Now the two large numbers have the difference 46,678 = 179 × 260 + 138; the latter is the interval from IX Ix to IV Eb.
The four numbers of the days VIII Ahau seem to stand in very irregular relation to one another and yet they show the following striking results, if the first and third and also the second and fourth numbers be combined (as I combined them under page 24):—
In the first case we see the following:—
| 1,465,520 - 1,409,100 = 56,420 = 3 × 18,980 - 520. |
| 3 Yax (9 Cauac) to 8 Uo (8 Ix) = 18,460 = 18,980 - 520. |
| 56,420 - 18,460 = 37,960 = 2 × 18,980. |
While in the second case:—
| 1,532,600 - 1,437,180 = 95,420 = 5 × 18,980 - 520. |
| 18 Mol (8 Kan) to 13 Pax (9 Muluc) = 520. |
| 95,420 - 520 = 94,900 = 5 × 18,980. |
5. The Serpent.
As in the section occupying pages 61-64, the single series is crowned by four serpents with eight large numbers, so in this section the two series end in a single serpent with two numbers, one for each series, but both bear some obscure relation to the day VIII Ahau, which has made its appearance here. The two
sections also correspond, inasmuch as the numbers in both are computed not from the normal date, but from the date IX Kan 12 Kayab (4 Ix).
The serpent pictured here is different from the previous ones, inasmuch as it is partly black. The god B is sitting on its opened jaws, and this time he, too, is painted black (as on page 31c); there is an animal's head upon the god's head, in which we again recognize that of the animal with the fourth serpent in the preceding section. The god is armed with spear and shield and recalls his picture at the bottom of page 74.