The period is divided in two halves by Eb4-38--39 (vae kore glyphs):
Ordinal numbers in the bottom lines are here counted from Eb4-23 (the 2nd of the two wavy wing birds at the center). The oval on the wing of Eb4-40 indicates a full cycle and 18 signifies sun, as if to say that Eb4-40 is located at the end of 180 days. In Eb4-35 tapa mea is reversed, a major change is due - probably described in Eb4-36 and Eb4-37. Disregarding Eb4-38--39 the 12 glyphs appear to be grouped in triplets, and 35 + 36 + 37 = 108 = 6 * 18. The new type of bird probably represents the moon (while the earlier bird was the sun). Sun rules summer and moon winter, therefore Eb4-37 (with full-moon number 15) points at the end of summer. Moon birds will carry on:
Eb5-2 is exactly as Eb5-4 (with ordinal number 24) in the following (18th) period, a way to link the two periods. This variant of tagata probably means the end of high summer. Eb4-42 is the last glyph in the line. 42 (= 6*7) and 20 (= 4*5) are full measures. Likewise is 3*4 = 12 (as in the number of glyphs, excluding Eb4-38--38) a full measure. Eb5-1 is located in a position where it alludes to the reversed tapa mea in Eb4-35, and 35 could be the result of dividing 420 by 12 - indicating the half-way station to 420 days (to the end of the '7th flame of the sun'). 15 at the special ua (Eb4-37) could then indicate a wished for full moon at that time, or it simply means 15 * 14 = 210 (half 420). |
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