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

 

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13.kalabtun

 

                             

IC.p16.pdfp20.#7.2                   

kalabtun

 

·     Variants (2):

o A. Abstract:

§ Top: logogram TZUTZ.

§ Bottom: abstract variant of PIK.

o B. Head:

§ Top: logogram TZUTZ.

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

·     This is one calendar unit above 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.

·     Summary of the calendar units:

o The 5 smallest and most basic units are: K’IN, WINIK, HAAB, WINIKHAAB (katun), PIK/PIH (baktun).

§ K’atun: this is an elided form of k’al-tuun = 20 years, with the -l- dropped. [Reference: TOK-lecture, exact reference lost.]

§ Bak’tun is a completely fictive name with no basis in the glyphs, as the word or root ba- (as an original or corrupted form) meaning “400” is not known in any modern Mayan language – it’s just a convenient term which was adopted in the early years of Maya epigraphy. [Reference: TOK-lecture, exact reference lost.]

o There are 3 higher units which are not common, but not extremely rare either:

§ They are piktun, kalabtun, kinchiltun.

§ They are given in IC.p16 & K&L.p61. They are not given in K&H, BMM9, 25EMC, EB.

§ They are also given in TMHW.pdfp416 along with glyph examples, but kalabtun and kinchiltun are given together, with their glyphs not separated.

§ The terms used as not the Classic Maya names but are nicknames given by epigraphers, for ease of reference.

§ All three seem to have the 2-KAWAK element / PIK as a component at the bottom.

o There are even higher units which are extremely rare. As far as I know, only one higher unit – alawtun – has been given a nickname by epigraphers.

§ Alawtun is the highest known unit with a nickname: