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Life implies growth and such a process advances slowly. We have to remain calm. And even if a comparison with the C and G texts for the moment appears to lead nowhere there surely will be some progress.

My suggestion that 506 (the sum of glyphs on side b of the B text) can be thought of as the difference between 590 (20 * 29½) and 84 (12 weeks) was based on noticing that the number of glyphs on side a was also what looks like a rather trivial sum, viz. 421. Playing with 421 and 506 could result in 50 * 6 = 300 and 4 * 21 = 84. And 6 (in 506) might be due to a reflection from 366, with 21 a similar reflection from March 21 (80, 0h).

84 + 6 = 90 = 364 / 4 - 1 and 300 - 6 = 294 = 590 / 2 - 1.

6 * 10 = (5 + 6 + 7 + 8) * 2 + 9 - 1:

... 584 + 6 = 590 = 20 * 29½. I.e. we can guess the text on side a of the A tablet was related to the Moon and its side b to Venus ...

Bb11-39 (436 + 21)

Bb11-40 (458 = 2 * 229)

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Bb12-12 → 121 * 2 = 242

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Bb12-45

ihe haki tua pu ma to rutu mai tae rutu hia i te pahu - mai tae oho te rima ko te henua ia kua oti

457 (= 300 + 314 / 2)

458

473

506 (= 590 - 84)

τ Arietis (*49.7)

Algenib Persei (*50.0)

Ain (*65.7)

No star listed (*98 = 2 * 49)

May 9 (*414)

→ Bharani (*41.4)

May 10 (130 + 365 = 495)

May 25 (*430)

June 27 (*463)

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Tua. 1. Back, shoulder, tu'a ivi, shoulder blade; tu'a ivi more, lumbago; moa tu'a ivi raá, 'sun-back chicken': chicken with a yellow back which shines in the sun. 2. Behind (a locative adverb, used with i, ki, a, o, etc). Tu'a-papa, pelvis, hips. Vanaga. 1. Behind, back, rear; ki tua, after; o tua, younger; taki tua, perineum. 2. Sea urchin, echinus. The word must have a germ sense indicating something spinous which will be satisfactorily descriptive of the sea urchin all spines, the prawn with antennae and thin long legs, and in the Maori the shell of Mesodesma spissa. Tuaapapa, haunch, hip, spine. Tuahaigoigo, tattooing on the back. Tuahuri, abortion; poki tuahuri, abortive child. Tuaivi, spine, vertebræ, back, loins; mate mai te tuaivi, ill at ease. Tuakana, elder, elder brother; tuakana tamaahina, elder sister. Tuamouga, mountain summit. Tuatua, to glean. Mgv. tua: To fell, to cut down. Ta.: tua, to cut. Mq.: tua, to fell, to cut down. Ma.: tua, id. Tuaki, to disembowel. Ma.: tuaki, to clean fish. Tuavera, the last breadfruit spoiled by the wind. Ta.: tuavera, burnt by the sun. Churchill.

Oti, To come to an end; to suffice, to be enough: ku-oti-á, it is finished; ina kai oti mo kai, there is not enough to eat; he-oti á, there isn't anymore left, it's the last one; it's enough with that. Vanaga. Ta.: 1. Oti, presage of death. Sa.: oti, to die. 2. To cut. Mq.: koti, oti, id. Sa.: 'oti, id. Ma.: koti, id. Churchill.

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Gb8-16 (457) (229 + 229 = 351 + 107) Ga1-1 Ga2-4
MARCH 6 (65) 7 (*415 - *64 = *351) MARCH 22 (*1 = *366) APRIL 24 (*34)

Considering the fact that a night can be perceived as beginning with its Eve - a nighttime reflection of daytime a.m. (i.e. from sundown to midnight ↔ sunup to noon) - and ending with 'p.m.' or the 2nd half of the night from midnight to dawn, it would not be surprising if the stars corresponding to a specific night were allocated to a pair of glyphs. For instance could my suggested correlation between Ain (*66.7) and Ga1-1 (MARCH 22) represent the nighttime 'Day' (time from midnight to dawn) and the preceding Eve then be represented by the empty glyph place where Hyadum II (*64.2) should be.

This idea can then be expanded to interpret for instance the front side (in light) of Perseus, viz. the place for Algenib (α), as a contrast to his left 'dead' side in the dark:

The star τ Arietis, at the tip of the tail of the Sheep,

could thus rather be at Bb11-38 than at Bb11-39 - which glyph surely (haki) gives the impression of dawn having arrived. The pairs of glyphs (→ nighttime) could be ending with Ain, where a pair of 'eyes' (mata) could have been presented together and simultaneously as if in order to make it possible to see in depth (measure the depth):

ka tu te Rei - a matagi - ma te hokohuki - ma te ua hakatu te Rei a matagi - ma te hokohuki ma te ua ihe haki tua pu
Bb11-35 11 * 36 = 396 Bb11-37 (355 + 100) Bb11-38 (19 * 24) Bb11-39 (436 + 21)