In the calendar
of K a viri glyph is located immediately before the
'gnomon' hakaturou at Kb4-7:
Counted from the 2nd Rei (Ka3-15) Kb4-7 will be number 100, possibly a sign of the new beginning at winter solstice. Viri at Kb4-6 would then be the last glyph of the old year, or rather the last glyph of the 2nd half of the year, because earlier, at the end of the 1st half year, another viri is positioned:
Between 'sails at left' (Kb1-9) and 'sails at right' (Kb1-13) the sum of the ordinal numbers is 12 * 12 = 144, which possibly indicates a final of a 1st 'square of the earth' (half-year). Presumably there were 12 half-months in each half year. Extending the counting to include Kb1-9 and Kb1-13 we reach the sum 240, also indicating a final of 12 (by way of 20, the last 'natural' number). Including Kb1-14 and Kb1-8 too (which ought to be the way of summing up because viri probably is positioned as last glyph of the 'ruling season') the sum of the ordinal numbers will be 336 = 12 * 28. Including even Kb1-7 we reach the sum 380 = 19 * 20 for the ordinal numbers of the 8 glyphs, which can be understood as meaning time has run out for the 'ruling sun'. The last (though mutilated) glyph in the 16th period (*Kb1-19 - with 19 indicating 'death' of the sun) has ordinal number 56 = 2 * 28, possibly a connection with the fact that the last viri glyph is in period 28. Adding the ordinal numbers for those glyphs which come after viri in the 16th period results in 270 = 15 * 18. Adding their ordinal numbers in the line (Kb1) results in 85. If we in period 28 add 7 + 8 + 9 we get 24. Adding 1 + 2 + 3 we get 6 (a new counting must begin with the 'gnomon' as 1). A 3rd viri (Ka2-5) is located even earlier in the text of K. |
