Madrid Codex: 109c-110c Frame: 1

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Almanac: 109c-110c Frame: 1

The merchant and warrior deity God M is pictured, holding what may be a container of honey in his hand and with a kab’ glyph (representing a beehive) attached to(?) his torso. A bird rests on God M’s head, and a bee hovers in the air above the honey. Drawing after Villacorta C. and Villacorta (1976:442).

Themes

beekeeping
omen? -- bird
black coloration
offering/object in hand -- honeycomb?

Hieroglyphic Text

caption 1: mo-ni/ne//u-kab'-b'a//ti'/ti-'o//k'uh (The god's honey is solidified?; ??.)

Iconography

deity: God M
glyph: hive (T526)
animal: bird
object: container
object: honeycomb
animal: bee

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