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We have explained all the dates figured except 3 Ahau 3 Mol m 

 plate 19, B, Al5, the discussion of which was deferred until after the 

 rest of the inscription had been considered. It will be remembered 

 in connection with Stela J (figs. 78, 79) that one of the dates reached 

 in the course of the calculations was just 1 katun earlier than the 

 date recorded by the Initial Series on the same monument. Now, 

 one of the Initial-series values corresponding to the date 3 Ahau 3 

 Mol here under discussion is 9.15.10.0.0, exactly 1 katun. earlier than 

 the Initial-series date on Stela 

 F. In other words, if we give 

 to the date 3 Ahau 3 Mol in Al5 

 the value 9.15.10.0.0, the cases 

 are exactly parallel. While it 

 is impossible to prove that this 

 particular Initial Series was the 



^ I'll • i •! Fig. 80. Glyphs which may disclose the nature of the 



one which the ancient scribes events that happened at Quirigua on the dates: 



had in mind when they re- a,9- 14. i3. 4. n 12 cabanSKayab; 6,9. is.g.h.b 

 corded this date 3 Ahau 3 Mol, 



the writer believes that the coincidence and parallel here presented are 

 sufficient to warrant the assumption that this is the case. The whole 

 text reads as follows: 



9.14.13. 4.17 12 Caban 5 Kayab Plate 19, A, AI-A6 



13. 9. 9 Plate 19, A, AlO 



9.15.6.14.6 6 Cimi 4 Tzec Plate 19, 5, Bllb-Al2a 



[9.15.10. 0. 0] 3 Ahau 3 Mol Plate 19, B, Al5 



[9.15. 0. 0. 0] 4 Ahau 13 Yax Plate 19, B, Al7 

 9.14.13. 4.17 12 Caban 5 Kayab Plate 19, B, Al8b BlSa 



1.16.13. 3 Plate 19, B, Bl7 AlSa 



9.16.10. 0. 1 Ahau 3 Zip Plato 19, B, Al9 



(repeated as Initial Series on east side of monument) 

 9.16.10. 0. 1 Ahau 3 Zip Plate 20, A1-B5-B8 



The student will note the close similarity between this inscription and 

 that on Stela J (figured in figs. 78 and 79), a summary of which appears 

 on page 239. Both commence with the same date, 9.14.13.4.17 12 

 Caban 5 Kayab; both show the date 9.15.6.14.6 6 Cimi 4 Tzec; both 

 have dates which are just 1 katun in advance of the liotuns which 

 they mark; and finally, both are ho tun-markers. Stela J preceding 

 Stela F by just 1 hotun. The date from wliich both proceed, 

 9.14.13.4.17 12 Caban 5 Kayab, is an miportant one at Quirigua, 

 bemg the earliest date there. It appears on four monuments, namely, 

 Stelae J, F, and E, and Zoomorph G. Although the writer has not 

 been able to prove the pomt, he is of the opinion that the glyph 

 shown in figure 80, a, tells the meaning of the event which happened 

 on this date, which is, moreover, the earliest date at Quirigua wliich 



