HOLMES ANNIVERSARY VOLUME 



head variants these elements are replaced by heads, some of which 

 are normal and others grotesque. A rough classification has been 

 attempted in Table VIII. 



TABLE VIII 



Normal Forms 



Head Variants 



Knotted Central Element 



Winged Central Element 



Grotesque Heads 



Human Heads 



NO. 



NO. 



NO. 



NO. 



NO. 



NO. 



NO. 



5 



31 



3 



53 



19 



50 



18 



7 



33 



4 



57 



20 



51 



55 



9 



37 



IO 



59 



21 



80 



65 



ii 



38 



13 



61 



22 





68 



12 



42 



25 



62 



44 





7i 



15 



52 



27 





45 





72 



n 



73 



29 





46 





74 



24 



79 



35 





47 





77 



28 





36 





48 





78 



30 





39 



4i 

 43 





49 







The most important characteristic of the glyph is a negative one, 

 namely, its lack of a numerical coefficient. This would appear to 

 indicate that its meaning was very generalized, though what, it is 

 difficult to conjecture. The writer has thought that it might have 

 the general function of announcing or introducing a lunar count, as 

 we shall see that the next glyph, G, may declare that the kin or day 

 count is concluded. Whatever its meaning may be, it is improbable 

 that it vitally affects the meaning of the Supplementary Series as a 

 whole, and like Glyph B its further study may be left for the future. 



GLYPH G 



Glyph G, the last of the Supplementary Series, is again a sign of 

 generalized meaning. In spite of the fact that it is found in the earli- 

 est Supplementary Series known, No. 1, it can hardly be regarded as 

 a regular glyph, since it occurs in little more than a third of the texts 

 under observation. See Table VII. 



Its single essential element is the kin-sign, which usually appears 

 as the head-dress of a human head of old aspect. The nose is de- 

 cidedly Roman, and lines around the mouth make it evident that we 

 are here dealing with a person of years. For examples, see the first 

 columns in Table IX. 



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