Dresden Codex: 46d-50d Frame: 5

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Almanac: 46d-50d Frame: 5

A deity identfied in the text as Lahun Chan (10 Sky) appears in the guise of a warrior. He holds an atlatl in one hand, darts in the other, and wears a Venus glyph in his headdress and a paper strip through his ear. He has protruding ribs and maize foliation emerging from his head. He is identified as as the eastern variant of Chak Eek' (great star or Venus) in the text.

Themes

astronomical -- Venus
carrying weapon(s)

Hieroglyphic Text

caption 1: k'al?-ha//la-k'in-ni/ne (He is armed in the east,)
caption 2: lahun-ka'an-na//chak-eek' (Ten Sky, the Great Star/Venus.)
caption 3: chak-b'olay//u-hul (Great jaguar is the speared one.)
caption 4: u-muk?/mu-ka//yo-wah/ol-la//k'uh (The hearts of the gods are buried.)
caption 5: yah?-si-ahaw-nik?//ox-k'ul-hul (Woe/damage? to the born? lords; three holy piercings [or three speared gods].)
caption 6: yah?-xib'?/nak? (Woe/damage? to the rising [one]. OR Woe/damage? to the men?.)

Iconography

deity: Lahun Chan
object: atlatl
object: dart
object: dart

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