XTJMERAL VALUE OF THE DAT SYMBOLS. 



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CC— The Day Sign for 14. 



The dog sign, most likely. In the inscriptions the full head is shown ; in the codices 

 only the conventional outlines of the base of the ear. Why the dog should represent 

 14 is one of the many questions that must remain undetermined until we have a deeper 

 insight into Maya symbolism. 



CHUEK-The Day Sign for 15. 



Three curves, indicating 5 each, multiplied by their number — 5x3 = 15. Why the 

 central curve should have been dropped from the symbol in the inscriptions is 

 inexplicable, as it is retained in other chuen signs ; but the same elision is noticeable 

 in the symbol for the month Tzec, where, multiplied by 20, the product is 300. 



EB— The Day Sign for 16. 



There is a contradiction in these symbols, the only one that occurs in the whole list. 

 The second sign might imply that the value of the dotted curve was to be added to 

 that of the 6-eye — 10 + 6 = 16; but the face in the first glyph is plainly enough 

 intended for a death's-head, which must upset this calculation — unless, as in so many 

 cases, the value of the face is simply affirmed by duplicate signs. The eyes, it will be 

 seen, are practically the same — the concentrically ringed one, or 6-eye, in both cases. 



