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is Ahau, the kin coefficient in a7 must be o and not 10, as first deciphered. 
This is one of the cases already cited in connection with Stela 2, where the 
fleshless lower jaw has the value of o instead of 10, as usual. The record of 
the day-sign of the Initial Series 
terminal date after Glyph A of 
the Supplementary Series in this 
text, and not after the kin-sign, 
as is usually the case, has a par- 
allel in Stela 13, the next monu- 
ment but one in this group to 
be described, and one moreover 
which records a date only 60 
days later than the Initial Se- 
ries of Stela ek : Fic. 25.—a, Part of inscription on side of Stela 19. Altars 
The next glyph in figure 25; associated with Stela 19: 3, c, fragments of in- 
a(c3), should record the month of puede ia etek a 
the Initial Series terminal date, but it is too effaced to decipher. Gather- 
ing together the above data, it will be found that the Initial Series 
g.10.19.15.0 4 Ahau 8 Chen 1s recorded on Stela 19 as follows: 

A1-B2__ Initial Series introducing glyph 
A3,B3 9 cycles 
A4,B4 10 katuns 
As,B5 19 tuns 
A6,B6 15 uinals 
A7,B7. +O kins 
C2 4 Ahau 
G3 (8 Chen) ? 
Although there are no other decipherable glyphs on Stela 1g itself, its 
inscription was probably continued on the periphery of the altar originally 
associated with it. During his visit to Hacienda Grande in April 1915, the 
writer discovered two fragments of a round altar about 30 meters north of 
Stela 19 and in the same plaza. (See figures 24 and 25, b and c.) 
These two fragments, though not contiguous, give sufficient of the cir- 
cumference to show that the altar was originally 1 meter in diameter and 
about 30 cm. in height. Judging from the size of the preserved glyph- 
blocks, if the glyph band extended clear around the periphery, there were 13 
glyph-blocks in all. 
In view of its extremely fragmentary condition, it must be considered a 
rare piece of good fortune, therefore, that of the only five glyphs recovered 
either in whole or in part, about a third of the original inscription, two 
clearly record the Initial Series terminal date of Stela 19, namely, 4 Ahau 
8 Chen. (See figure 25, b, B1, c1.) Although the upper part of this date is 
missing, it is perfectly clear as deciphered, and since the Initial Series on 
Stela 19 is 9.10.19.15.0 4 Ahau 8 Chen, this Calendar Round date doubtless 
had the same position in the Long Count. 
