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January 10, 2005
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Cylinder seal from San Andrés, Tabasco, Mexico.
Cylinder seal from San Andrés, Tabasco, Mexico, showing the glyphs, including 3 Ajaw, the name of a day in the 260-day Mesoamerican calendar.
Credit: Christopher von Nagy
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