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.40,320,000) ; A5, the 17 cycles = 2,448,000 kins (17 X 144,000) ; A4, the 

 19 katirns- 136,800 kms (19X7,200); A3, the 10 tuns = 3,600 kins 

 (10 X 360) ; A2, the uinals, kins; and the kins, kins. The sum 



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Fig. 58 



Fig. 58. Part of the inscription on Stela N, Copan, showing a number composed of six periods. 

 Fig. 59. Part of the inscription in the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, showing a number c( 



of seven periods. 

 Fig. go. Part of the inscription on Stela 10, Tikal (probably an Initial Series), showing a number composed 



of eight periods. 



of these products = 40,320,000 + 2,448,000 + 136,800 + 3,600 + + = 

 42,908,400. 



The second of these three numbers (see fig. 59), if all of its seven 

 terms belong to one and the same number, equals 455,393,401. 

 Commencing at the bottom as in figure 58, the first term A4, has the co- 

 efficient 7. Since this is the term following the sixth, or great cycle, 

 we may call it the great-great cycle. But we have seen that the 



