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The head for 2 (fig. 51,/, g) has been found only twice in the inscrip- 

 tions — on Lintel 2 at Piedras Negras and on the tablet in the Temple 

 of the Initial Series at Holactun. The oval at the top of the head 

 seems to be the only element these two forms have in common, and 

 the writer therefore accepts this element as the essential character- 



THIRTEEN 

 Fig. 52. Head-variant numerals 8 to 13, inclusive. 



istic of the head for 2, admitting at the same time that the evidence 

 is insufficient. 



The head for 3 is shown in figure 51, h, i. Its determining charac- 

 teristic is the fillet, or headdress. 



The head for 4 is shown in figure 51, j-m. It is to be distin- 



^7 guished by its large prominent eye and square irid (*) (probably 



* eroded in Z), the snaglike front tooth, and the curUng fang 



T2s^ protruding from the back part of the mouth (**) (wanting in 



** I and m). 



