THOMAS] TEMPLE OF INSCRIPTIONS Cal 
It will be seen from this discussion that there are some breaks in his 
synopsis which will, until they are explained, leave it in an unsatisfac- 
tory condition. Nevertheless, as has been suggested, the two insecrip- 
tions appear to be based on the same general plan and intimately 
related; in fact, they present substantially the same chain of series. 
TEMPLE OF INSCRIPTIONS 
We turn next to the inscription found in the so-called Temple 
of Inscriptions, where we have the benefit of Mr Maudslay’s photo- 
graphs and drawings and, to some extent, of Mr Goodman’s interpre- 
tation. As parts of the inscription have been badly defaced it is 

Fig. 18—Part of the inscription on the wall of the Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque. 
impossible to give the series and dates in connected form. Attention 
will therefore be directed only to such portions as are sufficiently dis- 
tinct to be determined with probable correctness by inspection. As 
Mr Goodman has given, on page 114 of his work, a copy of part of the 
inscription with comments, reference will he made first to this portion, 
of which a copy is given in our figure 18. This portion is lettered and 
numbered separately in the usual manner. 
Mr Goodman’s comments, as given on pages 114 and 115 of his work, 
are as follows, the breaks and parentheses being his own: 
The reading of the above, so far as I can make it out, is as follows: (To the) 10 
Ana oi axkine eee (ibatis) le calendarmound 3... < (from a, or 
the same) date appearing some distance back—S days, 9 chuens (there is what 
