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Water spews from the open mouth of a crocodilian figure at the top of the page, whose body forms a skyband (including the glyphs for “eek’ ” ‘star, Venus’, “ka’an” ‘sky’, a variant of the “k’in” ‘sun” glyph, and “ak’b’al” ‘night, darkness’). A solar and lunar eclipse glyph are attached to the skyband, with streams of water falling from each of them. The central part of the scene is dominated by the old goddess Chak Chel, here in her destructive aspect (as indicated by her clawed feet and hands and the crossed bones on her skirt). She wears a serpent headdress and overturns an olla of water, which contains a distance number of 5.1.0 (5 tuns, 1 winal, and 0 days) and the day glyph Eb’. This refers to the date 4 Eb' recorded in the table immediately preceding this page of the codex. At the bottom of the page is the black God L, here carrying weapons identifying him as a Venus god (a spear and atlatl darts). Perched on his head is an owl, a bird identified with the underworld. This scene has been associated with the flood referenced in colonial Maya sources said to have destroyed the previous creation of the world (Taube 1988).	Themes astronomical -- skyband astronomical -- eclipse astronomical -- Venus sacrifice rain/water overturned vessel carrying weapon(s)
Hieroglyphic Text caption 1: ___//ha'?-??-ka'an//ix(ik) kab'-tun/ku-ni (__ rainy? ?? sky lady earth stone.) caption 2: ___//___//ek'-ka'an-na//ek'-kab'-b'a//b'a-ka-b'e/b'i//chaak?/cha-ki (__ __ black sky, black earth; the b'akab' Chaak.) caption 3: ___//___//___//ma-__//chak-chel//nal-nal (__ __ __ south? Chak Cheel maize.)
Iconography animal: caiman object: skyband glyph: "eek' " 'star, Venus' (T510b) glyph: "ka'an" 'sky' (T561) glyph: "?? k'in" '?? sun' (T544v) glyph: "ak'b'al" 'night, darkness' (T504) glyph: solar eclipse (T326[T544]) glyph: lunar eclipse (T326[T682b]) object: rain/water deity: Chak Chel animal: serpent object: vessel/olla object: rain/water glyph: TV.I.0 (1820 days) glyph: Eb' deity: God L or black Chaak animal: owl object: darts object: spear or atlatl

Almanac: 71b-74 Frame: 1

Water spews from the open mouth of a crocodilian figure at the top of the page, whose body forms a skyband (including the glyphs for “eek’ ” ‘star, Venus’, “ka’an” ‘sky’, a variant of the “k’in” ‘sun” glyph, and “ak’b’al” ‘night, darkness’). A solar and lunar eclipse glyph are attached to the skyband, with streams of water falling from each of them. The central part of the scene is dominated by the old goddess Chak Chel, here in her destructive aspect (as indicated by her clawed feet and hands and the crossed bones on her skirt). She wears a serpent headdress and overturns an olla of water, which contains a distance number of 5.1.0 (5 tuns, 1 winal, and 0 days) and the day glyph Eb’. This refers to the date 4 Eb' recorded in the table immediately preceding this page of the codex. At the bottom of the page is the black God L, here carrying weapons identifying him as a Venus god (a spear and atlatl darts). Perched on his head is an owl, a bird identified with the underworld. This scene has been associated with the flood referenced in colonial Maya sources said to have destroyed the previous creation of the world (Taube 1988).

Themes

astronomical -- skyband
astronomical -- eclipse
astronomical -- Venus
sacrifice
rain/water
overturned vessel
carrying weapon(s)

Hieroglyphic Text

caption 1: ___//ha'?-??-ka'an//ix(ik) kab'-tun/ku-ni (__ rainy? ?? sky lady earth stone.)

caption 2: ___//___//ek'-ka'an-na//ek'-kab'-b'a//b'a-ka-b'e/b'i//chaak?/cha-ki (__ __ black sky, black earth; the b'akab' Chaak.)

caption 3: ___//___//___//ma-__//chak-chel//nal-nal (__ __ __ south? Chak Cheel maize.)

Iconography

animal: caiman
object: skyband
glyph: "eek' " 'star, Venus' (T510b)
glyph: "ka'an" 'sky' (T561)
glyph: "?? k'in" '?? sun' (T544v)
glyph: "ak'b'al" 'night, darkness' (T504)
glyph: solar eclipse (T326[T544])
glyph: lunar eclipse (T326[T682b])
object: rain/water
deity: Chak Chel
animal: serpent
object: vessel/olla
object: rain/water
glyph: TV.I.0 (1820 days)
glyph: Eb'
deity: God L or black Chaak
animal: owl
object: darts
object: spear or atlatl

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Dresden Codex: 71b-74 Frame: 1