188 THE INSCRIPTIONS AT COPAN. 
tun and katun signs. Following this in Lt u. h. is a Calendar Round 
date, 6 Chicchan 18 Kayab. Now, the only way this date can be connected 
with 17 Mol, by this number, is to count 2.13.4.4 forward from 6 Chicchan 
18 Kayab, in which case the terminal date reached will be found to be 8 
Muluc 17 Mol; and we may therefore fill in the doubtful day-sign coefficient 
in pal. h. as 8. But now that we have the complete Initial Series terminal 
date, we can find from Goodman’s tables at what places in Cycle 9 it could 
have occurred, remembering, however, that the uinal coefficient must be 3. 
(See cal. h.) These will be found to be seven in number, as follows: 
(1) 9. 1.17. 5.9 8 Muluc 17 Mol 
(2) 9. 4.10. 0.9 - : 
(3) 9. 7- 2.13.9 i : 
(4) 9. 9.15. 8.9 : i 
(5) 9.12. 8. 3.9 . % 
(6) 9.15. 0.16.9 a 
(7)009.17-13.L1.9 < . 
As the fifth, 9.12.8.3.9, is the only one having a uinal coefficient of 3, 
it may be accepted as the Initial Series recorded on this altar. This reading, 
moreover, as will appear later, is confirmed by additional evidence in the text. 
Let us next ascertain how these values for the katun, tun, and kin 
coefficients agree with those actually recorded. The katun coefficient in 
pa |. h. is very dissimilar to any of the known forms for 12, and we 
must pass it over as an unusual variant. The tun coefficient, cau. h., is par- 
tially effaced, but from what little is left, the frontlet ornament, character- 
istic of the head for 8, 7. ¢., being composed of one part, appears to be dis- 
tinguishable. The kin coefficient, pa u. h., is probably 9, traces of the dots 
still appearing on the lower part of the cheek. Thus, with the exception 
of the katun coefficient, all the values recorded agree with those obtained 
in the above calculation. But now that we know the corresponding Initia] 
Series value of the terminal date, the Initial Series value of 6 Chicchan 18 
Kayab may be calculated therefrom as follows: 
9.12. 8. 3.9 8 Muluc 17 Mol 
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9. 9.14.17.5 6 Chicchan 18 Kayab 
Returning to our text again, there follows in Ld 1. h. and ma u. h. another 
Secondary Series, 1.14.11; and in Ma 1. h. the lahuntun-sign. Finally, in md 
]. h., Na u.h. is the Calendar Round date 9 Ahau 18 Zotz, which ma lI. h. 
declares stood at the end of a lahuntun in the Long Count. By referring to 
Goodman’s tables, it will be found that 9 Ahau 18 Zotz can occur asa lahun- 
tun-ending only once for more than 18,000 years either before or after 
g.12.8.3.9, namely, at 9.12.10.0.0 9 Ahau 18 Zotz, which therefore is doubt- 
less the value intended here. 
Every attempt to connect 9.9.14.17.5 6 Chicchan 18 Kayab with 
9.12.10.0.0 9 Ahau 18 Zotz, however, either by counting 1.14.11 backward 
or forward from either date to the other, will prove unsuccessful, but if this 
