10 Pop
12th day of next year 11 Pop
13th day of next year 12 Pop
14th day of next year 13 Pop
15th day of next year 14 Pop
16th day of next year 15 Pop
17th day of next year 16 Pop
18th day of next year 17 Pop
19th day of next year 18 Pop
20th day of next year 19 Pop last day of the month Pop.
21st day of next year 0 Uo first day of the month Uo.
22d day of next year 1 Uo
etc. etc.
The signs for the first four months, Pop, Uo, Zip, and Zotz, show a
convincing similarity in both the inscriptions and the codices. The
essential elements of Pop (figs. 19, _a_, and 20, _a_) are the crossed
bands and the _kin_ sign. The latter is found in both the forms figured,
though only a part of the former appears in figure 20, a. Uo has two forms
in the inscriptions (see fig. 19, _b_, _c_),[32] which are, however, very
similar to each other as well as to the corresponding forms in the codices
(fig. 20, _b_, _c_). The glyphs for the month Zip are identical in both
figures 19, _d_, and 20, d. The grotesque heads for Zotz in figures 19,
_e_, _f_,[33] and 20, _e_, are also similar to each other. The essential
{49} characteristic seems to be the prominent upturned and flaring nose.
The forms for Tzec (figs. 19, _g_, _h_, and 20, _f_) show only a very
general similarity, and those for Xul, the next month, are even more
unlike. The only sign for Xul in the inscriptions (fig. 19, _i_, _j_) bears
very little resemblance to the common form for this month in the codices
(fig. 20, _g_), though it is not unlike the variant in _h_, figure 20. The
essential characteristic seems to be the familiar ear and the small mouth,
shown in the inscription as an oval and in the codices as a hook surrounded
with dots.
[Illustration: FIG. 19. The month signs in the inscriptions.]
{50}
[Illustration: FIG. 20. The month signs in the codices.]
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