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Palenque: Tablet of the Cross(part 1)

Transliteration
12.9.3.4.4, 8 Ahaw 18 Sek, G8+F______ 2C X3 u k'aba': 29, 0 juliy: ak' chajiy k'ahwilnalob, nohol Chan Che'en.

1 Ahaw 18 Sutz: sihyaj jem na sak huun. CF: 0 k'in, 5 winal 8 tun sihyaj i u k'al aat.

4 Ahaw 8 Kumk'u: tzutzuy 13 baktun; CF: 2 k'in 9 winal 1 tun jal-jiy k'oba k'a chaan Yax Nal ??? ch'ok chan jun ye nal.

13 Ik' "ya-haab"(20?) Mol: tab'iy 6 chan ahaw nal waxak na chaak (G1) k'uhul k'aba yotot xaman(nah); CF: 0 k'in 1winal 3 tun 18 katun 1 baktun: petjiy wak chan jun ye nal i sihil matawil.

9 Ik' 15 Keh u-?-kaba matawil, u baah u cha'bil sak huun ???? Ix. CF: 2 k'in 12 winal 10 tun 6 katun 3 baktun, utiy 9 Ik' i sihiy u-kokan-kan u k'uhul k'aba jayej matawil, k'uhul ahaw Palenque; CF: 13 k'in 7 winal 6 tun 1 katun sihiy u-kokan-kan.

English Translation 
12.9.3.4.4, 8 Ahaw 18 Sek, "The Lunar Sequence": G8+F ??? 2C, X3, his name, 29 lunations, zero arrives: the two k'awhils of North Sky Cave danced. 

1 Ahaw 18 Sutz: Valley Mother White Woman was born; count forward 0 k'in 5 winal 8 tun, that's when the Blood Letter was born.

4 Ahaw 8 Kumk'u: the 13th baktun was ended; count forward 2 k'in, 9 winal, 1 tun, that's when the image of Reclining Sky First Maize ???was manifested, the Young Sky, Hun Ye Nal.

13 Ik'  20(?) Mol: the maize 6 sky lord, Waxak Na Chaak(G1), ascended, his holy name, House North; count forward 0 k'in 1 winal 3 tun 18 katun 1 baktun: Jun Ye Nal was turned into a 6 Sky and was born a Matawil. 

9 Ik' 15 Keh: Lady ???, the White Woman, made penance,  she was designated a Matawil. Count forward 2 k'in 12 winal 10 tun 6 katun 3 batun, that's when on 9 Ik' He the Manta Sting Snake was born, his holy name: "that very same Matawil", Holy Lord of Palenque; count forward: 13 k'in 7 winal 6 tun 1 katun He the Manta Sting Snake was born.

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