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DAY COLUMNS AND NUMERAL CHARACTERS.
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THIRD DIVISION.

I.
Cimi. VII-4. XIII-3.
Ezanab. Ⓘ-17. X-10
Oc. IV-7.
Ik. X-2.
Ix. X-3.

The lists of days on this plate, as given by Charency, agree with those here given, only in the middle division. Those of the first and third divisions, as given by him, are as follows:

FIRST DIVISION. THIRD DIVISION.
Men. Cimi.
Ahau. Ezanab.
Oc. Eb.
Men. Ik.
Men. Cib.

Some of the characters on this plate are of a form found here only. The character for Oc in both divisions is unusual, an eye being inserted which throws back the broken line as shown in the annexed figure.

The character for Chicchan in the first division is somewhat different from the usual form, as will be seen by the figure here given.

So far as the list in the first division is concerned, there can be no doubt that the first and last characters represent Men. This would of itself require an interval of five days between each two, if uniform throughout.

Counting from Men to Ahau, we have an interval of five days; five more gives us Chicchan, five more Oc, and five more Men, as it should be.

Now turning to the third division of this plate, we find that the interval between Cimi and Ezanab is twelve days; twelve more will give Oc. twelve more Ik, and twelve more Ix, which makes the days and the order