A comparison of these two forms shows that both are composed of the same elements: (1) The cycle sign; (2) a superfix in which the hand is the principal element. The superfix in figure 61, _d_, consists of a hand and a tassel-like postfix, not unlike the upper half of the ending signs in figure 37, _l-q_. However, in the present case, if we accept the hypothesis that _d_ of figure 61 is the sign for the great-great cycle, we are obliged to see in its superfix alone the essential _element_ of the great-great-cycle sign, since the _rest_ of this glyph (the lower part) is quite clearly the normal form for the cycle. The superfix in figure 61, _e_, consists of the same two elements as the above, with the slight difference that the hand in _e_ holds a rod. Indeed, the similarity of the two forms is so close that in default of {120} any evidence to the contrary the writer believes they may be accepted as signs for one and the same period, namely, the great-great cycle. The points on which this conclusion is based may be summarized as follows: 1. Both glyphs are made up of the same elements--(_a_) The normal form of the cycle sign; (_b_) a superfix composed of a hand with a tassel-like postfix. 2. Both glyphs occur in numerical series the next term but one of which is the cycle, showing that by position they are the logical next term but one, the seventh or great-great cycle, of the series. 3. Both of these glyphs stand next to glyphs which have been identified as great-cycle signs, that is, the sixth terms of the series in which they occur. By this same line of reasoning it seems probable that A2 in figure 60 is the sign for the great-great-great cycle, although this fact can not be definitely established because of the lack of comparative evidence. This possible sign for the great-great-great cycle, or period of the 8th order, is composed of two parts, just like the signs for the great cycle and the great-great cycle already described. These are: (1) The cycle sign; (2) a superfix composed of a hand and a semicircular postfix, quite distinct from the superfixes of the great cycle and great-great cycle signs. However, since there is no other inscription known which presents a number composed of eight terms, we must lay aside this line of investigation and turn to another for further light on this point. An examination of figure 60 shows that the glyphs which we have identified as the signs for the higher periods (A2, A3, A4, and A5,) contain one element common to all--the sign for the cycle, or period of 144,000 days. Indeed, A5 is composed of this sign alone with its usual coefficient of 9. Moreover, the next glyphs (A6, A7, A8, and A9[83]) are the signs for the katun, tun, uinal, and kin, respectively, and, together with A5, form a regular descending series of 5 terms, all of which are of known value.