Dos Pilas Hieroglyphic Stairway 2: Central Section, Step 2



Reading:

A1		Distance Number: 2 K'ins
B1		Distance Number continued: 17 Winals
A2		u-ti-ya "it happened"
B2		Tzolk'in: 13 Ahaw
C1		Haab: 18 K'ank'in
D1		TAN-LAM half-period ending
C2		Tzolk'in: 4 Ik'
D2		Haab: 2 Mak (should be 15)

Summary of date: 17.2 days after 13 Ahaw, 18 K'ank'in (9.10.10.0.0), which is 4 Ik' 15 Mak (9.10.10.17.2). BCK would be 18.6.0 days old.

E1		K'AM-wi K'AWIIL? "he grasped K'awiil"
F1		ba-te pi-tzi "warrior, ballplayer"
E2		Balah Chan K'awiil
F2		K'uhul Mutul Ahaw "Holy Lord of Mutul"

Overall Summary: On 4 Ik' 15 Mak (9.10.10.17.2), the warrior and ballplayer Balah Chan K'awiil, the Holy Lord of Mutul grasped the K'awiil?