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Stela A – Date Glyph

It may look like a dude riding a UFO, at it may well be, but it is definitely the glyph that symbolises the beginning of a date and that the subsequent glyphs will be date glyphs. It could be the glyph that symbolised the current era which started on 13.0.0.0.0.

© Robin Heyworth – Photo taken 3rd February 2002

Date Glyph from Stela at Quirigua