254 THE INSCRIPTIONS AT COPAN. 
either from above Steps M-—A’, that is, section yd, figure 37, or between 
Steps A-L, and Steps M-A’, that is, section ex, figure 37. 
Reasons will be advanced later tending to show that the next six dates, 
Nos. 15 to 20, probably came from the latter section, ex, just above the only 
section now in situ, 1. ¢., from just above e in figure 37. 
Date 15. 
Date 15 is presented on two blocks of stone, the first 1.52 meters long, 
the second 1.22 meters long. The glyph-blocks are 27 cm. high. (See plate 
26, c;) also, Gordon, 1902, plate 12, R, first block, and c, second block.) The 
coefficients of all the period glyphs are clear and record the Initial Series 
number 9.5.17.13.7. Although the day-sign is effaced, its coefficient is surely 
I, 2, or 3, with 2 or 3 much better than 1, and since the kin coefficient in pa 
is 7, the missing day-sign must have been Manik. Solving this Initial 
Series number for its terminal date, it will be found by calculation to have 
been 9.5.17.13.7 2 Manik o Muan, and the day coefficient is therefore 2, not 3. 
The next glyph, g, is entirely effaced, and the right half is missing. It prob- 
ably recorded the first glyph of the Supplementary Series. 
Near where the first block was found, on the stairway, the second block 
mentioned above was uncovered. This opens with a sign surmounted by the 
number 9, probably Glyph A of the Supplementary Series, and following it 
very clearly is ? Muan. The writer believes this sign is the month of the 
above Initial Series terminal date and is to be read o Muan. Several factors 
point to sucha conclusion. First, these two blocks were found close together. 
Indeed, in one of the Peabody Museum photographs? taken before the steps 
in situ had been excavated (figure 37, ce), and after those in order but not in 
situ had been removed (figure 37, fg), these two blocks are shown arranged 
together, with a third block standing between them. This third block 
between has the lahuntun-sign, followed by 7 Ahau 3 Cumhu, which can 
hardly be other than 9.13.10.0.0 7 Ahau 3 Cumhu,* and wherever else it may 
belong, it is certain that it can not follow the first block above and record 
the terminal date of its Initial Series. The block with the month Muan 
(the last in plate 26, c), on the other hand, must have been discovered near 
by, or otherwise it would not be found with the first block of Date 15 in 
the Peabody Museum photograph. Moreover, it presents the proper glyphs, 
the last glyph of the Supplementary Series, and the month ? Muan. And 
finally, from what little remains of the month coefficient, it looks more like 
o than anything else. (See plate 26, c.) Giving these factors due considera- 
tion, it seems probable, therefore, that this block records the month of this 
Initial Series terminal date, and that formerly another block stood between 
it and the first block above, although not the one shown in the Peabody 


1 Only the left end of the second block is shown in plate 26, c, 7. e., the glyph-block recording Glyph A of the 
Supplementary Series, and the month, o Muan, of the Initial Series terminal date. 
2 This photograph is No. 385 in the Peabody Museum catalogue of photographs. 
8 This date is discussed as Date 21, pp. 256, 257. 
