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THE INSCRIPTIONS AT COPAN. 
SUMMARY OF DaTEs ON THE HIEROGLYPHIC STAIRWAY. 
Steps im situ. 
Date- 1 Step D Initial Series 9. 5.19. 3. 0 8 Ahau 3 Zotz 
Eo sbeh oslo 
2 siliy ee Pik Ab: 8 Lamat 6 Mac 
E Initial Series 9. 7. 5. 0. 8 8 Lamat 6 Mac 
ECR CD 
4 O. oa 7 ae 6 Chicchan 18 Kayab 
5 F Initial Series 9. 9.14.17. 5 6 Chicchan 18 Kayab 
6 Out hes sia 2 ? ? ? P 
7 H 6..:0. Arlo g Cauac 17 Yaxkin 
9 K 9.6. eng "9 Canae ry) ax 
7.14. 9.10 
8 9.13.18.17. 9 12 Muluc 7 Muan 
10 KandL Initial Series 9.13.18.17. 9 12 Muluc 7 Muan 
Steps in sequence but not in situ. 
Date 11 Step P Initial Series 9.15.12.10.10 100Oc3 Cumhu 
12 oe! 6.151) 5210. Tomer 2. OasiPop 
6. 5.10 f 
13 R OM aa 8 OF COPE) 7 Ahau 13 Tzec 
14 S 9.15.11.16. O 7 Ahau 13 Tzec 
Disconnected fragments. 
15 (a) Initial Series 9. 5.17.13. 7 2 Manik o Muan 
16 (a) Initial Series 9.9. 5:137° 8 Py isaer) ama 
17 (a) Initial Series 9. 5.10. ?. ? st aN get: 
18 (a) Initial Series 9. 5. f. ?. ? Prec tee 
19 (a) Initial Series 9. 5. 6. ?. ? Poh Pa aie 
20 (a) Initial oenes ho. tel gel ee 2) kre Fee 
21 (dD) 9.13.10. 0. O 7 Ahau 3 Cumhu 
22 (dD) 9.14.15. 0.0 11 Ahau 18 Zac 
li Sao 
23 (db) 9-15. Ors 6 6 Cimi 4 Tzec 
24 (b) Initial Series 9.13. 3. 7. 8 1 Lamat 6 Chen 
26 (dD) Initial Series 9.14.10.10.12 9 Eb 10 Tzec 
26 (dD) Initial Series 9.15. 6.16. 5 6 Chicchan 3 Yaxkin 
27 (dD) Initial Series 9. ?. ?. 2.17 7: Cabanas eet 
28 (Db) Initial Series 9. f. ?. ?. ? t ? net 
Tue Earrty Group. 
Confining our attention at present to the first group, it will be seen that 
Nos. 15, 16, 17, and 18, which were found on disconnected fragments at the 
base of the stairway, are close in point of time to the dates zm situ: Nos. 1, 2, 
3,4,5,7,and9. ‘The first four (and possibly No. 19) are in Katun 5, and the 
last seven begin at the close of Katun 5 (Date 1) and come down to the close 
of Katun 9 (Date 5), which is the next to last Initial Series on the stairway 
and the last in the early Period. It is probable, therefore, that Dates 15 to 
18 originally came from steps not very far above those now 1” situ, namely, 
from the lower part of section ex, figure 37. There is some evidence in 
support of this hypothesis in the Peabody Museum photographs, where 
Dates 15, 16, and 17 are shown on three different blocks of stone arranged 
one above the other, as if on three consecutive steps, Date 15 being the 
lowest, Date 16 next, and Date 17 on top. One photograph in particular, 
No. 385, taken during the course of the excavations, shows that when these 
several blocks were removed they were placed nearest the base of the stair- 
