Counting 12 days from te pito o te henua we will find the remaining 'cap at right' hanau glyphs:
Aa4-61 has no left 'eye' (or 'ear'), which probably means solstice has passed (no longer a Janus situation). The main 'word' in days 5 and 9, to which hanau merely seems to be a sort of addition, is hau tea (here drawn in such a way as to indicate 'spreading out'). Aa4-60, on the other hand, probably has passed apex. 4 * 60 = 240 and there are 2 'eyes' in the head of this strange beast, a white 'eye' has developed. Apex is evidently connected with Aa4-59. The 'knee' in Aa4-58 is at left, but in Aa4-50 it is at right, Day 12 counted from te pito o te henua is equal to day 336 + 12 = 348 = 12 * 29 as counted beyond koti.
The separation in two parts at koti is repeated by a separation inside the glyph Aa4-60. Considering the connection of 'birth' with spring we can interpret the Y-formed hands in the quartet of hanau glyphs with 'cap' at right to mean 'dry, no longer fertile'. The 'season of straw' has arrived, signs of toa appear in the text. |