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Zip, there recorded, closed Cycle 10. The same fact could have l)een 

 deterinmed by adding the Secondary-series number in glyph 6a to 

 the Initial-series number of the starting point 4 Ahau 13 Yax in 

 glyplLS 1-3: 



9.15.0.0.0 4 Ahau 13 Yax 

 5.(0.0.0) 



10. 0.0.0.0 7 Ahau 18 Zip 



I'm. M. The Initial Series, Secondary Series, and Period-ending date on Altar S, Copan. 



The "end of Cycle 10 " in glyph Sa is merely redundancy. The writer 

 believes that 9.15.0.0.0 4 Ahau 13 Yax indicates the present time of 

 Altar S rather than 10.0.0.0.0 7 Ahau 18 Zip, and that consequently 

 the latter date was "prophetic" in character, as was the same date 

 on Zoomorph G at Quirigua. One reason which renders this prob- 



