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corresponding Initial-series number, 9.13.0.0.0, and performing the 

 various operations indicated in such cases. The resuhing Initial- 

 series termmal date will be the same as the date recorded in glyphs 1 

 and 2, 8 Ahau 8 Uo. 



In plate 21, (7, is figured a Period-ending date taken from Stela 23 

 at Naranjo.^ The date 6 Ahau 13 Muan appears very clearly in glyphs 

 1 and 2 (compare the month form with fig. 19, a', &')• Glyph 3 is 

 the ending sign, here showing three common "ending elements," (1) 

 the clasped hand; (2) the element with the curl infix; (3) the tassel- 

 like postfix. Compare this form with the ending signs in figure 37, 

 l-q, and with the zero signs in figure 54. In glyph 4 is recorded the 

 particular katun, 14, which came to its end on the date recorded in 

 1 and 2. The element prefixed to the Katun 14 in glyph 4 is also 

 an ending sign, though it always occurs as a prefix or superfix attached 

 to the sign of the period whose close is recorded. Examples illus- 

 tratmg its use are showTi in figure 37, a-h, wdth which the ending 

 element in glyph 4 should be compared. The glyphs 1 to 4 in plate 

 21, C, therefore record that Katun 14 came to an end on the date 

 6 Ahau 13 Muan. As we have seen above, this could be shown to 

 correspond with the Initial Series 9.14.0.0.0 6 Ahau 13 Muan. 



This same date, 6 Ahau 13 Muan ending Katim 14, is also recorded 

 on Stela 16 at Tikal (see pi. 21, D)? The date itself appears in 

 glyphs 1 and 2 and is followed in 3 by a sign which is almost exactly 

 like the endmg sign in glyph 3 just discussed (see pi. 21, C). The 

 subfixes are identical in both cases, and it is possible to distinguish 

 the lines of the hand element in the weathered upper part of the 

 glyph in 3. Compare glyph 3 with the ending signs in figure 37, l-q, 

 and with the zero signs in figure 54. As in the preceding example, 

 glyph 4 shows the particular katun whose end is recorded here — Katun 

 14. The period glyph itself appears as a head variant to which is 

 prefixed the same ending prefix or superfix showai %vith the period 

 glyph in the preceding example. See also figure 37, a-h. As above 

 stated, the Initial Series corresponding to this date is 9.14.0.0.0 6 

 Ahau 13 Muan. 



One more example will suffice to illustrate the use of katim Period- 

 ending dates. In plate 21, £", is figured a Period-ending date from 

 Stela 4 at Copan.^ In glyphs 1 and 2 appears the date 4 Ahau 13 Yax 

 (compare the month in glyph 2 with fig. 19, q, r), which is followed 

 by the ending sign in 3. This is composed of the hand, a very com- 

 mon "ending" element (see fig. 37, j, h) with a grotesque head super- 

 fix, also another "endmg sign" (see i, r, u, v of the plate just 

 named). In glyph 4 follows the particular katun (Katun 15) whose 



1 See Maler, 1908 b: iv, No. 2, pi. 38, east side, glyphs A17-B18. 



2 See ibid., 1911: v, pi. 26, glyphs A1-A4. 



3 See Maudslay, 1889-1902: i, pi. 104, glyphs A7, B7. 



