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doubt ;is to the value of the face numeral prefixed to the ahau symbol 

 (A2, figures 150 and 151), as it is uuusual, being in some respects 

 unlike any other face numeral that I have observed in the inscrip- 

 tions. Seler (Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie, Heft 6, 1899, page 72-2) 

 interprets it 13, and gives as the terminal date 3 Ahau 3 Uayeb. This 

 would make the series, omitting the great cycle, 9-0-13-0-0, 3 Ahau 3 

 Uayeb; however, the numl)er attached to the month symbol is cer- 

 tainly 13. If this series is counted from i Ahau 8 Cumhu, it will 

 reach 3 Ahau 3 Uayeb in the year 5 Ezauab. The number attached 

 to the day Ahau is very uncertain, seeming more like 1 or 3 than 2; 

 apparently 1. I have therefore given an exact coijy of Maudslay's 

 photograph (figure 151), and a carefully made drawing (figure 150), 

 using Maudslay's and Seler's drawings and the photograph (autotype) 

 for this purpose. I am rather inclined to the opinion that Good- 

 man's rendering is correct. It seems that Seler has been influenced 

 in his determination of the number placed over the Ahau symbol by 

 Maudslay's drawing. His interpretation is not justified by the 

 photograph, which indicates " 1 Ahau" instead of "3 Ahau," making 

 the date 1 Ahau 13 Uo, or 1 Ahau 13 Pop. 



The whole inscription, as well as the inserixition on the front and 

 back of the same monument, is strange, and, as Mill be noticed far- 

 ther on, shows some of the features of the Chichen Itza inscriptions. 



It is perhaps unnecessary to follow this subject further, as it is 

 apparent that the value of the face symbol and other numeral sym- 

 bols can be satisfactorily obtained. It appears that Goodman's deter- 

 minations, where the data are sufficient, are as a rule correct; though 

 there are a few cases, as has been shown, where his rendering is 

 doubtful, and some where the series given are largely guess work, 

 the data being insufficient. When the number of the great cycle is a 

 necessary factor, another question arises, which will be discussed 

 farther on. 



Before discussing the numbers of the cycles and great cycles, which 

 subject was referred to in my previous paper, I will notice some of 

 the secondary numeral series of the Quirigua inscriptions not at 

 hand when my previous paper was written. 



SECONDARY NUMERAL SERIES OF THE QUIRIGUA 

 INSCRIPTIONS 



Returning to the inscription on the west side of Stela F (plate Lxxi), 

 we pass over the first subordinate series (glj'ph 16), leading on to d 

 Cimi 4 Tzec (glyphs 18 and 19), as this has already been noticed. At 

 glyph 25 follows a date, 3 Ahau 3 Mol, but without any recogniz- 

 able intermediate numeral series, though there are some numbered 

 glyphs. Passing on we find at glyph 29 the date 4 Ahau 13 Yax, 

 and immediately following (glyph 30 and first half of 31) the numeral 

 series 3 days, 13 chuens, 16 ahaus, 1 katun, and following this two 



