Almanac: 51c-51c Frame: 1
This circular almanac pictures God Y, an earth and hunt deity who is characterized by an empty eye socket (here colored blue). He wears a woven cloth shirt and a deer head as a headdress, with two Kimi glyphs representing skulls at its base, and a spear or arrow beneath them. He holds a hook (used for hunting?) in each hand (the one in his left hand is colored blue). The directional glyphs frame the scene, which occurs against a reddish brown background. The right side of the frame is eroded. Drawing after Villacorta C. and Villacorta (1976:326).
Themes
ritual -- hunting
black coloration
blue coloration
carrying weapon(s)
death -- skulls
directional association -- four quadrants & center
Hieroglyphic Text
- caption 1: nal? (North.)
- caption 2: chi-k'in (West.)
- caption 3: ERODED (South.)
- caption 4: ERODED (East.)
Iconography
deity: God Yobject: spear
object: hook or atlatl
object: hook or atlatl
object: deer head
object: skull