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If the model suggested is correct, then we ought to find Hatinga Te Kohe at glyph number 354 * 2 = 708 (= 24 * 29.5):

Gb4-33 Gb5-1 (354)

Reducing 708 with those 42 glyphs which belong at the end of side b (from pito at Ab8-43 and forward) we reach a significant number, viz. 666 (what has been called the Number of the Beast).

Aa8-67 Aa8-68 Aa8-69 Aa8-70 Aa8-71 Aa8-72
Aa8-73 Aa8-74 Aa8-75 Aa8-76 Aa8-77 Aa8-78 Aa8-79
Aa8-80 Aa8-81 (708) Aa8-82 Aa8-83 Aa8-84 Aa8-85

Only 4 glyphs then remain on side a. In Aa8-80 the 'break' (hatiga) is illustrated. As to the meaning of the haati glyph in Aa8-81 - see this hyperlink.

Hati

Hati 1. To break (v.t., v.i.); figuratively: he hati te pou oka, to die, of a hopu manu in the exercise of his office (en route from Motu Nui to Orongo). 2. Closing word of certain songs. Vanaga.

Hahati. 1. To break (see hati). 2. Roughly treated, broken (from physical exertion: ku hahati á te hakari) 3. To take to the sea: he hahati te vaka. Vanaga.

Ha(ha)ti. To strike, to break, to peel off bark; slip, cutting, breaking, flow, wave (aati, ati, hahati); tai hati, breakers, surf; tumu hatihati, weak in the legs; hakahati, to persuade; hatipu, slate. Churchill.