Dates beyond b’ak’tun 13
by admin on Apr.25, 2011, under 2012
Temple of Inscriptions
Mayan inscriptions occasionally mention predicted future events or commemorations that would occur on dates far beyond the completion of the 13th b’ak’tun. Most of these are in the form of “distance dates”: Long Count dates given together with an additional number, known as a Distance Number, which when added together make a future date. On the west panel at the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, a section of text projects forward to the 80th 52-year Calendar Round from the coronation of the ruler K’inich Janaab’ Pakal. Pakal’s accession occurred on 9.9.2.4.8, equivalent to 27 July 615 AD in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. The inscription begins with Pakal’s birthdate of 9.8.9.13.0 (March 24, 603 AD Gregorian) and then adds the Distance Number 10.11.10.5.8 to it,[1] arriving at a date of October 21, 4772 AD, more than 4,000 years after Pakal’s time.[2][1][3]
Another example is Stele 1 at Coba, which gives a date of 13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.0.0.0.0, or twenty units above the b’ak’tun, placing it either 4.134105 × 1028 (41 octillion) years in the future,[4] or an equal distance in the past.[5] This date is 3 quintillion times the age of the universe as determined by cosmologists.
Citations
- ^ a b Schele 1992 93–95
- ^ a b c d e Mark Van Stone. “2012 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)”. FAMSI.
- ^ Schele and Freidel 1990 430
- ^ a b Schele and Freidel 1990 81–82, 430–431
- ^ Aveni 2009 49
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