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we were not able to turn the monument over, and the inscription could be reached 

 only by excavating beneath the stone. 



Unfortunately this mould was one of those destroyed by damp during the voyage to 

 England. 



Stela J. (Plate XLV., b & c, and Plate XLVI.) 

 Height 16 feet 6 inches; breadth 4 feet ; thickness 3 feet. 



This monument lies fallen and broken. On the front is a beardless figure carved in 

 high relief, very much weather-worn. A manikin sceptre was held almost upright in 

 the right hand, and in the left hand is a tasselled shield. There are three grotesque 

 masks above the head and another skull-shaped mask above them. Amongst the 

 feather-work on the side of the head-dress is a fringed disk, to which is attached a 

 double pendent ornament. On the field of the disk are three raised circles. Above 

 the disk is a grotesque serpent's head with a curiously shaped ornament issuing from its 

 widely opened mouth. On the back of the monument and on the lower half of each 

 of the sides is the well-preserved inscription drawn on Plate XLVI. The " heading " 

 of the inscription, which extends over the four columns of glyphs, has been reduced 

 in size and placed on the left side of the Plate. In the Initial Series the face- 

 numerals and signs for time-periods are separated into two columns, so that the 

 day-sign falls in the twelfth instead of the sixth place. 



Stela K. (Plates XLVII. to XLIX., a.) 

 Height 11 feet 5 inches ; breadth 4 feet 7 inches ; thickness 3 feet 10 inches. 



This monument faces nearly east and west. When first found in 1883 about three 

 feet of the sculpture was buried in the ground. There is no carved pedestal. From 

 the squat shape of the human figure it was always known to us as " The Dwarf." 

 There is nothing in the dress or ornaments which has not been already described. 

 The feather canopy on the west face is rather more prominent than usual. On the 

 east face the ornament is somewhat damaged and weather-worn. The human face is 

 very well preserved, and is remarkable for the full and rounded features. The long 

 bar breastplate is grasped by the hands : unfortunately, the serpents' heads at the end 

 of the breastplate are almost broken away; but a small grotesque head, similar to 

 that on Stela H, can be traced issuing from the serpent's mouth, and a decorated scroll, 

 a copy in minature of that which is seen so clearly on Stela H, can also be made out, 

 part of it being carved in very low relief along the margin of the inscription on the 

 sides of the monument. 



