180 THE INSCRIPTIONS AT COPAN. 
The nearest occurrence of 8 Ahau 8 Uo to any of the dates either on 
Stela I or its altar was 9.13.0.0.0 8 Ahau 8 Uo, which is probably the value 
intended here, although why this katun should have been recorded is diffi- 
cult to say. Possibly it was desired to show the ending-date of the current 
katun; at all events, that date is recorded. The coefficient of the month- 
sign in Eb is exactly like that of the kin-sign on the north side of this stela, 
ca, which is not only 8, but is also presented in the same kind of a cartouche. 
The next glyph, Fa, is partially effaced; it may have been the head- 
variant numeral 13, since Fb may possibly be the katun-sign. If so, it declares 
the particular katun coming to an end on the Calendar Round date in the 
preceding glyph-block. 
The first two glyph-blocks of the next quadrant, G and H, appear to be 
non-calendrical, ca |. h. and ud are the signs for God C. Following this 
in 1) is a kin-sign with its coefficient effaced. The best value of the latter 
would seem to be between 6 and Io inclusive, 7. ¢., more than one bar and 
less than two bars and one dot. 
The first glyph-block of the last quadrant, J, is very clearly a Calendar 
Round date, ? Chuen ¢ Pop, both the coefficients most unfortunately having 
been destroyed. All the twenty-one possible occurrences of the day-sign 
Chuen in the month Pop within the extremes of the dates recorded on this 
stela and its altar, 7. ¢., 9.11.19.5.0 and 9.13.0.0.0, are given below: 
O.F1.8O:12e11 5 Chuen 19 Pop 
9.12. 0.12.11 I pg re Se 
Q:E20T A231 AYO eee ees 
Come Grey op OOM: toned aie 
OQ. Bs 9s15sk1 Orvis Chk a 
O12. A131 5 pea Wi 
Gil Zep yak gett I SO 
Q-LZ2 ORT) kor aay eee 
Aso0 12g LAst 1 Vis ee ee 
9.12. 8.14.11 oy pe ee 
Gli 22: T4iTt 5 aero One, 
g.12.10.14.11 Ie reetars 
ra oa ae a ben geen (ob? ey 
BicG:82-12 15-11) 613) eee 
OTRIF 1ST OAS Fe 
OG-12.1TAstesPt Perth We ae be 
O.12315 06.11 B yae fe iy ae 
9.12.16.16.11 4a, ees 
CPO1 2:17: 16.17 pk? Ae ae 
g.12.18.16.11 Oise PUleeaa 
DiO:12-50.17. 11 LZ Oe 
It seems highly probable therefore, without, however, being certain, 
that one of the above dates was recorded in J. 
Returning to our text once more, it will be seen that the day-sign 
coefficient in ja can only be either 11, 12, or 13, since it is surely composed 
of two bars and one, two, or three dots,! which eliminates at once all but 
A, B, C, and D of the above possibilities; and of these, the last, D, is by far 
the more likely date to have been recorded here. 


1 The day-sign coefficients only run from 1 to 13 inclusive. 
