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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of DresdenFörstemann, Ernst Wilhelm

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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

Name: Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden
Author: Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm

Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm

Codex Dresdensis Maya; Manuscripts, Maya; Maya calendar; Maya mythology; Mayan languages -- Writing; Mayas -- Antiquities

     9.    IX Eb
    14.    I Caban
    15.    II Ezanab
    25.    XII Lamat
    31.    V Ix
    33.    VII Cib
    44.    V Manik
    51.    XII Ix
    54.    II Caban
    66.    I Muluc
    74.    IX Caban
    78.    XIII Imix
    91.    XIII Ix
   102.    XI Chicchan
   115.    XI Ezanab
   126.    IX Muluc
   127.    X Oc
   135.    V Ezanab
   141.    XI Kan
   145.    II Lamat
   147.    IV Oc
   160.    IV Akbal
   166.    X Muluc
   172.    III Men
   180.    XI Akbal
   182.    XIII Chicchan

It would be very essential now to know what place these days occupy in the
year, and what year is meant; the answer to one of these questions would at
the same time solve the other.

Now I think I come nearer to the solution of this problem by assuming that
the pictures and hieroglyphs refer here only to the more important of the
two days, XIII Akbal, and that III Chicchan is represented only by the
numbers of the series. Thus both the pictures and the hieroglyphs of the
two sections connect without the interval of 218 days, which must be
assumed in the case of the numbers.

Here, as is usually the case of series, we have to begin at the bottom. Now
the first group of the lower half of page 65 contains the sign 9 Kan. If,
as it seems, this actually denotes the year, then the day XIII Akbal must
be the first of the eleventh month, _i.e._, the 201st day of the year.
Hence I will again set down the twenty-six dates, but add to them the
position in the year.

           XIII Akbal I Zac (9 Kan)
     9.    IX Eb 10 Zac
    14.    I Caban 15 Zac
    15.    II Ezanab 16 Zac
    25.    XII Lamat 6 Ceh
    31.    V Ix 12 Ceh
    33.    VII Cib 14 Ceh
    44.    V Manik 5 Mac
    51.    XII Ix 12 Mac
    54.    II Caban 15 Mac
    66.    I Muluc 7 Kankin
    74.    IX Caban 15 Kankin
    78.    XIII Imix 19 Kankin
    91.    XIII Ix 12 Muan
   102.    XI Chicchan 3 Pax
   115.    XI Ezanab 16 Pax
   126.    IX Muluc 7 Kayab
   127.    X Oc 8 Kayab
   135.    V Ezanab 16 Kayab
   141.    XI Kan 2 Cumhu
   145.    II Lamat 6 Cumhu
   147.    IV Oc 8 Cumhu
   160.    IV Akbal 21 Cumhu
   166.    X Muluc 2 Pop (10 Muluc)
   172.    III Men 8 Pop
   180.    XI Akbal 16 Pop
   182.    XIII Chicchan 18 Pop

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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of DresdenFörstemann, Ernst Wilhelm

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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm

Codex Dresdensis Maya; Manuscripts, Maya; Maya calendar; Maya mythology; Mayan languages -- Writing; Mayas -- Antiquities

     9.    IX Eb
    14.    I Caban
    15.    II Ezanab
    25.    XII Lamat
    31.    V Ix
    33.    VII Cib
    44.    V Manik
    51.    XII Ix
    54.    II Caban
    66.    I Muluc
    74.    IX Caban
    78.    XIII Imix
    91.    XIII Ix
   102.    XI Chicchan
   115.    XI Ezanab
   126.    IX Muluc
   127.    X Oc
   135.    V Ezanab
   141.    XI Kan
   145.    II Lamat
   147.    IV Oc
   160.    IV Akbal
   166.    X Muluc
   172.    III Men
   180.    XI Akbal
   182.    XIII Chicchan

It would be very essential now to know what place these days occupy in the
year, and what year is meant; the answer to one of these questions would at
the same time solve the other.

Now I think I come nearer to the solution of this problem by assuming that
the pictures and hieroglyphs refer here only to the more important of the
two days, XIII Akbal, and that III Chicchan is represented only by the
numbers of the series. Thus both the pictures and the hieroglyphs of the
two sections connect without the interval of 218 days, which must be
assumed in the case of the numbers.

Here, as is usually the case of series, we have to begin at the bottom. Now
the first group of the lower half of page 65 contains the sign 9 Kan. If,
as it seems, this actually denotes the year, then the day XIII Akbal must
be the first of the eleventh month, _i.e._, the 201st day of the year.
Hence I will again set down the twenty-six dates, but add to them the
position in the year.

           XIII Akbal I Zac (9 Kan)
     9.    IX Eb 10 Zac
    14.    I Caban 15 Zac
    15.    II Ezanab 16 Zac
    25.    XII Lamat 6 Ceh
    31.    V Ix 12 Ceh
    33.    VII Cib 14 Ceh
    44.    V Manik 5 Mac
    51.    XII Ix 12 Mac
    54.    II Caban 15 Mac
    66.    I Muluc 7 Kankin
    74.    IX Caban 15 Kankin
    78.    XIII Imix 19 Kankin
    91.    XIII Ix 12 Muan
   102.    XI Chicchan 3 Pax
   115.    XI Ezanab 16 Pax
   126.    IX Muluc 7 Kayab
   127.    X Oc 8 Kayab
   135.    V Ezanab 16 Kayab
   141.    XI Kan 2 Cumhu
   145.    II Lamat 6 Cumhu
   147.    IV Oc 8 Cumhu
   160.    IV Akbal 21 Cumhu
   166.    X Muluc 2 Pop (10 Muluc)
   172.    III Men 8 Pop
   180.    XI Akbal 16 Pop
   182.    XIII Chicchan 18 Pop

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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

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