CMGG entry for "KALABTUN"      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Translation: calendar unit kalabtun, 7th highest in the LC
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of "KALABTUN"

                                                      

K&L.p61.#3.2&1&3                                              IC.p16.pdfp20.#7.1                  

kalabtun                                                                 kalabtun                                    

 

                                                  

Coll-1                                           Schele                                       

PAL Temple 14                           PAL TI WT E12                        

*5.<kalabtun:ya>                       7.<kalabtun:●>                   

 

Montgomery = Coll-1                 

YAX HS2 Step 7 K2

13.kalabtun

 

                             

IC.p16.pdfp20.#7.2                   

kalabtun

 

·    Variants (2):

o A. Abstract:

§ Top: logogram TZUTZ.

§ Bottom: abstract variant of PIK.

§ Optional: ● three small dots at the bottom of boulder-outline glyphs. It is shown as a blue dot ● in the transliteration. This element is pure decoration and doesn’t contribute to the reading of the text (PAL TI WT E12).

o B. Head:

§ Top: logogram TZUTZ.

§ Bottom: head variant of PIK (bird-head with hand-jaw).

·    This is the 7th unit in the LC and is one calendar unit above the piktun, i.e. it consists of 20 piktuns. It is known that this calendar unit is not pronounced kalabtun – this is just a name used by epigraphers for convenience. While it’s not entirely clear whether it is of itself a logogram or if it’s a compound with PIK/PIH as part of it, the structure of the three higher units (piktun, kalabtun, and kinchiltun) – all with PIK/PIH at the bottom – suggests that it’s the latter, a compound.

·    What distinguishes kalabtun from pik and piktun is the element at the top, which appears to be TZUTZ.