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We should now like to enter into a discussion of 'inaugural' or 'accession' glyph groups. Berlin (1970a: 144-147) has summarized the known accession glyphs of other sites. He identifies T684 (Proskouriakoff's [1960] 'inaugural' glyph) as the predominantly used 'accession' glyph at Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan. It appears only in early texts at Tikal, rarely at Copan, and never at Palenque.

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