9.16.11.13. 1 11 Imix 19 Muan
1. 1.16.15
9.15. 9.14. 6 07 Cimi 9 Zotz

Although this latter date is not recorded in the text, the date next preceding the number 1.1.16.15 is 6 Cimi 4 Tzec, which corresponded to the Initial Series 9.15.6.14.6 6 Cimi 4 Tzec, as we have seen, a date which was exactly 3 tuns earlier than 7 Cimi 9 Zotz, 9.15.9.14.6 - 9.15.6.14.6 = 3.0.0.

The inscription on the west side closes then in A18 B18 with the record that Katun 17 ended on the date 13 Ahau 18 Cumhu. The inscription on the east side of this same monument opens with this same date expressed as an Initial Series, 9.17.0.0.0 13 Ahau 18 Cumhu. See figure [82], A1-A6, A7,[[229]] and A10.

The reiteration of this date as an Initial Series, when its position in the Long Count had been fixed unmistakably on the other side of the same monument by its record as a Period-ending date, together with the fact that it is the latest date recorded in this inscription, very clearly indicates that it alone designated the contemporaneous time of Stela E, and hence determines the fact that Stela E was a hotun-marker. This whole text, in so far as deciphered, reads as follows:

West side:9.14.13.[[230]]4.17 12 Caban 5 Kayab Plate 24, A, A1-B5, B8b
6.13. 3] Plate 24, A, B10b-A11a
9.15. 0. 0. 0] 04 Ahau 13 Yax Plate 25, A, B11
[5. 0. 0] Undeclared
9.15. 5. 0. 0] 10 Ahau 8 Chen Unde"
1.14. 6] Plate 24, B, B12
9.15. 6.14. 6] 06 Cimi 4 Tzec Plate 24, B, A13b, B13a
[3. 0. 0] Undeclared
9.15. 9.14. 6] 07 Cimi 9 Zotz Unde"
1. 1.16.15] Plate 24, B, A14b B14
9.16.11.13. 1] 11 Imix 19 Muan Plate 24, B, A15b B15a
8. 4.19] Plate 24, B, A17b B17a
9.17. 0. 0. 0] 13 Ahau 18 Cumhu Plate 24, B, A18
End of Katun 17 Plate 24, B, B18
East side:9.17. 0. 0. 0] 13 Ahau 18 Cumhu Figure 82, A1-A6, A7, A10

Comparing the summary of the inscription on Stela E at Quirigua, just given, with the summaries of the inscriptions on Stelæ J and F, and Zoömorph G, at the same city, all four of which are shown side by side in Table [XVII],[[231]] the interrelationship of these four monuments appears very clearly.

TABLE XVII. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF DATES ON STELÆ E, F, AND J AND ZOÖMORPH G, QUIRIGUA

Date Stela J Stela F Stela E Zoömorph
G
9.14.13. 4.17 12 Caban 5 Kayab X X X X
9.15. 0. 0. 0 04 Ahau 13 Yax - X X -
9.15. 5. 0. 0 10 Ahau 8 Chen X - X -
9.15. 6.14. 6 06 Cimi 4 Tzec X X X X
9.15. 9.14. 6 07 Cimi 9 Zotz - - X -
9.15.10. 0. 0 03 Ahau 3 Mol - X - -
9.16. 5. 0. 0 08 AHAU 8 ZOTZ X - - -
9.16.10. 0. 0 01 AHAU 8 ZIP - X - -
9.16.11.13. 1 11 Imix 19 Muan - - X -
9.17. 0. 0. 0 13 AHAU 18 CUMHU - - X -
9.17.15. 0. 0 05 AHAU 3 MUAN - - - X

In spite of the fact that each one of these four monuments marks a different hotun in the Long Count, and consequently dates from a different period, all of them go back to the same date, 9.14.13.4.17 12 Caban 5 Kayab, as their original starting point (see above). This date would almost certainly seem, therefore, to indicate some very important event in the annals of Quirigua. Moreover, since it is the earliest date found at this city which can reasonably be regarded as having occurred during the actual occupancy of the site, it is not improbable that it may represent, as explained elsewhere, the time at which Quirigua was founded.[[232]] It is necessary, however, to