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superfix (see fig. 37, a, whereby the end of Cycle 10 is mdicated ^) , or 

 as a prefix (see t, whereby the end of Katun 14 is recorded). The 

 second form is seen as a prefix in u, whereby the end of Katun 12 is 

 recorded, and in i, whereby the end of Katun 11 is sho^\'n. This 

 latter sign is found also as a superfix in r. 



The hand-ending sign rarely appears as modifying period glyphs, 

 although a few examples of such use have been found (see fig. 37, 



Fig. 37. Ending signs and elements. 



j, Tc). This ending sign usually appears as the main element in a sepa- 

 rate glyph, which precedes the sign of the period whose end is recorded 

 (see fig. 37, l-q). In these cases the subordinate elements differ 

 somewhat, although the element (*) appears as the suffix in I, m, 

 (prx\ ^ n, q, and the element (f) as a postfix therein, also in o and p. 

 * '^ In a few cases the hand is combined \nth the other ending 

 signs, sometimes with one and sometimes with the other. 



1 In Chapter IV it will be shown that two bars stand for the number 10. It will be necessary to anticipate 

 the discussion of Ma^'a numerals there presented to the extent of stating that a bar represented 5 and a 

 dot or ball, 1. The varying combinations of these two elements gave the values up to 20. 



