1 - Histomesoamericana

of five and six, on the days of
seven and eight, on the days
of nine and ten, on the days of
eleven, twelve, and thirteen. In
the countryside famine came.
The katun was celebrated
in the northwest, and the
Christian nobles were ambushed
in the countryside. The
Itza were sacrificed in the port
(608)
Ma Zuy was the captain in
the woods, and at the new year
Elom Tz'itz' took his final office
at Tz'itz'om Tun. He took it in
the woods because Lahun Chan
THIRTEEN AHAU 35
T u kin Chuclum Tz'iitz' * 585
T u kin Hubul Hub*
T u kin Cotz' y Ol Ch'elem*
Tu kin Etz'el Etz'*
T u kin Ox Tz'alab u Nak Yax Ghe*
T u kin Cuchlahom y AI Max* 590
T u kin Ox Ch'uilah Xotem*
T u kin Pan Tzintzin y etel Ban
Hob*
Y alan che
Y alan haban
Emom 595
Chac mitán uiih
Cam pat-hom u bel katun*
Mis bon
Tali chikin
Tali xaman 600
Manebal y al
U mehen ku
Sat-hom y alan che
Y alan haban
T u chac tun num ya y al 605
U mehen Ah num Itza*
Elom u chi sus
U chi kaknab
Nacom ti che
Ah Ma Suy* 610
Elom Tz'iitz'
T u yax tzol Pop
Ah Sitz'om Tun
Ox lahun te u cuch
Ch'ab on u numteil cab 615
U tzucteil cab*
On the day of Chuclum Tz'itz',
On the day of Hubul Hub,
On the day of Cotz' y Ol Ch'elem,
On the day of Etz'el Etz',
On the day of Ox Tz'alab u Nak Yax Che,
On the day of Cuchlahom y Al Max,
On the day of Ox Ch'uilah Xotem,
On the days of Pan Tzintzin and
Ban Hob,
Under the trees,
Under the bushes.
Descended
Is the great plague of hunger.
Much clarified is the road of the katun,
Swept and painted.
Coming west:
Coming north:
The destined passage of the born
And engendered of God,
Destroyed under the trees,
Under the bushes,
At the red stone of the suffering of the
born children
Of the engendered children of the
poor Itza,
Who were burned at the edge of the sand,
The edge of the sea.
The captain in the woods
Was Ma Zuy;
And Elom Tz'itz'
At the new count of Pop;
And Tz'itz'om Tun
Had its thirteenth burden,
Taken on in the thomtrees land,
The grovetrees land,
585. Chuclum Tz'iitz' 'sooty hoof, god of 5.
586. Hubul Hub 'sinking snail', god of 6.
587. Cotz' y Ol Ch'elem 'rolling agave', god of 7.
588. Etz'el Etz' 'placing fakes', god of 8.
589. Ox Tz'alab u Nak Yax Che 'three squeezed inside the ceiba', god of 9.
590: Cuchlahom y Al Max 'carrying baby monkey', god of 10.
591. Ox Ch'uilah Xotem 'three hanging sentences', god of 11.
592. Pan Tzintzin 'old bugger', god of 12; Ban Hob 'many guts', god of 13.
597. Cam pat-hom: I read can pathom 'much cleared'.
606. The explicit identification of the Chan lineage of Emal as Itza is of interest.
See also note 655.
610. Ma Zuy '?land rock' was apparently the nacom or military commander of
the anti-Christian party.
616. Elom Tz'iitz' 'burned hoof of Tz'itz'om Tun 'hoofed stone', north of
Izamal, was installed as lord on 1 Pop in ceremonies in the wild, replacing the pro-
Christian lord. His thirteenth office is his final and highest rank.