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except for the head-variant numoral attached to the km sign in A5. 

 The clasped hand in this glyph, however, suggests that kins are 

 recorded here, and a comparison of this form with figm-e 53, s-^, con- 

 firms the suggestion. The number therefore reads 9.1.0.0.0. Re- 



FiG. 08. Initial Series showing bar and dot numerals and head-variant period glyphs: A, Stela C (west 

 side), Quirigua; B, Stela M, Copan. 



ducing tliis number by means of Tabk> XIII to miits of the 1st order, 

 we obtain: 



A3 = 9 X 144, 000 = 1, 296, 000 



B3 = 1 X 7, 200 = 7, 200 



A4=0X 360= 



B4=0X 20= 



A5=0X 1= 



1, 303, 200 



Deducting from this number all the Calendar Rounds possible, 68 

 (see Table XVI), and applying rules 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 139, 140, and 141, 

 respectively) to the remainder, we reach for the terminal date 6 Ahau 

 13 Yaxkin. Looking for the day part of this date in B5, we find that 

 the form there recorded bears no resemblance to 6 Ahau, the day 

 determined by calculation. Moreover, comparison of it \dt\\ the day 

 signs in figure 16 shows that it is unlike all of them; further, there is 



