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day in each. The sign for the first day, Imix, is practically identical 

 in both. Compare figure 16, a and h, with figure 17, a and 6. The 

 usual form for the day Ik in the inscriptions (see fig. 16, c) , however, 



EZNAB 



AHAU 



Fig. 17. The day signs in the codices. 



is unlike the glyph for the same day in the codices (fig. 17, c, d). 

 The forms for Akbal and Kan are practically the same m each (see fig. 

 16, d, e, and/, and fig. 17, e and/, respectively) . The day Chicchan, 

 figure 16, g, occurs rarely in the inscriptions; when present, it takes the 



