. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK OF STELA J, QUIRIGUA MAUDSLAY. PART 12, PLATE XLVI 1 I INITIAL SERIES OF (iUIRiaUA INSCKIITIONS 215 dots on the cheek (figure 132); two cliaracteristies of the sjmbol for16 are the skeleton jaw and tlie hatchet in the eye (figure 130); thoseof the symbol for 5 are the ahaii symbol on the liead and the absenceof the skeleton jaw (figure 128); that of the symbol for full count oinaught is the liand across the face or lower jaw (figure 143); those of. the symbol for 8 do n
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK OF STELA J, QUIRIGUA MAUDSLAY. PART 12, PLATE XLVI 1 I INITIAL SERIES OF (iUIRiaUA INSCKIITIONS 215 dots on the cheek (figure 132); two cliaracteristies of the sjmbol for16 are the skeleton jaw and tlie hatchet in the eye (figure 130); thoseof the symbol for 5 are the ahaii symbol on the liead and the absenceof the skeleton jaw (figure 128); that of the symbol for full count oinaught is the liand across the face or lower jaw (figure 143); those of. the symbol for 8 do not appear to be well defined—Goodman sayp theyare the lobed ear ornament projecting on the cheek and the foi m ofthe forehead ornament, but neither of these appears to be exceiJtional. It should be stated that by counting forward in each of the givenexamples from the initial date (4 Ahau 8 Cumhu) the nuni]>er of daysindicated by the numeral series we willreach the terminal date. Our next reference is to the inscription onStela A, Quirigua, the drawing of which isgiven in plate vil, part 11 of volume Ii,Maudslays Archaeology (our plate Lxxv). In this instance the numerals attached tothe cycle, katun, and ahau, and the month fig. hs. numerals f( .r the terminal date of the initial series are of the ordinary form, and those attached to the cliuen, day and theday of the terminal date are either face forms or unusual forms. Theseries as given by Goodman is 54-9-17-5-0-0, 6 Ahau 13 Kayab,which is certainly correct, as the data given are sufficient, as ha
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