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The superfix of figure 16, o, jh has been retained unchanged as the 

 superfix in A5b. The element (*) appears just ahove the eye ^^ 

 of the grotesque head, and the element (**) on the left-hand 9§P *^^ 

 side about where the ear lobe should be. The whole glyph * ** 

 unmistakably records a head variant of the month glyph Chen, and 

 this Initial Series therefore reads 9.15.5.0.0 10 Ahau 8 Chen. 



The student will note that this Initial Series records a date just 

 5 tuns later than the Initial Series on Stela B at Copan (pi. 7, A). 

 According to the writer's opinion, therefore, Stelae B and D marked 

 two successive hotuns at this city. 



We come now to the consideration of Initial Scries which are either 

 unusual or irregular in some respect, examples of which it is necessary 

 to give in order to familiarize the student with all kinds of texts. 



The Initial Series in plate 15, A,^ is figured because of the very 

 unusual order followed by its glyphs. The sequence in which these 

 succeed each other is given in B of that plate. The scheme followed 

 seems to have been that of a mat pattern. The introducing 

 glyph appears in position (pi. 15, B), and the student will readily 

 recognize it in the same position in A of the same plate. The 

 Initial Series number follows in 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (pi. 15, B). Refer- 

 ring to these corresponding positions in A, we find that 9 cycles are 

 recorded in 1, and 13 katuns in 2. At this point the diagonal glyph- 

 band passes under another band, emerging at 3, where the tun sign 

 with a coefficient of 10 is recorded. Here the band turns again and, 

 crossing backward diagonally, shows uinals in 4, At this point the 

 band passes under three diagonals running in the opposite direction, 

 emerging at position 5, the glyph in which are recorded kins. 



Tliis number 9.13.10.0.0 reduces by means of Table XIII to units 

 of the first order, as follows: 



1= 9X144,000 = 1,296,000 



2 = 13X 7,200= 93,600 



3 = 10X 360= 3,600 

 4= OX 20= 

 5= OX 1= 



1, 393, 200 



Deducting from this number all the Calendar Rounds possible, 73 

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

 respectively) to the remainder, the terminal date reached will be 

 7 Ahau 3 Cumhu. Referring again to plate 15, B, for the sequen(;e of 

 the glyphs in this text, it is clear that the day of tliis terminal date 

 should be recorded in 6, immediately after the kins of the Initial- 

 series number in 6. It will be seen, however, in plate 15, A, that 



1 For the full text of this inscription, see Maudslay, 1889-1902: 1, pis. 66-71. 



