I now give the six numbers, first the two highest, then the other four from
right to left, adding in each case the calendar date and the year in which
they should be situated:--
1,538,342; IV Ik 15 Zac (12 Muluc).
1,535,004; VII Kan 2 Chen (3 Kan).
1,268,540; IV Ahau 8 Mol (1 Ix).
1,234,220; IV Ahau 18 Kayab (11 Kan).
1,272,544; IV Kan 17 Yaxkin (12 Muluc).
1,272,921; IV Imix 9 Mol (13 Ix).
The first, third and fifth numbers are already known from page 31a, and
hence they need no further discussion here.
As these three numbers depend on the day XIII Akbal, so the other three all
proceed from the day III Chicchan in the following positions, which are
again suppressed in the Manuscript:--
1,483,585 = III Chicchan 8 Zac (5 Cauac).
1,233,985 = III Chicchan 8 Kankin (10 Cauac).
1,272,465 = III Chicchan 18 Zip (12 Muluc).
The second date in the manuscript is 13 Kankin and the third is 13 Zip;
hence there is one line too many in the former number and one too few in
the latter. While on page 31a the origin of the numbers belonging to the
day XIII Akbal seems to be quite clear, here their relation to one another
is entirely concealed. I must, therefore, refrain from expressing any
conjecture in regard to them.
Now the numbers set down in the Manuscript are formed only by the addition
of the encircled numbers also found there. The encircled number for the
first expressed number is 51,419, which is the same number we found with
the corresponding day XIII Akbal; the second has 235 and the third 456 =
260 + 196. The 51,419 was 197 × 260 + 199; but 199 is the interval from III
Chicchan to VII Kan, just as it is from XIII Akbal to IV Ik. The 235 is the
interval between III Chicchan and IV Ahau and the 196 that from III
Chicchan and IV Imix.
By the addition of these differences, the numbers written out in the
Manuscript are obtained:--
1,483,585 + 51,419 = 1,535,004 (VII Kan).
1,233,985 + 235 = 1,234,220 (IV Ahau).
1,272,465 + 456 = 1,272,921 (IV Imix).
Keeping in mind what was said in reference to page 31a, let us now examine
the six numbers and dates collectively.
The fact that the days IV Ahau and XIII Akbal occur here and consequently
also III Chicchan is not surprising. Nor is the choice of VII Kan and IV Ik
an accident, for the interval between these days is exactly the same as
that between III Chicchan and XIII Akbal, viz:--218 days.
Hence the distance from III Chicchan to VII Kan is also exactly equal to
that between XIII Akbal to IV Ik, viz:--199 days.
Finally, the distance from VII Kan to III Chicchan is exactly equal to that
between IV Ik and XIII Akbal, viz:--61 days.
IV Imix and IV Kan are separated from the normal date IV Ahau by 3 × 13 =
39 and 8 × 13 = 104 days.
Regarding the encircled numbers, so far as they are independent of 260, I
would note the following:--
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