[133] Note the decoration on the numerical bar.
[134] So far as known to the writer, this very unusual variant for the closing glyph of the Supplementary Series occurs in but two other inscriptions in the Maya territory, namely, on Stela N at Copan. See pl. [26], Glyph A14, and Inscription 6 of the Hieroglyphic Stairway at Naranjo, Glyph A1 (?). (Maler, 1908 b: pl. 27.)
[135] For the full text of this inscription see Maudslay, 1889-1902: I, pls. 105-107.
[136] In this glyph-block, A4, the order of reading is irregular; instead of passing over to B4a after reading A4a (the 10 tuns), the next glyph to be read is the sign below A4a, A4b, which records 0 uinals, and only after this has been read does B4a follow.
[137] Texts illustrating the head-variant numerals in full will be presented later.
[138] The preceding hotun ended with the day 9.12.5.0.0 3 Ahau 3 Xul and therefore the opening day of the next hotun, 1 day later, will be 9.12.5.0.1 4 Imix 4 Xul.
[139] For the full text of this inscription, see Maudslay, 1889-1902: I, pls. 109, 110.
[140] The oldest Initial Series at Copan is recorded on Stela 15, which is 40 years older than Stela 9. For a discussion of this text see pp. [187], [188].
[141] An exception to this statement should be noted in an Initial Series on the Hieroglyphic Stairway, which records the date 9.5.19.3.0 8 Ahau 3 Zotz. The above remark applies only to the large monuments, which, the writer believes, were period-markers. Stela 9 is therefore the next to the oldest "period stone" yet discovered at Copan. It is more than likely, however, that there are several older ones as yet undeciphered.
[142] For the full text of this inscription, see Maudslay, 1889-1902: II, pls. 17-19.