THE FACE NUMERALS. 



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FACE SIGN FOR 13. 



Here also there are two or more distinct types. The radical with the kin symbol — 

 one of the signs for 13 — is the form commonly employed. The fourth glyph, in 

 which the 3 and 10 faces are combined, occurs in the initial series of the Temple of 

 the Cross. I do not know what to conclude about the last face in the list, which is 

 the day numeral in the initial date of the Temple of the Sun, Palenque. It is more 

 like the chuen sign than any other, but the number is unmistakably 13. It is more 

 reasonable to suppose that the sculptor made a mistake in the kin sign than that the 

 chuen symbol should have been used to represent both 13 and 15. 



FACE SIGN FOR 14. 



This sign occurs but once where its value can be positively determined — on a 

 Quirigua stela, the photograph of which is very indistinct. The glyph, however, is 

 manifestly a combination of the face signs for 4. and 10. 



BIOL. CEN'TR.-AMER., ArchiEol. 



