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THE ARCHAIC MAYA INSCRIPTIONS. 



FACE SIGN FOR 11. 



This is one of the numbers whose symbol I have not been able to accurately 

 determine ; but I think the above face will be found to represent it. My reasons for 

 this are based on its use in the codices. The characteristic trait is the curve with an 

 irregular pendant behind the eye. This is the corkscrew curl, a sign for 1, which, 

 added to the 10 indicated by the semicircle surrounded by dots, gives to the face its 

 distinctive value of 11. 



FACE SIGN FOR 12. 



There are apparently three distinct characters for this number. The first three faces 

 seem to be radicals, while the others a,re formed by superfixing the sign for 2 to the 

 death-face, or 10. 



