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The first of these methods is rarely found outside of the inscriptions, 

 while the second is confined exclusively to the codices. Moreover, 

 altbouo;h the first made use of both normal-form and head-variant 



1 Ahau 



Cycle 1 



3 Zip 



Ulnal 4 



Katun 19 



Kin O 



Cycle 1 



Fig. 55. Examples of the use of hea;l-varij,nt numerals with period, day, or mont h signs. The translation 

 of each glyph appears below it. 



numerals, the second could be expressed by normal forms only, that 

 is, bar and dot numerals. This enables us to draw a comparison 

 between these two forms of Maya numerals: 



Head-variant numerals never occur independently, but are always 

 prefixed to some period, day, or month sign. Bar and dot numerals, 

 on the other hand, frequently stand by themselves in the codices 

 unattached to other signs. In such cases, however, some sign was 

 to be supplied mentally with the bar and dot numeral. 



