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purpose, as is sliowu in ligiu'u 145. It appears probable also tliat the 

 hand across the jaw in the face-forms of the cycle and great cycle is 

 to be interpreted as indicating the use of -20 as a mnltii:)le, though in 

 face-forms of jireflxed uunil)ers it undoubtedly signifies naught. 

 Goodman is possibly right in insisting that these are not alisolutely 

 naught symbols, as is our 0, l)ut are used to indicate that the count in 

 tlu' given denomination is complete and has been carried into the next 

 higher denomination. Nevertheless they are — with the exceptions 

 mentioned — e(iuivalent to nauglit and must be so considered and used 

 in calculating time and numeral scries. 



6 c d 



Fig. 136. Face numerals for 3. 



Fig. r37. Face numerals for 4. 



h c d 



Ftg. 128. Face numerals for .j. 



Fig. 129. Face numerals 

 for G. 



Fi<;. i;^0. Face numerals for 7. 



Fio. VSl. Face numerals f(>r .s. 



I insert here, in figures 124 to 145 inclusive, the types of face 

 numerals selected by Goodman from the inscriptions. I have found 

 them to be correct, with some Iwo (»• three exceptions in regard to 

 which there is considerable doubt ; these will be noticed in the jiroper 

 connection. Some additional examples will appear as we proceed. 



The next inscription of this locality to whicli attention is called is 

 that on Stela J (see Maudslay's drawing, part 12, plate xlti, our plate 

 Lxxiv). All the numbers of the initial series except that of the day 

 of tile month in the terminal date are face characters. The series 



