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Cleveite and other neio Gas Lines in the Hottest Stars,

7. The new series of probable hydrogen lines in g" Pappis mo

likely represents the effect of a transcendental temperature. Th

and the well-known series are in all probability of the subordina

type, the lines of the principal series not yet having been identifi

in stars.

8. There is evidence which points to a higher temperature f

^ Pappis than for Bellatrix.

9. The behaviour of certain lines suggests that Bellatrix maytaken as a type of the hottest stars, while the behaviour of othe

seems to indicate that v. Orionis should be regarded as a star of t

very highest temperature, exception being made oE f" Puppis. Ther

are not yet sufficient data to enable a final statement to be made.

''A Maya Calendar Inscription, interpreted by Goodman'

Tables." By Alfred P. Maudslay. Commiuiicated b



iyU Mr. A. P. Maudslay, A Maya Calendar Insmption

• 4 s e *

o • a « • «

» » /, 9

1 katuTi

1 cycle

1 great cycle

1 grand era

20 alians .

20 katuns. , . .

13 cycles . . .

73 great cycles

The annual calendar is divided into eigliteen named months, e

consisting of twenty named days, and one short month (na

lUayeb) of five days.

The tv^enty named days of the month are numbered continuou

from 1 to 13, so that if tlie first-named day of the month has the num

,1 attached to it, the last-named day of the month v^dll be numbe

7 (13 -f 7 = 20), and the first day of the next montb will be n

ibered 8, and so on.

There are fifty-two annual calendars in a calendar round, and?the end of the 52nd year the series is repeated.

All the dates and reckonings found on the monuments which



intei'preted hy Goodman^s Tables, 6

As has been long known, each bar counts as five, and each dot as

unit. (The roundish, marks under the glyphs are not part of t

numerical series.)

"The sigos in front of the Ahau, Ohuen, and Day signs denote

' full count ' of those periods. The date thus reads :

(1.) 54th great cycle,

(2.) 9th cycle*(3.) 15th katun.

(4.) ' Full count ' ahaus,

(5.) * Full count ' chuens,

(6,) ' Full count ' . • days,

(7.) 4 Ahau (day).

(8.) 13 Yax(month),

" A reference to Mr. Groodnian's chronological calendar shows th

the 15th Katun of the 9th Cycle of the 54th Great Cycle commence



70 Mr. A. P, Maudslaje A Maya Calendar Inscri^Jtion

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interpreted hy Goodmans 'lahles.

essay (piiblislied in the Arclieeological Section of the ' Biolo

Centrali-Americana ') were issuing from the press, I received fr

Mr. Teobert Maler a number of photographs of sculptures a

inscriptions which, he had recently discovered in Yucatan and t

country to the south, of it as far as the banks of the Riv

Usumacinta.

One of these inscriptions from Piedras ^Kfegras on the Usumacin

is in a good state of preservation, and a drawing made by Mi

Annie Hunter from the photographic print is here reproduced (p» 7

As Mr. Goodman has never seen this inscription, an examinati

of it with the help of his notes and calendar tables will be a fair t

of their valae.

The following signs are figured in Mr. Groodman's essay, and w

be found to agree fairly well with those in the inscription.



72 Mf. A. P. Maiidslay, A Maya Calendar Inscription

Signs for the named days-

Cim.. Cib'. YmiSo Ahau»

Bi^ins fo¥ til©' named jsaonths—

Yaxlin,, KainkiBo

V, (^ "^-X J

D Milan,



interpreted hy Goodman^s Tables, 7

•n^qy aqc^ jo -oj^j

•q^ûoni JO onii3^

•r-(

ss wj ^rvô;) nn^Nr^ »v»N.^BS

•q^^nom; 9q;c^ jo ^C-bqCO

r-t

X)CO OOCOQOCOOOCOOOCOOOCOQOCOOOCOOOCOQO

rHrH tHtH iHtH tH'—' tH

•n'BqyCO Wrj i>COC«OO^C005iOtHOCOCl'-iI>CO(MQO

»-< tH tH tH »-< iH

«0

•q'ÛOUl JO OLU-Bô

^1 ^ s

•q^ûoin Qj{% JO ^'BQ00 COOO CCOOCOCOOOCOOOCOOOCCOOCOOCOOOOCOOO

rHrH r—.i-H t—irH i—trH rH



4 Mr. A. P. Maudslay, A Maya Calendar Inscription

Q) ^ ^ GO Nh fO ^ ^^'^ On O ^ <3^:j Go ^ "-c:) ^ ?^ -(io On

•qOi£T3_Q_

•iii|iniiQ

'({'GyC^g;

xi^j

O —( fM CO r-f .

