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ceding text, these points are both characteristic of Secondary-series 

 numbers, and we may conclude therefore that D2 E2 records a num- 

 ber of this kind. Finally, since the kin coefficient in Secondary 

 Series usually appears on the left of the uinal sign, we may express 

 this number in the commonly accepted notation as follows: 12.9.15. 

 Reducing this to units of the first order, we have : 



E2 = 12X360 =4, 320 

 D2= 9X 20= 180 

 D2 = 15X 1= 15 



4,515 



Remembering that Secondary-series numbers are usually counted 

 from the dates next preceding them in the texts, in tliis case 5 Cib 

 14 Yaxkin, and proceeding according to rules 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 139, 140, 

 and 141, respectively), the terminal date of the Secondary Series 

 reached will be 9 Chuen 9 Kankin, which is recorded in Fl Gl, though 

 unfortunately these glyphs are somewhat effaced. Moreover, since 

 the position of 5 Cib 14 Yaxkin in the Long Count is known, that is, 

 its Initial-series value, it is possible to determine the Initial-series 

 value of this new date, 9 Chuen 9 Kankin : 



9.12. 2. 0.16 5 Cib 14 Yaxkin 



12. 9.15 

 9.12.14.10.11 9 Chuen 9 Kankin 



But the end of this text has not been reached wdth the date 9 Chuen 

 9 Kankin in Fl Gl. Passing over F2 G2, the meanings of which are 

 unknown, we reach in F3 an inverted Ahau with the coefiicient 5 

 above it. As explained on page 72, this probably signifies 5 kins, 

 the inversion of the glyph changing its meaning from that of a par- 

 ticular day sign, Ahau, to a general sign for the kin day period (see 

 fig. 34, d). The writer recalls but one other instance in which the 

 inverted Ahau stands for the kin sign — on the north side of Stela C 

 at Quirigua. 



We have then another Secondary-series number consisting of 5 

 kins, which is to be counted from some date, and since Secondary- 

 series numbers are usually counted from the date next preceding 

 them in the text, we are justified in assuming that 9 Chuen 9 Kankin 

 is our new starting point. 



Counting 5 forward from tliis date, according to rules 1, 2, and 3 

 (pp. 139, 140, and 141, respectively) , the terminal date reached will be 1 

 Cib 14 Kankin, and this latter date is recorded in G3-G4. Compare 

 G3 with the sign for Cib in A7 and in figure 16, 2, and G4 with the 

 sign for Kankin m figure 19, y, z. Moreover, since the Initial-series 

 value of 9 Chuen 9 Kankin was calculated above as 9.12.14.10.11, 



