| The passage above (from the Temple of the Cross Tablet) records the date of K'uk' B'ahlam's birth - 5 Kimi 14 K'ayab' - in the first two glyph blocks. (A bar representing the number five is to the left of the ritual calendar sign Kimi in the first glyph block, while two bars and four dots - each bar counting five and each dot counting one - are to the left of the solar month sign K'ayab' in the second.) At P5 is the verb for "birth", the glyph for which was referred to as the "upended frog" when it was first identified. (It is possible that it actually depicts an iguana. The "upended frog" portion is the top left half of the glyph block; the right half and the bottom together form a verbal suffix.) At Q5 is K'uk' B'ahlam's name. |