Almanac: 25-28 Frame: 1
An opossum Mam carries the rain god Chaak or the god of sustenance K'awil in a carrying frame on his back. The Mam holds a staff ending in a human hand in his right hand and a fan or rattle in the other. He wears an incense bag around his neck, a distinctive headdress marked by paper strips, and a skirt that also appears to consist of paper(?). To the left of the two figures is a count of offerings: a coefficient of 8, three "winik" (20) glyphs, and a coefficient of 9.
Themes
yearbearer
burden
offering -- T523
ritual accoutrements -- fan or rattle
carrying staff
Hieroglyphic Text
- caption 1: ___//___ (__ arrived.)
- caption 2: ___//__-__-ma (The yellow Way is the Mam.)
- caption 3: k'awil//u-tun/ku-chu (K'awil is his burden.)
- caption 4: ka-ka-wa//u-kan? (Cacao is his offering.)
- caption 5: ___//b'olon?-__//??-wah-ha'/b'a//__-nal?-__-b'e/b'i-hi (__ 09? __ abundance of? food and drink; __ road.)
- caption 6: b'olon-pom-li//wuk-__ (09 [pellets of] copal incense; 07 __.)
- caption 7: to-k'a?-??-te//ahaw?-__ (Flint, ?? wood; __ lord.)
Iconography
anthropomorphic animal: opossum Mamdeity: Chaak or K'awil
object: staff
object: fan or rattle
object: carrying frame
glyph: count of offerings (TVIII:521:521.521:IX)