768 MAYAN CALENDAR SYSTEMS [ETH. ANN.19 
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given above, the lapse of time, as can be seen by subtracting series 2 
from series 10, is 52,520 days, thus: 
Series 11..9 12 18 5 16 
Series)2:- 27! B18) bo Ay 20 
(fh bk Sls} 1 16 
Fourth series left slab Foliated Cross 7 7 7 3 16 
7 5 16 052,520 days. 
He makes the lapse of time from 1 Ahau 13 Mac to 2 Cib 14 Mol 
7-14-13-1-16—1,113,516 days, or 12,676 after casting out the calen- 
dar rounds. That this number of days will connect the two dates is 
certainly true, but where is the evidence to justify this radical change 
of the numeral series by the addition of 52,520 days? Where is the 
proof that these two dates are to be connected by the fourth numeral 
series? A number can be found to connect any two dates, but there 
must be demonstration first that they are to be connected according to 
the plan of the aboriginal artist. The direct connection between the 
series of the left and right slabs is therefore not proved, though the 
reckonings given aboye seem to indicate it. 
Passing over the middle space to the right slab, the first date (L1, 
M1), already noticed, is 2 Cib 14 Mol; the next, found at M5, L6, is 
3 Caban 15 Mol, which is the next day in the calendar after 2 Cib 14 
Mol, both being in the same year—5 Akbal. Following the latter at 
L16, M16 is what appears to be a numeral series (1), to wit, 6 ahaus, 9 
chuens, 3 days. Whether this is to be recognized as a numeral series 

which is to be counted is uncertain, as it is immediately followed at 
M17, Ni, Ol, by the series (2) 4 days, 6 chuens, 9 ahaus, 2 katuns 
(17,764 days). The latter is followed at N5, O5 by a somewhat uncer- 
tain date, 8 Oc 3 Kayab, or 8 Ahau 13 Uo. The day is a face symbol 
and the month symbol is unusual, but more like that for Kayab than 
any other. It is included in Goodman’s synopsis as 8 Oc 3 Kayab. 
This is followed at N6, O6 by the series (3) 6 days, 11 chuens, 6 ahaus 
(2,386 days), which, in turn, without any intermediate recognizable 
date, is followed at O13, N14 by the series (4) 4 days, 12 chuens, 1 
ahau (604 days). This is followed at N15 by the date 8 Ahau 8 Uo. 
Immediately following, at O15, is the symbol for 13 katuns, which is 
followed by no date. 
We find by trial that neither 2 Cib 14 Mol nor 3 Caban 15 Mol will 
connect by the first series, 6-9-3 (2,343 days), nor the second, 2-9-5—-4 
(17,764 days), with either of the dates which follow. The reckoning 
forward of 17,764 days from 2 Cib 14 Mol, year 5 Akbal, reaches 8 
Ahau 13 Uo, year 2 Lamat, which might be accepted as correct, as the 
day symbol, which is a face character, is much like that for Ahau, but 
for three reasons: First, the month symbol is wholly different from that 
denoting Uo, though somewhat unusual, being apparently that for 
