I take sign 1 to be that of a Bacab, 2 I do not understand and it is half obliterated; it seems to occur again on page 73
in the column to the extreme right. 3 and 7 are the elongated head q with an unusual superfix, 4 and 8 correspond with one another, but I cannot explain them. 5, 10 and 14 denote the beginning, 6, 11 and 15, the end. 9 and 13 both designate the 8th day of the month Kayab and over them IV Ahau must have been set down twice. 12 and 16 are two heads of gods, 12 is probably D's with the sign for west and 16, B's with that of the east.
On page 70, in the middle of the third and fourth columns, the day IX Ix occurs twice. In one case it ought to have been IV Eb and the scribe has really changed the IX to IV, but he omitted changing the Ix to Eb. Directly below these dates we find the second group, consisting of two rows of four hieroglyphs.
I think these eight hieroglyphs can be interpreted as follows:—
| 1) 13 Pax | 2) 20 Pop or 25 Cumhu |
| 3) VIII Ahau | 4) 13 Yaxkin |
| 5) 10 Muan | 6) 37,960 |
| 7) 20 | 8) 1 Zec. |
The following is to be noted in this connection:—
3 is really set down X Ahau, but an VIII is written above the Ahau by way of correction. The day VIII Ahau will presently prove to be important.
6, a compound of Imix and the superfix denoting multiplication, is the sign for 18,980, and its prefix seems to me to denote duplication. We have long known how important the 37,960 = 146 × 260 = 104 × 365 is, and, if my theory is correct, we shall see directly that it occurs again here.
8 seems really to be 1 Zec, but the composite prefixes demand further examination.
Impenetrable darkness still shrouds the meaning of the whole group. Though it is clear that in several cases certain days are specified according to their position in the year, their distance apart does not agree with the interval between days IV Eb, IX Ix and IV Ahau under discussion here.