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luto uniformity in regard to the uinal and kin cocflicicnts in all tlio 

 other Initial Series at Qiiirigua justifies the assumption that in the 

 text here under discussicm uinals and kins were originally recorded 

 in glyphs 5 and 6, respec- 

 tively. Furthermore, an 

 inspection of the coefll- 

 cients of these two glyphs 

 in figure 71, a, shows that 

 both of them are of the 

 same general size and 

 shape as the tun coeffi- 

 cient in 4, which, as we 

 have seen, is very clearly 0. 

 It is more than probable 

 that the uinal and kin co- 

 efficients in this text were 

 originally 0, like the tun co- 

 efficient, and that through 

 Weathering they have been 

 eroded down to their pres- 

 ent shape. In figure 72, a, is shown the tun coefiicient and beside it 

 in b, the uinal or kin coefficient. The dotted parts in h are the lines 

 which have disappeared through erosion, if this coefficient was origi- 

 nally 0. It seems more than likely from the foregoing that the uinal 

 and kin coefficients in this number were originafiy 0, and proceeding 

 on this assumption, we have recorded in glyphs 2-6, figure 71, a, the 

 number 9.16.0.0.0. 



Reducing this to units of the first order by means of Table XIII, 

 we have: 



5= 9X144,000 = 1,296,000 



6 = 16X 7,200= 115,200 



7= OX 360= 



8= Ox 20= 



9= OX 1= 



Fig. 71. Initial Series on Stela II, Quirigua: a, Mat pattern 

 of glyph sequence; b, key to sequence of glyphs in a. 



1,411,200 



Deducting from this number all the Calendar Rounds possibh^, 74 

 (see Table XVI), and appl3dng rules 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 139, 140, and 

 141, respectively) to the remainder, the terminal date 2 Ahau 13 

 Tzec will be reached. 



In spite of some weathering, the day part of the terminal date 

 appears in glyph 7 immediately after the kin glyph in 6. The coeffi- 

 cient, though somewhat eroded, appears quite clearly as 2 (2 dots 

 separated by an ornamental crescent). The day sign itself is the 

 profile variant for Ahau shown in figure 16, h', i\ The agreement of 



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