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istic seems to be the prominent upturned and flaring nose. The 

 forms for Tzec (figs. 19, g, 7h, and 20, /) show only a very general simi- 

 larity, and those for Xul, the next month, are even more unlike. The 



d' e' f 9' h' i' 



. KAYAB CUMHU • UAYEB 



Fig. 19. The month signs in the inscriptions. 



only sign for Xul m the inscriptions (fig. 19, i, j) bears very little 

 resemblance to the common form for this month in the codices (fig. 

 20, g), though it is not unlike the variant in h, figure 20. The essen- 

 tial characteristic seems to be the familiar ear and the small mouth, 

 shown in the inscription as an oval and in the codices as a hook sur- 

 rounded with dots. 



43508°— Bull. 57—15 4 



