1 - Histomesoamericana

2 Ahau was the twelfth in the
Itza katun cycle. Tihosuco was
its seat. It was halfway good in
this katun. (442)
2 Ahau
7. A Note from Tihosuco
(I8r) Cabil Ahau*
U lah ca tz'it
Katun
C u xocol
Maya Tzuc Pom*
E hetz' katun*
Tan coch hom u uah
Tan coch hom u y aal*
T u katunil
Lah cabil Anau ual e. :i:
—— = ^ng>
Second Ahau
Was the twelfth part
435 Of the katun
To be counted.
Maya Tzuc Pom
Was the seat of the katun.
Halfway clear was his food;
440 Halfway clear was his water
At the katun period
Of this second Ahau's return.
433. 2 Ahau marks the first arrival of the Spanish on the coast of Yucatan, but
this fact is ignored in the present text. The katun seat was Maya Tzuc Pom 'cycle
grove of copal', which may be Tihosuco. The lord of the katun is nowhere named,
but there is mention of a great fire and what may have been a smallpox epidemic.
437. Barrera 1948: 141 has Maya Uas Cuzamil 'place of the Maya swallow' and
then Maya Tzuc Pom 'groves of Maya copal gum trees'.
438. The manuscript has e for tl,
440. Many of the prophecies describe the "food and drink" of the katun as a
metaphor for its general character.
442. According to Morley 1946: 241, the last katun -ending monument was
erected at the end of this katun. He does not say where.
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