CMGG entry for k'al tuun      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Translation: present the stone
Part of speech: Verb

Spellings of k'al tuun

                    

JM.p146.#4                    Guenther-FAtA.t0:17:30-17:40

                                         TIK Stela 16

K’AL:<TUN.ni>                <K’AL:TUUN>.ni

 

·    Modern translation is “(to) present (the) stone”, formerly “ritual wrapping of the stone”.

·    A ritual performed in connection with period endings. Guenther-FAtA.t0:17:16-17:54 (specifically 17:30-17:40): … then this hieroglyph that shows up again and again – k’al tuun – meaning “the stone was placed” – a hieroglyph specifically referring to a period ending.