(62 MAYAN CALENDAR SYSTEMS [ETH. ANN. 19 
Right slab 
4 Ahau 8Cumhu (8 Ben) 
2Cib 14 Mol (5 Akbal) 
3 Caban 15 Mol (5 Akbal) 
1 7 6 12 3) D2:Ahan® \8iCehve ((6iBenz)) (52)803)seen- 2 14, 843 
9 Akbal 6 Xul (8 Ezanab) 
2 6) 2) 182i Cini o Zotz (Zama) paeeese eee eae EA ls} 
3 I 8 2) to Ahan, 18 Kankin’ (9)Ak:pal)iseesssssseo- 52 
For convenience of reference the series of each division are num- 
bered at the left; the year to which the date refers is given in paren- 
thesis following the date, and the equivalent in days of the time 
series—after deducting the calendar rounds where greater than one 
round—is placed at the right. The positions of the various dates and 
series in the inscription are given as we proceed. 
In this inscription, as that of the Cross, the numbers prefixed to the 
periods of the initial series are face characters instead of the ordinary 
number symbols, except the number prefixed to the month symbol 
Ceh, which consists of the usual lines and dots. This initial series— 
54-1-18-5-3-6— interpreted, is as follows: The fifty-fourth great 
cycle, 1 cycle, 18 katuns, 5 ahaus, 3 chuens, 6 days, to 13 Cimi the 
19th day of the month Ceh. Mr Goodman’s interpretation of this 
inscription, so far as it extends, is given above. It appears that he 
places, as seems to be his rule, the inscription in the middle space 
after that in the right slab. It is possible, as is indicated by what fol- 
lows, that he is right in this instance. 
That 13 Cimi 19 Ceh, the first date, will not connect with the next 
date by 1 ahau, 2 chuens, 11 days (411 days), the second numeral series 
(in reverse order)—glyphs A13, B13—is certain, as the reckoning 
brings us by counting forward to 8 Caban 5 Muan, year 10 Ben. Yet, 
notwithstanding the radical error on the part of the original artist 
implied by the assumption that the last is the correct date here, there 
are some grounds for the assumption. As there are no more dates on 
the left slab, Goodman assumes that those attached to the 3d numeral 
series, which is precisely the same as the initial series, are the same 
as those which precede and follow that series, viz, + Ahau 8 Cumhu, 
beginning of the 54th great cycle, and 13 Cimi 19 Ceh. But this 
result, it must be remembered, is based upon the assumption that Mr 

Goodman’s interpretation ** 13” Cimi of the first given date is a correct 
rendering of the face numeral. In this case his determination has 
been reached not from the details of the face character, but from his 
theory that his 54th great cycle begins with 4 Ahau 8 Cumbu, as 
counting forward 1—-18-5-3-6 (9,746 days after deducting the calendar 
rounds) reaches 13 Cimi 19 Ceh (9 Lamat). This is apparent from 
his statement on page 49 of his work, where he gives figures of face 
signs for 13: 
[ do not know what to conclude about the last face in the list, which is the day 
numeral in the initial date of the Temple of the Sun, Palenque. It is more like the 
