12,381,728 12,391,470 12,412,920 12,412,920 ---------- ---------- -31,192 = 119 × 260 + 252 -21,450 = 82 × 260 + 130 IV Eb - IX Kan = 252 IX Ix - IX Kan = 130 The date given for both numbers was the day IX Kan, which was likewise the starting-point for six of the eight numbers in the previous serpents. Besides this the day IV Eb, the starting-point of the 65-series, is given for the black number, and therefore also the interval between IV Eb and IX Kan = 252. To this 252 was added a multiple of 260, not an arbitrary choice, but one which combined with 252 resulted in a number divisible by 8, the interval from IX Kan to IV Eb. 31,192 = 3899 × 8 = 119 × 260 + 252 was thus obtained. The subtraction of this number from 12,412,920 resulted in the serpent number 12,381,728. In addition to all this the day IX Ix, the starting-point of the 54-series, is given for the red number; consequently also the interval between IX Ix and IX Kan = 130, which, at the same time, is reversely the interval from IX Kan to IX Ix. To this 130 was added a multiple of 260, which _must_ in every case be a multiple also of 130. Thus we obtain the 21,450 = 82 × 260 + 130. The subtraction of this number from 12,412,920 results in the serpent number 12,391,470. Reckoned from the starting-point IX Kan 12 Kayab (4 Ix) the black number corresponds to the date IV Eb 5 Chen (10 Muluc) and the red to IX Ix 12 Zip (11 Kan), and these two dates must certainly have been under the serpent; the months unfortunately are effaced. It is self evident that the black number is exactly divisible by 8 and the red by 130. The two events indicated by the two numbers must be to some extent coincident with the beginning of the seven events recorded in the previous four serpents. These large numbers pertaining to the destruction of the world are a reminder of the numbers, which on page 24 we believed were connected with the creation of the world. Thus here, too, we have the genesis and the apocalypse of all the mythologies. 6. The Columns of Hieroglyphs. The last portion of this section is formed by the two middle columns of hieroglyphs on page 69. They bear an extraordinary resemblance to those discussed under page 61 even in regard to the fact that each column contains 18 signs. Besides, the upper 10 lines, _i.e._, the upper 20 signs, are exactly alike on the two pages, aside from slight variations, and differ only in so far as the passage on page 69 is written on blue ground and the one on page 61 on white. But also the lower part, with eight signs in each column, shows many points in common with page 61. Here as there the whole is divided into several groups.