INSCRIPTION (IN STELA 6, COPAN 



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INSCRIPTION ON STELA G, COPAN 



In fi<;uro l<>'-) is given a cojiy of an in- 

 scription on Stela <J at Copan. As the 

 photograph of this inscription has been 

 kindly fui-nislied by Dr Saville, who n)ay 

 intend to pnblish further notice of it, I 

 sluxU notice only the initial series. 



This series is as follows (the great cycle 

 being neglected): n-12-10-0-0, '.) Ahau IS 

 Zotz. The chnen and day symbols are too 

 indistinct to be determined by inspection. 

 The symbol of the day Ahan is the right- 

 hand portion of glyph B2; and that of 18 

 Zotz is the right-hand portion of glj'ph B4. 

 Changing the 9 cycles, 12 katuns, and 10 

 ahaus to days gives the following result: 



Days 



9 cycles .. 1,296.000 



13 katuns 86,400 



10 ahaus 3.600 



Total 1,:386,000 



Subtract 73 calendar rounds. . 1, 385. 540 



Remainder ... 460 



Counting back 460 days fi-om Ahau 

 18 Zotz, year 10 Akbal, we are brought 

 to -t Ahau 8 Cumhu, year 8 Ben, the in- 

 itial day of Goodman's 54th great cycle. 

 The series, as given above, may therefore 

 be accepted as correct, and the lower part 

 of glyph A2 as denoting chueus, days, 

 or at least chuens. Enough of the left 

 half of the lower portion of this glyph re- 

 mains to show beyond question tlie sym- 

 bol of full count or naught. 



Dr Saville has also presented me with 

 photographs of inscriptions discovered at 

 Seibal, Guatemala, but these are short 

 and contain no initial series. The only 

 peculiarity noticeable is the prominence 

 at this phice of the date 3 Ahau 3 Kayab, 

 which stands at the head of some of the 

 inscriptions. This shows that the calen- 

 dar used here was the same as that in use 

 at the other points not in Yucatan, to wit, 

 that having Akbal, Lamat, Ben, and 

 Ezanab as the dominical davs. 



Fig. 169. 

 Copan. 

 Saville 



Inscription on Stela 6, 

 From photograph by 



