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In figure 70 is illustrated the Initial Series from Zoomorph G at 

 Quirigua.^ The introducing glyph appears in A1-B2 and is followed 

 in Cl-Hl by the Initial -series niunber. Glyphs Cl Dl record 9 

 cycles. The dots on the head for 9 in Cl are 

 partially effaced. In C2 is the katiu). coefficient 

 and in D2 the katxm sign. The determining char- 

 acteristic of the head for 7 appears in C2, namely, 

 the scroll passing imder the eye and projecting 

 i upward and in front of the forehead. See page 

 I 100 and figure 51, w. It would seem, then, at 

 2" first sight that 7 katuns were recorded in C2 D2. 

 ;5 That this was not the case, however, a closer ex- 

 & animation of C2 will show. Although the lower 

 I part of this glyph is somewhat weathered, enough 

 ^ still remains to show that this head originally had a 

 £ fieshless lower j aw, a character increasing its value 

 S by 10. Consequently, instead of having 7 katuns 

 I in C2 D2 we have 17 (7 + 10) katuns. Compare 

 I C2 with figure 53, j-m. In El Fl, 15 tuns are 

 a recorded. The tim headdress in El gives the value 

 § 5 to the head there depicted (see fig. 51, n-s) and 

 I the fieshless lower jaw adds 10, making the value 

 I of El 15. Compare figm-e 53, 6-e, where examples 

 I of the head for 15 are given. Glyphs E2 and F2 

 I represent uinals and Gl HI kins; note the 

 I clasped hand in E2 and Gl, which denotes the 

 •S in each case. This whole number therefore reads 

 I 9.17.15.0.0. Reducing this to units of the first 

 I order by means of Table XIII, we have: 

 I Cl Dl= 9X144,000 = 1,296,000 



^ C2 D2 = 17X 7,200= 122,400 



I El F1 = 15X 360= 5,400 



E2 F2= Ox 20= 



^ G1H1= OX 1= 



1,423,800 

 Deducting from this number all the Calendar 

 Rounds possible, 75 (see Table XVI), and apply- 

 ing rules 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 139, 140, and 141, respec- 

 tively), to the remainder, the terminal day reached 

 will be 5 Ahau 3 Muan. The day is recorded m G2 H2. The day sign 

 in 112 is quite clearly the grotesque head variant for Ahau in figure 

 16, j' — ¥. The presence of the tim headdress in G2 indicates that the 

 coefficient here recorded must have been either 5 or 15, depending 



For the full text of this inscription see Maudslay, 1889-1902: n, pis. 41-44. 



