1. 1-13 March 10-22 Ceh.
2. 14-26 March 23-April 5 Mac.
3. 27-39 April 6-18 } Kankin.
4. 40-52 April 19-May 1 }
5. 53-65 May 2-14 Moan.
6. 66-78 May 15-27, Pax.
7. 79-91 May 28-June 9 } Kayab.
8. 92-104 June 10-22 }
9. 105-117 June 23-July 5 } Cumhu.
10. 118-130 July 6-18 }
11. 131-143 July 19-31 Pop.
12. 144-156 August 1-13 } Uo.
13. 157-169 August 14-26 }
14. 170-182 August 27-September 8 Zip.
15. 183-195 September 9-21 } Zotz.
16. 196-208 September 22-October 4 }
17. 209-221 October 5-17 Zec.
18. 222-234 October 18-30 } Xul.
19. 235-247 October 31-November 12 }
20. 248-260 November 13-25 Yaxkin.
21. 261-273 November 26-December 8 } Mol.
22. 274-286 December 9-21 }
23. 287-299 December 22-January 3 } Chen.
24. 300-312 January 4-16 }
25. 313-325 January 17-29 Yax.
26. 326-338 January 30-February 11 } Zac.
27. 339-351 February 12-24 }
28. 352-364 February 25-March 8 Ceh.
In the following I will call attention to a few points by which this
arrangement is justified.
Hieroglyph 1a admits of explanation. It consists of four parts:--the left
top is Kin, meaning sun or day, the right top is the sign of the year, the
right bottom is the knife as symbol of separation or division, and the left
bottom, which is especially decisive, is the month Ceh. Hence I read 1a
thus:--the day of the change of year in the month Ceh. The sign 1b is the
familiar Kin-Akbal signifying either the beginning day or the day Akbal. If
the year should be named from this sign, then this would mean a Kan year,
as in the preceding section the beginning lay in the year 9 Kan. If the
year in the latter section had been as equally divided as the one in
question here, it would have furnished us with some very remarkable
parallels.
Again the four groups:--4, 11, 18 and 25, which are alike, are important.
The cross in sign _a_, combined with the three dotted lines passing from
top to bottom, may refer to the wind and this meaning is further confirmed
by the Ik sign (wind) in c. Further the sign _b_ between them is that for
the Bacab, the wind deity itself.
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