Summary: The
plain (without extra signs) tagata glyphs symbolize
the apex (fully grown) 'person' - not an unitiated youth and
not an old man but a warrior in full strength. As such
tagata was used at noon and in the middle of summer.
A fully grown
season (tagata) which is located elsewhere than at
'zenith' (noon or midsummer) was adorned with one or several
signs to identify what season was meant.
The examples of
texts with winter and summer tagata glyphs prove that
with extra signs present we cannot expect the reading to be
'center' or 'zenith'.
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