. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . e same figure; and(3) the hand, which appears as the main element in the forms shownin figure 37, j-q. The two first of these never stand by themselvesbut always modify some other sign. The first (fig. 37, a-h, t) is alwaysattached to the sign of the period whose end is recorded either as a 1 This method of dating does not seem to have been used with either uliial or kin period endings, probablybecause of the comparative frequency with which any given date might occur at the end of either of thesetwo periods. 78 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOL
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. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . e same figure; and(3) the hand, which appears as the main element in the forms shownin figure 37, j-q. The two first of these never stand by themselvesbut always modify some other sign. The first (fig. 37, a-h, t) is alwaysattached to the sign of the period whose end is recorded either as a 1 This method of dating does not seem to have been used with either uliial or kin period endings, probablybecause of the comparative frequency with which any given date might occur at the end of either of thesetwo periods. 78 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BOIiL. 57 superfix (see fig. 37, a, whereby the end of Cycle 10 is indicated ), oras a prefix (see t, whereby the end of Katun 14 is recorded). Thesecond form is seen as a prefix in u, whereby the end of Katun 12 isrecorded, and in i, whereby the end of Katun 11 is shown. Thislatter sign is found also as a superfix in r. The hand-ending sign rarely appears as modifying period glyphs, although a few examples of such use have been found (see fig. 37, . r s t u V Fig. 37. Ending signs and elements. j, Tc). This ending sign usually appears as the main element in a sepa-rate glyph, which precedes the sign of the period whose end is recorded(see fig. 37, l-q). In these cases the subordinate elements differsomewhat, although the element (*) appears as the suflSx in I, m, n, 2, and the element (f) as a postfix therein, also in o and f.^ In a few cases the hand is combined with the other endingsigns, sometimes with one and sometimes with the other. 1 In Chapter IV it will be shown that two bars stand for the number 10. It will be necessary to anticipatethe discussion of Maya numerals there presented to the extent of stating that a bar represented 5 and adot or ball, 1. The varying combinations of these two elements gave the values up to 20. MOKLBY] INTKODUCTION TO STUDY OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHS 79 The use of the hand as expressing the meaning ending is quitenatural. The Aztec, we have seen