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the left-hand edge of the glyph block in each case is ragged. Simi- 

 larly in I, d,f, and h, the numbers 2, 7, 12, and 17, respectively, the 

 two dots at the left of the bar or bars are too far apart to fill in the 



© 



ONE 



©© GO 



TWO 



©©©© OOGO 



FOUR 



FIVE 



ioxo)co; GOO 



THREE 

 a)© (aO(n) 



SIX 



I 



SEVEN 



NINE 



ELEVEN 



G "I ■>> 



I 



EIGHT 



TEN 



Jy ffl 1 I 



TWELVE 



THIRTEEN 



FOURTEEN 



FIFTEEN 



SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN NINETEEN 



Fig. 40. Normal forms of numerals 1 to 19, inclusive, in the inscriptions. 



left- hand edge of the glyph blocks neatly, and consequently in these 

 cases also the left edge is ragged. The Maya were quick to note this 

 discordant note in glyph design, and in the great majority of the 



b 



Examples of 



I 



m 



and dot numeral 5, showing the ornamentation which the 

 without affecting its numerical value. 



places w^here these numbers (1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, and 17) had to be 

 recorded, other elements of a purely ornamental character were 

 introduced to fill the empty spaces. In figure 43, a, c, e, g, the spaces 

 on each side of the single dot have been filled with ornamental cres- 



