Being religious as well as mathematicians, the Maya connected their numbers with gods. Their 'godnumbers' counted from 0-20. The 'dot and bar signs' before the gods show the normal numbering.
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Only 0 and 20 have glyphs of their own. Gods 14-19 were almost repetitions of gods 4-9; their glyphs differ in that they have the fleshless cheekbone, from god nr.10.
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