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MAYAN DAY SIGNS:

These glyphs represent the 20 religious calendar days of the Mayan 260-day sacred calendar. Translations are archaic and uncertain to me.

IMIX-01 IMIX-02 IK-01 IK-02 AKBAL-01 AKBAL-02 KAN-01 KAN-02 CHIKCH01 CHIKCH02
Imix (water) Ik' (air, life) Ak'bal (night) K'an (corn) Chik'chan (chicchan)
(serpent)
KIMI-01 KIMI-02 MANIK-01 MANIK-02 LAMAT-01 LAMAT-02 MULUK-01 MULUK-02 OK-01 OK-02
Kimi (cimi)(death) Manik (deer, grasp) Lamat (rabbit) Muluk (muluc)(rain) Ok (oc)(dog)
CHUWEN01 CHUWEN02 EB-01 EB-02 BEN-01 BEN-02 IX-01 IX-02 MEN-01 MEN-02
Chuwen (chuen)
(monkey)		 Eb (broom) Ben (reed) Ix (jaguar) Men (bird, eagle)
KIB-01 KIB-02 KABAN-01 KABAN-02 ETZNAB01 ETZNAB02 KAWAK-01 KAWAK-02 AHAW-01 AHAW-02 AHAW-03
Kib (cib)
(vulture)		 Kaban (caban)
(force, earth)		 Etz'nab (eznab)
(knife)		 Kawak (cauac)
(storm, tun)		 Ahaw (ahau)
(lord)

The day-sign icons whose names end in 01 were adapted from the Codex Dresden, via Frederick Peterson (Ref.1). The icons ending in 02 are the more inscriptional forms, as might be found on monuments or stelae; these are adapted from (Ref.2).

MONTH SIGNS:

A few "month" signs (primarily from Ref. 3):
BALAM 0 2X2 2X2X2 2X2X2X2
Pop
(mat)		 Sek
(tzec)(skull)		 Sip
(zip)(deer)		 Sotz'
(zotz)(bat)		 Wo
(uo)(frog)		 Xul
(termination)

NON-DAY SIGNS:

BALAM 0 2X2 2X2X2 2X2X2X2
Balam Zero 4 8 16
(jaguar) (Mayan numeration)

Ref. 1. Peterson F. Ancient Mexico. New York, Capricorn, 1959, page 187.
Ref. 2. Morley SG. An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs. New York, Dover, 1975, page 38.
Ref. 3. Coe MD. The Maya [6th Ed.]. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1999, pp. 59-60.

Any comments or criticisms will be welcomed!

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© David Edwards Dated: 26 August 1999. Updated: 3 January 2001.