interpreted by Goodmaris Tables. 



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The next glyph in the inscription A 3 is the Chuen sign with the 

 sign which signifies a " full count " of Chuens, in front of it. As a 

 full count of Chuens is 18 and equals 1 Ahau, and as the number of 

 Ahaus has already been recorded, the glyph A 3 means that no odd 

 Chuens are to be added to the date already expressed. 



The glyph B 3 is the sign for a day (of twenty-four hours) pre- 

 ceded by the numeral 16. 



Turning to the first year of the annual calendar, we now add 

 these 16 days to 2 Ahau 18 Xid, the date already arrived at, and 

 it will be found to bring us to 5 Gib 14 Yaxhin (marked with a 

 circle). 



That this reckoning is correct is shown by the inscription itself 

 where the result is expressed ; A 4 being 5 Gib, and B 7 14 Yavckin. 

 The six glyphs in the inscription intermediate between the sign of 

 the day Cib, and the sign of the month Yaxkin, have not yet been 

 thoroughly deciphered, but there is reason to suppose that they 

 contain a parallel reckoning differently expressed. 



The next three glyphs are undeciphered ; then comes another 

 reckoning : — 



C 1 is the Chuen sign with the numeral 10 (two bars = 10) above 

 it, and a "full count" sign at the side. Whether the 10 applies to 

 the Chuens or days can only be determined by experiment, and such 

 experiment in this case shows that the reckoning intended to be 

 expressed is 10 Chuens and a "full count " of days, that is for prac- 

 tical purposes 10 Chuens only, for as in the last reckoning when the 

 full count of Chuens was expressed in the Ahaus, so here the full 

 count of days is expressed in the Chuens. 



The next glyph D 1 is an Ahau sign, preceded by the numeral 12. 



This gives us — 



12 Ahaus (12 x 360) = 4320 days. 

 10 Chuens (10 x 20) = 200 „' 



4520 days. 



4380 ,', =12 years. 

 140 days. 



Adding 4520 days, or 12 years and 140 days, to the date 5 Gib 

 14 Rankin, it brings us to the date 1 Cib 14 Kankin in the thirteenth 

 year of the annual calendar. 



Turning to the inscription we find at C 2 (passing over the first 

 half of the glyph), 1 Gib followed by (the first half of D 2) 

 14 Kankin, the date at which we have already arrived by com- 

 putation. 



