Now, which were the other four deities? Signs 8, 12, 20 refer to A, H and
C. 16 is the laterally elongated head _q_, to which Seler is inclined to
refer the day Men, and Schellhas an undetermined deity I. On account of its
frequency this sign must have besides a more general significance. In
addition, however, we have in 14 and 18 the signs of F and B. 6 is
uncertain, 10 is probably C, and the top row is entirely illegible. If to
these deities is added the D repeated five times in the third row, it will
be seen that all the important gods are grouped together here on the last
page of this section.
Pages 16b--17b.
I will now attempt (for it cannot be more than an attempt) to separate into
three parts, according to their contents, the middle and lowest thirds of
pages 16 to 23. The first part, 16b to 18b and 16c to 20c, contains six
Tonalamatls with pictures of women, each of whom carries on her back the
figure or symbol of a deity. This deity can hardly be any other than the
one to which the horoscope of the child especially refers.
The first of these Tonalamatls, on pages 16b-17b, runs as follows:--
Muluc 13 4 35 (or 20 15)
Imix
Ben
Chicchan
Caban.
The red numerals are wanting and were probably forgotten.
The hieroglyphs stand thus:--
1 2 5 6 9 13
3 4 7 8 10 14
11 15
12 16.
Of these 3, 7, 11 and 15 are the sign for women, 2, 6, 10 and 14 are
likewise all the same sign, which is repeated in the same places on pages
17c to 18c. I do not understand its meaning; it may have reference merely
to the carrying-frame. Instead of the four women, whom we should expect to
find here, only the first two are portrayed. The first carries B, whose
sign is the first hieroglyph, while the fourth hieroglyph is the sign _q_.
The second woman carries A to whom hieroglyphs 5 and 8 refer. The third
woman would have carried D, which is plainly proved by hieroglyphs 9 and
12, and the fourth, F, as follows from sign 13 and probably also from 16
(_q_).
Pages 17b--18b.
Eb 11 7 6 16 8 4.
Kan
Cib
Lamat
Ahau.
Here again there are no red numerals.
The 24 hieroglyphs of the six divisions stand thus:--
1 2 5 9 13 14 17 18 21 22
3 4 6 10 15 16 19 20 23 24.
7 11
8 12
Again, six women should be portrayed here, but there are only four; the
second and third are wanting. The signs for the women are given in 3, 7,
11, 15, 19 and 23, but in 15 and 19 the prefix is different from that of
the rest. As from here on the women repeatedly carry a bird, the signs for
this are 2, 6, 10, 14, 18 and 22, which are the symbol of a rising bird, as
in the sign of the 15th Uinal (Moan), which in my opinion generally
coincides with the 13th month of 28 days.
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