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gan is made to show the office or function of the womb, the whole 

 emblem is androgyne ; nor does there seem to be any distinctive 

 mark of sex, or unequal power, or quaHty, used either on the right 

 or left of the shaft, save the reversal of position. 



This slab like the Richardson, has number markings, distinct 

 and clear. At the base of theTau cross there are 6 distinct spaces 

 and 7 lines, the spaces being broad. Beneath this and on the edge 

 of the stone are 23 distinct, but small, spaces and 24 lines. The 

 position of these 23 spaces is such that groups of them seem tojie 

 marked by the lines of the larger spacing, viz., 3, 7, 13, and 20. 

 At the top there are similar markings, viz., 7 spaces and 8 lines, 

 and 24 small spaces and 25 lines. In these the groupings are : 13, 

 emphasized, and 20. In the whole sculpture there are 16 round 

 dots or small circles, of which two are in the testes. In the 

 body of the phallus there are 4, and continuing the count over, 

 toward the right and left, respectively, we have 5 additional on each 

 side, making a count of 9 and 9. 



For the broad spacing and lines we have 6 1-7:^13, and 

 7-)~8^=i5, together 28; and 13, the number of Catamenia in the 

 year, multiplied by 28 equal 364, or the week year, while 

 28X i5 = 28o-pi4o=42o. Of this 280 days is 40 weeks or the 

 period of parturition, while 420 is 210,;' 2, and 210 days is called 

 the period of viability. So, also, 6X7=^42, or 21X2, and the 

 reverse of 21 is 12. Or, these spaces and lines being 6, 7, 7, and 

 8, are together equal to 7X4=28. The smaller spacing and lines 

 give us 23-1-24=47, with 24-]-25=49, or together 96 (or 24X4, 

 or 12X8). 



Thus we have the exact description of these tablets. The 

 numbers shown on these are familiar as those used in the measures 

 of the Mound Builder works in which the tablets were found : also 

 as periods of lunar and solar time, and especially lunar time, as 

 marking the natural periods of menstruation, quickening, viability, 

 and gestation The relationship becomes closer when we find 

 that the Gest Tablet, as to its size, has special measures from the 

 same unit or standard with the Gridley stone ; they are : length, 5 

 inches; least breadth, 2.50 inches; greatest breadth, 3 (2.99) inches, 

 with two chords of 4.50 inches each. 



