Maya — Classic period

Tortuguero Monument 6: the thirteenth Bak’tun completed

Tortuguero Monument 6 · Tortuguero Monument 6, blocks O2–P5; Gronemeyer and MacLeod 2010, p. 8

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Sven Gronemeyer and Barbara MacLeod, “What Could Happen in 2012: A Re-Analysis of the 13-Bak’tun Prophecy on Tortuguero Monument 6”, Wayeb Notes 34 (2010), p. 8: “brief reading and free paraphrase” of blocks O2–P5 (five lines: transliteration > transcription, then English paraphrase). Short excerpt copied from the PDF text layer; column spacing collapsed to single spaces.

Copyrighted 2010 scholarly note; no license stated. Short excerpt only (five lines, about 45 words of a 68-page study) quoted for identification and discussion of the inscription’s dated statement, with the authors’ reading attributed. Assessed under US fair-use factors (commentary on a quoted reading; minimal amount; no substitution for the article).

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tzu2-jo-ma u-13-PIK > tzuhtzjo:m uy-u:xlaju:n pik It will be completed the thirteenth Bak’tun. 4-AJAW 3-UN-wi > chan ajaw u:x uni:w It is 4 Ajaw 3 K’ank’in u-to-ma i-li? > uhto:m il? and it will happen a ‘seeing’. ye-ni-9-OK-TE’ > ye’ni/ye:n bolon yokte’ It is the display of B’olon-Yokte’ ta-CHAK-jo-JOY[ja] > ta chak joyaj in a great ‘investiture’.

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José Argüelles: the thirteen baktun cycles conclude on 21 December 2012

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On: It will be completed the thirteenth Bak’tun.

Linked by Rainbow Watch. Argüelles dates the completion of the thirteenth baktun, 13.0.0.0.0, to 21 December 2012; Tortuguero Monument 6 is the Classic Maya inscription that names the same completion.

Source quotation · José Argüelles, The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology (Bear & Company, 1987), p. 45 (chapter 2, “The Maya: Diviners of Harmony”) and p. 203 (“The Mayan Harmonic Numerical System”); short excerpt of two sentences.

This same date, 13.0.0.0.0, will occur again, December 21 A.D. 2012. […] The progression of the present thirteen, light-harmonic/baktun cycles begun 3113 B.C., concludes December 21 A.D. 2012.

The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology · José Argüelles, The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology (Santa Fe: Bear & Company, copyright 1987), ISBN 0-939680-38-6. Two sentences: chapter 2, “The Maya: Diviners of Harmony,” p. 45, and the section “The Mayan Harmonic Numerical System,” p. 203. Internet Archive item mayanfactorpathb0000argu, pp. 45 and 203, copyright page n5; transcribed from the page images. Small capitals in A.D. and B.C. rendered as capitals; […] marks the omission between the two pages.

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This same date, 13.0.0.0.0, will occur again, December 21 A.D. 2012. […] The progression of the present thirteen, light-harmonic/baktun cycles begun 3113 B.C., concludes December 21 A.D. 2012.

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1987 · Bear & CompanyJosé Argüelles publishes The Mayan Factor Interpretation recorded
13.0.0.0.0 4 Ajaw 3 K’ank’in · 21 December 2012 (GMT correlation)Tortuguero Monument 6: the thirteenth Bak’tun is completed Predicted date · stated 669
21 December 2012 · end of the cycle begun in 3113 B.C.Argüelles: the present thirteen baktun cycles conclude on 21 December 2012 Predicted date · stated 1987

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