SECONDARY SERIES OF QUIBIGUA INSCRIPTIONS 



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Goodman, without any explanation, changes it here to 1-14-ii. The 

 (late following (glyphs 10 and 20), is G Cimi 4 Tzec. The time given in 

 this instance will not reach from one of these dates to the other. As 

 Goodman is certainly right in his corrcM-tion in this instance, if the 

 date 4 Ahau 13 Yax he connect, we will examine it. The initial 

 series of this inscription, including the terminal date, is, when the 

 correction noted has been made, precisely the same as that of the 

 inscription on the west side of Stela F, and the flrst following date 

 there is the same as the 

 second here, 6 Cimi 4 Tzec. 

 As the intervening series 

 is too short to allow for a 

 second return of the latter 

 date, it is evident that the 

 laumeral series must be the 

 same. As that of Stela F 

 is 13-0-9, then by subtract- 

 ing, in the insci'iption on 

 Stela E, the 0-13-3 extend- 

 ing from 12 Cabau 5 Kayab 

 to 4 Ahau 13 Yax, from this 

 series (13-0-!i) the remain- 

 der, ti-14^0, must give the 

 lapse of time from 4 Ahau 

 13 Yax to Cimi 4 Tzec, the 

 third date, and calculation 

 shows that it does. There- 

 fore the correction from 

 1-6-14 to 1-14-6, and the 

 1 to 6, giving 6-14-6, may 

 be accepted as jiistifiable 

 if the date 4 Ahau 13 Yax 

 be correct. At any rate, it 

 is certain that this change 

 is correct or that an equiv- 

 alent change in the preced- 

 ing series 6-13-3, must be 

 made and the date altered to suit. 

 the correction made by Goodman. 



Following the last date at glyphs 21 and 22 (figure 155) is tlie series 

 15 days 18 chuens 1 ahau 1 katun, or in reverse order l-l-lS-15. 

 The numbers are distinct and of the ordinary type, and are given 

 correcth', as is shown by inspection both of the photograph and draw- 

 ing. That there is an error here (18 chuens being full count) seems 

 apparent, unless the number at the left side of the chuen .symbol 

 refers to chuens and that above to days, which can not be accepted 



Ft(;. I.'i4. Part of inscription on the west side of .Stela E, 

 Qniri^ua. Mandslay, part 12, plate xxxT. 



I am therefore inclined to accept 



