Counting glyphs from Ca1-1 we find an elegant design:
The very special moa in Ga6-28 (where 6 * 28 = 168) has ordinal number 168, which should be interpreted as meaning that a full cycle is ending at Ca6-27. The sum of the number of glyphs in the first 6 glyph lines is 168. It is no real moa, though, it is an abstraction (a 'ghost', the outline is broken), but its function is to announce the arrival of a new 'day', which in the Mamari moon calendar must mean a new waxing moon:
By comparing with the K text it is rather obvious that 167 glyphs - possibly equal to 167 days - is a measure used for describing where sun's visit on the island ends. |
