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The head- variant numerals are shown in figures 51-53. Taking 

 these up in their numerical order, let us commence with the head 

 signifying 1 ; see figure 51, a-e. The essential element of this head is 



C5>0 



U V w 



SIX SEVEN 



Fig. 51. Head-variant numerals 1 to 7, inclusive. 



its forehead ornament, which, to signify the number 1, must be ^^^^ 

 composed of more than one part (*),in order to distinguish it ^ 



^ from the forehead ornament (**), which, as we shall see pres- 

 ently, is the essential element of the head for 8 (fig. 52, a-f). 



Except for their forehead ornaments the heads for 1 and 8 are 



almost identical, and great care must be exercised in order to avoid 



mistaking one for the other. 

 43.508°— Bull. 57—15 7 



