| The passage above (from the Temple of the Cross Tablet) records the Calendar Round date of Casper's birth - 11 Lamat 6 Xul - in the first two glyph blocks. (To the left of the ritual calendar sign Lamat is a dot for one and two bars, each representing five. On either side of the dot are "placeholders", which the Maya used to give a balanced appearance to the glyph block.) In our calendar, Casper's date of birth was August 9, 422. In the Maya "Long Count", this is written 8.19.6.8.8. At P11 of the inscription is the verb for "birth", and at Q11 is Casper's name. |