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THE ARCHAIC MAYA INSCRIPTIONS. 



unusual in that position would serve the purpose — to the day symbol in these cases is 

 a declarative sign denoting it to be a repeated date. There is no repetition of the 



month symbol in any instance, but a declarative sign follows instead showing the 

 position of the date — as, in the first example above, that it is the beginning of a katun ; 

 or, in the second, that it is the beginning of an ahau. 



Almost innumerably varying examples of declarative signs and their use — not only 

 in connection with the ahau, katun and cycle, but with other periods — might be given ; 

 but as they would practically be a repetition of what has been stated, and as the 

 examples already given will suffice for all ordinary purposes, I shall pass on to other 

 matters. 



