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The number of glyphs in the K calendar has been much discussed. It has e.g. been thought of as 125 (= 5 * 5 * 5) when I was inspired by the 'fire feathers' of haś. To reach that number glyphs were added beyond period 29½ and before Rei at Ka3-15.

The last procedure was regarded as acceptable because of parallel glyphs at the end of the E calendar. In a cyclic movement it is not easy to determe what is the end and what is the beginning. The 'fire generators' beyond pure (the empty shell) ought to be included at the beginning:

Ka3-7 Ka3-8 Ka3-9 Ka3-10 Ka3-11 Ka3-12 Ka3-13 Ka3-14
5 glyphs

The discussion moved on to the distribution of the three Rei glyphs. The 2nd was evidently located at the beginning of the 1st half of the year (summer) while the 3rd appeared in what was thought of as the middle of summer. (Now we would rather say at the beginning of descending moon.)

Anyhow, the 1st Rei ought to be at the beginning of some other great season. Therefore another, '1st', calendar presumably came earlier. What up to that point had been called the calendar, must now be renamed as the '2nd calendar'. The following table was the result:

1st calendar:

A

Ka2-1--6

6

9

B

Ka2-7--9

3

B

Ka2-10

1

26

C

Ka2-11--16

6

12

25

D

Ka2-17--22

6

E

Ka3-1--4

4

12

13

F

Ka3-5--8

4

G

Ka3-9--12

4

H

Ka3-13

1

2nd calendar:

0

Ka3-14

1

*74

1

Ka3-15

1

1-5

Ka3-16--Ka4-12

18

20

6

Ka4-13--14

2

6-16

Ka4-15--Kb1-10

26

*52

16-20

Kb1-11--*Kb2-14

*26

21

*Kb2-15

1

The periods in the 1st calendar were allotted letters. The Rei glyphs are red-marked. Glyph number 100, counted from the 1st Rei, is *Kb2-14:

20
*Kb2-12 *Kb2-13 *Kb2-14 *Kb2-15

In the 20th period (of the 2nd calendar) a great henua seemed to mark a final, presumably of the summer. Thinking in terms of the moon cycle another final must be presented. Maybe only the first 20 nights of the moon (were) counted.