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I hesitate
somewhat to use number arguments, yet sooner or later it must be
done. Counting glyphs from the specially designed vaha mea
(in Aa6-67) to the exceptional hoea (in Ab4-69) we find a
powerful numerical signal:
500 may seem to
be a coincidence (although for me it suggests a hundredfold
rima - 'fire, fire'). Before arguing further, however, the
reader has to be convinced there is no fault in my calculations:
In the
rongorongo system of measuring glyph distances, it is not
always the normal counting that counts. 500 is just to draw our
attention, and the main signal to observe is 314 (100 * π), i.e.
the fact that Ab4-69 is the next to 314th glyph on side b. Half
a cycle is completed at Ab4-69 (because the whole cycle is
computed by using 2π, or 628).
Aa6-67 and Ab4-69
serve as markers defining half a cycle. Therefore both of the
glyphs are aberrant from the norm (in order to catch attention).
The total number
of glyphs on the Tahua tablet is 1,334 and - as I have
mentioned at hetuu in this dictionary - 314 is a
number involved:
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