Next we turn to the end of the cycle: ... There are 1334 glyphs in Tahua. The text can be used as a calendar with viri glyphs marking the main divisions (in multiples of 29 glyphs) ... the overall 'map' of the structure can be regarded as:
The beginning of the text is at Ab1-1 and the end at Aa8-85. With an even number of glyphs there are two central glyphs ... Here we realize that in Aa8-85 the three little 'sun ducklings' still are unhatched. Expanding the time from Ab7-26 to Aa8-26 we can see how moon is used to measure beyond the 'high light viri', because 16 refers to the number of nights defined (on Easter Island) for waxing moon:
Glyph number 364 (Aa4-71) has an ordinal number connected with the moon and the sun together, because the number of nights in a month when moon is 'seen' by the sun is 28 and 364 = 13 * 28. 464 is equal to 364 + 100, and 4 * 64 = 256. This is hardly a coincidence, which next page will show. |