Fig. 58. Part of the inscription on Stela N, Copan, showing a number composed of six periods.
Fig. 59. Part of the inscription in the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, showing a number composed of seven periods.
Fig. 60. Part of the inscription on Stela 10, Tikal (probably an Initial Series), showing a number composed of eight periods.
The first of these three numbers (see fig. [58]), if all its six periods belong to the same series, equals 42,908,400. Although the order of the several periods is just the reverse of that in the numbers in figure [56], this difference is unessential, as will shortly be explained, and in no way affects the value of the number recorded. Commencing at the bottom of figure [58] with the highest period involved and reading up, A6,[[80]] the 14 great cycles = 40,320,000 kins (see Table [VIII], in which 1 great cycle = 2,880,000, and consequently 14 = 14 × 2,880,000 =
40,320,000); A5, the 17 cycles = 2,448,000 kins (17 × 144,000); A4, the 19 katuns = 136,800 kins (19 × 7,200); A3, the 10 tuns = 3,600 kins (10 × 360); A2, the 0 uinals, 0 kins; and the 0 kins, 0 kins. The sum of these products = 40,320,000 + 2,448,000 + 136,800 + 3,600 + 0 + 0 = 42,908,400.