r^ 1—^J—I

]—I ,

O 9 « » o •

« 9 9 9

rH r—f i-H i~H

r-H rH t—i rH r—f r—f r-H rH

rH pH I—^ 1—

'^mn-j/Sia0C5Ot-~iiMC0rHG<JC0'îOC0i>C0

rH t-H r-H tHOS O tH C<3

T-H r™^ r-i

D3T-4

rH

•urip'e;}jr-HCqcO-^lOCD-t^CXÔOrHCQCOrH

rH rH rH t-M

cq CO ^ VO ® X>

•O^lJATJ>. X O':) O rH cq CO rH CM CO ^ i-O <:o x>

rH .-H rH rH00 05 O r-«'

rH r-H

CO

•qôCOrHG<JiCO'^lOCOJ>.CX5Cf:!OrHG<JCOt-H rH i~H r-( rH

rH C^ CO -?? lO CO



interioreted hy GoodmaiiUs Tables,

Tlie next glyph in the inscription A 3 is the Cliiien sign with t

signiwhich signifies a "full count" of Chnens, in front of it. As

full count of Chnens is 18 and equals 1 Ahau, and as the number

Ahaiis has already been recorded, the glyph A 3 means that no o

Cbuens are to be added to the date already expressed.

The glyph B 3 is the sign for a day (of twenty-four hours) pr

ceded- by the numeral 16.

Turning to the fi.rst year of the annual calendar, we now a

these 16 days to 2 Ahau 18 Xul, the date already arrived at, a

it will be found to bring us to 5 Gih 14 Yaxhin (marked with

circle).

That this reckoning is correct is shown by the inscription its

where the result is expressed ; A 4 being 5 Gih, and B 7 14 Ycurki

The six glyphs in the inscription intermediate between the sign

the day Cib, and the sign of the month Yaxkin, have not yet be

thoroughly deciphered, but there is reason to suppose that th



76 Mr. A. P. Mauds]ay. A Maya Calmidar Inscription

O >. <5^ GO N^ JO ^ t^'cfe On QJ >. (50 GO 'O ^ t-^'Qo <5s

•qoi^'GjQ^C5OiHG«qC0..,

THrHrHTH•

•nqnitiQ c<!co'îo:oi>oooiOr-(oqii:orH(Ml-H 1-i 1-i rH

CO •^ lO ?£)£>. GO

•qi3X'B5[QOajOiH(MCOiH(MCO'<!?lOCDt>00

rH i-H i-H i-H

Ci O rH (M CO rHrH rH rH rH

•x^j THG«qC0-ÔC0l>00C72OiH^C0THi-H iH tH tH

(M 03 ^ lO CO i>>

•n'Biijfl>GOC720rHC<}COTHC<ICO^XO<:Oi>

i-H tH rH iH00 C72 O rH CQ CO

r-^ r-i T^ i-{

•nt2[U'B3[C0THG«qC0'î0C0i>Q0a2OiH(MC0tH tH rH tH r-l9 (M CO -^ 10 CD

•O-BJIJCOJ>00050rH(MCOTH(MCO'îOCO

pH tH rH i-H

i:^ 00 Oi O tH (Mr-{ vA r-^

•1(80C<]COrHG«qCO'^lO':0-t>G0050rH<Mr-( I—( rH i-H I—

CO rH (M CO -(^jl lO

t0C0 1--.XCiOr-<G«qC0rH(MC0^v0 CO Jt> 00 Ci O rH



interpreted by Goodmans Tables, 77

•ui:û'B3-

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0) >^ >^ >. ^>!> >, >5> >^ >.

•q9A''Br|vOCDIr^GOOi. .«. . .....

