3 honu glyphs with twin holes come after period 34 (ending with glyph 190):
Ga7-34, the last glyph in line a7, comes 14 days after the end of period 34. Its ordinal number is 204 = 12 * 17, i.e. it arrives 60 days after mauga in the 19th period:
Beyond the 18th period the key number is no longer 70 but 60. Sun has passed the point of turning around, possibly visualized by the strange 'hook' at the top of Ga7-21. Reducing 204 with 50 (for the days at the very beginning), we can see that number 7 explains 154. Rei at Ga7-22 says it too, 7 * 22 = 154. Number 22 probably means π * 7, and therefore 154 = π * 7 * 7. Rei at Ga7-31 has ordinal number 200, which maybe can be understood as ⅔ of 300. Alternatively we count 7 * 31 - 57 = 160 = half 320. The latter reading is supported e.g. by the following glyph Ga7-32 (where 32 is used in combination with 7 to generate 7 * 32 = 224 = 8 * 28, a powerful numerical sign). There are 7 'feathers' at left and 6 at right, a visual cue that the spring half of sun's journey is in the past. The same 6 + 6 sign is seen in Ga7-25, but here 7 * 25 = 175 suggests a longer solar year, equal to 350 days. Order is reestablished by subtracting 50 for the first glyphs of the text. 160 (at Rei in Ga7-31) is also supported by the number of 'feathers' on haś in Ga7-23. The fortnight at the end of line a7 is the 'habitat' of the triplet of double-hole honu glyphs. Then follow 15 glyphs at the beginning of line a8 which belong to the same sequence, which means that there are 29 days beyond the end of period 34 until next 'chapter' in the text will begin:
The strange creature in Ga8-16 has 6 + 4 = 10 'feathers', which seems to be appropriate considering its ordinal number. Furthermore, 8 * 16 = 4 * 32 also describes a 'square' defined by 32 as finished. 32 is a sign of 'multiplication' (cfr 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2), i.e. 32 means 'growth' and alludes to the important growth season (spring). Spring is over, it means. But the great fist held high in Ga7-20 promises an abundant future. |