8a the character shown in plate LXVI, 43, stands in the text
over the figure of a tiger, and evidently refers to it. The close
resemblance of this to the _ix_ symbol from Tro. 12c shown in LXVI, 39,
is too manifest to be overlooked. The same symbol is found in Tro. 17c,
but here the prefix is changed to the numeral 4; below is a tiger-like
animal with a feathered tongue protruding from its mouth. I have taken
for granted, from the indicated action and my interpretation of one of
the accompanying symbols, that this figure was intended to indicate the
sorcerer or diviner. This supposition I admit is not supported by
sufficient evidence to demand acceptance. However, it is probable that
Leon de Rosny is justified in rendering LXVI, 43, by _ek-balam_. This
supposition will be strengthened by any evidence tending to show that
the prefix is properly interpreted by _ek_.

The symbol for the month _Ceh_, as given in Dres. 49c, is shown in LXVI,
44, and is the same as Landa's figure minus the suffix or month
determinative. It would seem from the fact that the lower character of
this symbol is the same as the lower portion of the symbols for _Yax_
(LXIV, 12) and _Zac_ (LXVI, 48), that the word _Ceh_, if the writing is
phonetic or ikonomatic, does not give the entire phonetic equivalent
unless the _x_ or _c_ of the other names is here softened to _h_. It may
be added, however, that Henderson gives both _Ceh_ and _Kez_ as the name
of the month and the Maya name for "deer." In the Zotzil vocabulary
"ciervo" is _chig_ and "venado" _chigh_. There is, however, a difficulty
in harmonizing this with the symbol for the month _Zip_--in which the
same character appears--that I have not been able to explain.
Nevertheless, it may be said, as the lower character appears (from
evidence that will not be introduced at this point) to have _z_ or _dz_
as its chief phonetic element, that it is possible the name had
sometimes _ek_ or _ke_ prefixed. Running through the lower division of
plates 46-50 of the Dresden Codex is a line consisting of repetitions of
the character shown in LXVI, 45. Here we have again our _k'_, _ke_, or
_ek_ glyph as a prefix. The right portion of the symbol bears a somewhat
close resemblance to some forms of the symbol of the day _Lamat_ (but
not to _kin_, as has been suggested), and is so interpreted by Brasseur
and Leon de Rosny. As _ek_ signifies "star," and _lemba_ "resplendent,
bright, shining, sparkling," the phonetic v