•nqnino rHCqcOrHCqCO'^lOCOt-OOOiOiHrH rH i-H rH rH

CO rH (M CO -^tH

•q-eil-BX•^lOCDl>00050rHCJCOrHCqCO-^

rH rH tH tHlO CD »> 00 05 O

rH

*x'Bc:[ OrH(MC0rH(?qC0'î0'X>i>000iOtH rH rH rH rH

rH (M CO rH (?q COrH rH

•n'Bn2/\[C0'^lOi:Dl>00a5OTH(MC0rHG<lC0

rH tH rH rH^ to <© i> 00 05

ajOiHC<IC0rH(MC0îOi:DI>XaJ O rH(?qCOrH(?^

(MC0Ti1iOCDX>00G>OrH(MC0rHG<i cO ^lOCDtÔO

•^tâOOC50rH(>qCOrH(MCO'^»^'^l>00

r-A r-i r-^ r-\

05 O iH C<l CO rHr-i r-\ r-\ r-\

rHG<lCOîOCOJOOOOOrH(MCOrH cq CO --^ lO CD l>



'8 Mr, A. P, Maudslay. A Maya Calendar Inscription

•qoi^Xl00 Oi O rH (M.

r—i rH rH009

•q'B/^'B^];

'xi3j;

•iren];^

•Iip[LlE5£

r—I rH rH T—

t>QOO:>OrHCN}COr-ioqcO-îO<X; 2> (XI OOr-ICNCO1

\ 1—I r—1 rH pH rH rH rH

COrHC^CO-îOCDt-QOOîOrHG^? CO tH CNCO'îOCT;, \ rH rH rH tH

COi>(Xia30rHG<lCOrHCNCO'<#lO(®)j>. OOasOr-^GvIr—I rH rH rH

C<lCOrH(MCOû:)<:Oi>QOOOrH 05 CO rHcMCO^JO

•o^MlOCOI>a)a)OrHC<}COrHG<lCO^

rH rH rH rHK3 <X) l> O) 05 rH

rH T-i

•^FOrH(?^C0rH(?qC0-^l0Ol>000:)OrH rH rH r-H

tHiH

(?q

rHCO rH (M CO -"^^

rH

Tt<io<:o-t>-GoaiOrHoq(rorH(Mco 10 CO i> QO Oi



interpreted hy Goodmaiis Tables,

Passing over tlie next tliree glyplis we arrive at another reckoni

D 4i gives 10 days, 11 Chiiens, 1 Alian, and fhe first half of C 5 gi

1 Katun.

1 Katun •«.,....,,,,., 7200 days,

J. -A,naii .«o*««****«..« ooU ,,

11 Chuens (11 X 20) .... 220 „

7790 days.

7665 ,, =21 years.

125 days.

Adding 7790 days or 21 years and 125 days to the previons da

1 Gib 14 KanJdn, it v^ill bring ns to 4 Gimi 14 Uo in the thirty-fi

year of the annual calendar, and we find this date expressed in t



80 Dr. A. D. Waller, hifiuence of Acids and Alkalis

The lasb glyph in the inscription is a Katun sign with tlie numer

14 above it, and a sign for ''beginning " in front of it, and indicat

that the last date is the beginning of a 14th. Katun. If we tu

to the table for the 9fch Cycle of the 54th Great Cycle, from whi

we started, it will be seen that the 14th Katun of that cycle do

commence with the date 6 Ahau 13 Muan.

It is simply impossible that the identity of the dates expressed

the inscription with those to which the computations have guided

can throughout be fortuitous. Yery nearly half of the forty-eig

glyphs in the inscription have been accounted for, and I have

doubt that when the inscription passes under Mr Goodman's scruti

lie will be able to give us much information about the remainin

glyphs which I have passed over as undeciphered.

It can, I think, therefore, be fairly claimed for Mr. Goodman th

his researches have raised the veil of mystery which has for so lo



c^[^(^ g-Q-^g^

(1) TLe Great Cjclo sign. (2) The Cycle. (3) The Katun. (4) T

{o) The Chucn. (6) The Day. (7) The named day. (8) The na



Cycle



Signs for the named days-

Si^ns fov tlie named months—

Yaikin, Kankin.

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