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subject will again l)e referred t(j. Ai any rate, we find fiii'llier (-(^n- 

 firmation of the signification of the number sjanbol — the combined 

 coil, hand, and bean shaped character — in this inscription. 



The inscription on the west side of Stela C (figure 147 (() is inter- 

 preted by Goodman as follows: 9-1-0-0-0, G Ahau 13 Yaxkin, the 

 number of the great cycle being omitted. As the numerals attached 

 to the cycle, katun, and day and month of the terminal date are of 



the usual form, and the sj-mbols for 

 full count, or naught, attached to the 

 ahau and month glj'phs are of the 

 usual type, we have sufficient data to 

 determine the face character attached 

 to the day glyph. Omitting from 

 considei'ation the number attached 

 to the day syml)ol and counting back 

 from Ahau 13 Yaxkin, year^Lamat, 



Fig. 147. Part of insoriptiou on the west side of Stela C, Quirigua. Mautlslay, part 11. plate xix. 



9 cycles and 1 katun, or 1,303,200 days, according to the method given 

 in my former paper, we reach -i Ahau 8 CUimhu, the first day of the 

 fiftj'-fourth great cycle. Turning to Goodman's Archaic Chronological 

 Calendar, to the ninth cycle of the fifty-fourth great cycle, we find 

 that (J Ahau 13 Yaxkin is the first day of the first katun. Thus it is 

 seen that both the tables and calculation agree with the interpreta- 

 tion of the series. By this we have a further confirmation of the 



