s, p. 144). The Maya name of the thing indicated is
uncertain, though I am inclined to believe _Piz_, as given in the
work alluded to, is correct.

[Illustration: No. 9]

_U._ The left symbol of this figure appears to stand for vase, and is
also used to indicate a pronoun or article when joined to another
symbol, as here shown. (See op. cit., p. 145.)

[Illustration: No. 10]

_Xicim._ The ear. Rosny, Vocabulaire hieratique, No. 185.

[Illustration: No. 11]

_Hau._ The quarter of a deer. Usually represented as an offering to the
gods; in all the manuscripts.

[Illustration: No. 12]

_Ikilcab._ The bee. Although the figure bears a much stronger
resemblance to a beetle than to a bee, there can be no longer any
doubt that Brasseur's supposition that it represents a bee is
correct.

[Illustration: No. 13]

Honey in the comb. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus
Thomas, Fig. 20); in the Manuscript Troano only, and always in red.

[Illustration: No. 14]

_Xamach or Chimix._ A vessel. This symbol, found in all the codices, is
apparently explained by its use in the upper division of Plate 27,
Cortesian Codex, where it stands over each of four vessels or jars
of the form represented in Fig. 374.

[Illustration: FIG. 374. Jar from the Cortesian Codex.]

This conclusion is greatly strengthened by the fact that the only other
symbols in this connection are those of the cardinal points, one to each
vessel. These figures are probably intended to denote here the four
sacred vessels or amphorae of the Bacab, though not surmounted, as
Brasseur supposed, by human or animal figures.

The symbol appears to be used also in the ordinary sense, or at least to
signify other vessels than the sacred four, if we may judge by its
frequent repetition in Plate XIV, Manuscript Troano. But it is worthy of
notice that here also, in both the middle and lower divisions, four of
the symbols are connected with the cardinal point symbols; there is also
in the former the figure of a vessel.

[Illustration: Hieroglyph]

If this identification be correct it is important, as it has a strong
bearing on the question of phoneticism. It will be observed that,
although the right hand member resembles closely the symbol of the day
Ymix, there are some differences, as may be seen by comparison. In the
former the little figure at the top is divided as in Kan, and on ea