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The head for 5 (fig, 51, n-s) is always to be identified by its 

 peculiar headdress (f), which is the normal form of the tun /^^\ 

 sign. Compare figure 29, a, h. The same element appears t 

 also in the head for 15 (see fig. 53, h-e). The head for 5 is one 

 of the most constant of all the head numerals. 



FOURTEEN 



FIFTEEN 



9 ft 



SIXTEEN 



EIGHTEEN 



NINETEEN 



ZERO 



Fig. 53. Head-variant numerals 14 to 19, inclusive, and 0. 



The head for 6 (fig. 51, i-v) is similarly unmistakable. It is always 

 characterized by the so-called hatchet eye (ff), which appears ^ 

 also in the head for 16 (fig, 53, f-i). tt 



The head for 7 (fig. 51, w) is found only once in the inscriptions — 

 on the east side of Stela D at Quirigua. Its essential characteristic, 



