Note 248-1 — DAY SYMBOLS OF THE MAYA YEAR (continued 2)

Brinton says the ben symbol looks to him “like a wooden bridge, the two supports of which are shown and which was sometimes covered with a straw mat.” If so, it must be shown in profile, and the hanging marks above (see LXVI, 16, 17, 19) would seem to be without signification; moreover, in LXVI, 18, the supports hang from above, which would, on this theory, imply a hanging bridge.