Another maitaki glyph in G we recocgnize from Nga Kope Ririva (6 * 29.5 = 177):
It may be a concidence, but probably not, that the distance between these two maitaki is 100 glyphs:
If we try to move 100 paces in the opposite direction we arrive at Gb8-6, located immediately beyond the 15th kuhane station One Tea. 15 * 29.5 = 442.5, i.e. Gb8-1 is needed to reach One Tea, and manu rere in Gb8-5 looks back, says it is all over:
448 = 16 * 28, which should make us remember glyph number 392 (= 14 * 28) in H:
392 - 200 = 192 = 8 * 24 and 448 - 200 = 248 = 8 * 31. Also in Gb8-1 twins are looking at each other. From One Tea (15) to Nga Kope Ririva (6) there are 202 glyphs (and probably days), a number not commensurable with months. To bridge the gap another measure must be used, and we could for instance count from Gb8-6 up to and including Ga7-8:
As to the meaning of the maitaki glyphs not much can be said so far. Maybe 100 is to be read as 5 ('fire') times 20 (number of fingers and toes). 100 days could be the number for a sun 'tertial', given there are 300 days in the calendar for the sun. Clearly, though, Ga7-8 has at bottom a sign in form of a very assymmetric 'stone'. The meaning of such an assymmety will be investigated shortly. |