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THE "NUMERALS IN THE SEEPENTS 



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I should like to call attention here to a singular circumstance in 

 connection with the last four subtrahends, Avhich extends to the last 

 four remainders, and is evidently so intended. This is lll.r)r)! — 

 101,812=9,742, an apparentl}'^ quite unimportant number, which, far- 

 ther on, we shall see recurring in a very remarkable position. Fur- 

 ther, 83,474 — 34,732^48,742, is again an apparently unimportant 

 number; but it is surprising to observe that 48,742 — 9,742 is exactly 

 39,000 = 150 tonalamatl. Furthermore. 11 1.554 --83,474 = 28,080, 

 that is, twice that remarkable 14,0-10; and 101,812 — 34,732 = ()7,080 

 ==258 tonalamatl. If these circumstances have no other immediate 

 result, they at least prove the correctness of the numbers. 



I should also like to state here how I have calculated the days 

 mentioned in the last eight equations according to their position, 

 but I shall willingly accept corrections if I have erred : 



IX 11; 7, 13th month 11 Muluc 



IV 9; 10, 4th month 1 Kan 



IX 11; 12, 15th month 5 Kan 



IX 11; 17, 9th month 3 Canac 



VIII 17; 3, 10th month 9 Cauac 



VIII 17; 18, 8th month 8 Kan 



VIII 17; 8, 2d month 8 Ix 



VIII 17; 13, 16th month 9 Muluc 



All the numbers and dates are, of course, computed from the nor- 

 mal date, IV 17, 8, 18th month. 



In the previous section I was able at this point to indicate some 

 calendar dates occurring in the manuscript which were related to 

 the remainders, but it is not possible to do so in this section. It is 

 true, some calendar dates seem to occur on page 70, in the middle of 

 the third and fourth columns, but it is uncertain Avhether they agree 

 with these remainders. At the most 13, 16th month, strikes one as 

 agreeing with the dates I have given above. 



THE NUMERALS IN THE SERPENT 



In the previous section there w^ere four serpents, but in the present 

 only one. We will consider the two numbers in this serpent with 

 respect to their size, their difference, point of departure, termination, 

 and relation to the other portions of this section. The Maya numerals 

 and the resulting numbers are as follows : 

 Black 



12,381,728 12,391,470 



Both numbers are quite reliable. We need only mention that the 1 

 in the red number is hardly visible. 



