| (1) | 9th Cycle. |
| (2) | 16th Katun. |
| (3) | 15th Ahau. |
So far I have dealt only with the Initial dates on the Inscriptions. I now propose to examine a complete inscription with the help of Goodman’s notes and tables, and for this purpose have selected one which was discovered by Mr. Teobert Maler amongst the ruins of Piedras Negras on the Usumacinta.
This inscription was known neither to Mr. Goodman nor myself until his essay and tables were already issuing from the press, and it therefore affords a fair field on which to test the value of his methods. The following partial explanation of the inscription is taken from a paper on the subject published in the ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society’[14]:—
“The glyph A 1 is the initial glyph indicating the Great Cycle. It has more the appearance of the sign for the 53rd than for that of the 54th Great Cycle; but the signs for the different Great Cycles are still in need of elucidation, and the subsequent reckoning shows clearly that the dates fall within the table given by Mr. Goodman as that of the 54th Great Cycle.
“The next glyph B 1 is the Cycle sign with the numeral 9 in front of it (one bar =5 and four dots =4).
“A 2 is the Katun sign with the numeral 12 in front of it (two bars =10, and two dots =2; the hollow curve between the two round dots is merely used to fill up the space, and does not count).
“B 2 is the Ahau sign with the numeral 2.
“Turning to the tables of Mr. Goodman’s Chronological Calendar, of which an extract showing the 10th to the 14th Katuns of the 9th Cycle is given on [page 265], we find that the first day of the—
| 2nd | Ahau, |
| 12th | Katun, |
| 9th | Cycle, |
| 54th | Great Cycle, |
falls on the day 2 Ahau, the 18th day of the month Xul (which is underlined in the table).