The table above shows that 177 days from Gb1-3 up to and including Gb6-26 can be added to the following 183 days (to Ga5-10), i.e. a year with 360 days is measured out. From Gb1-3 to Gb6-26 the height of honu is increasing; Gb1-3 is at summer solstice and Gb6-26 at winter solstice. Gb6-26 is situated in a structure with 2 * 7 = 14 glyphs, where the first septett refers to the first half of the year (spring) and the second to the second half (autumn):
In Gb6-18 hipu strives upwards, in Gb6-26 the 'sack' is at the bottom. A tamaiti arrives close to the end of the year (position 13 of 14), and Tama is the 13th kuhane station. 14 * 29.5 = 413 (at Gb7-2). The 3 redmarked glyphs has a special function, they serve as intercalated days, increasing the waning sun season from 177 to 180 days. Moa at Gb7-1 is the last glyph of waning sun. We can therefore revise the table into:
From Ga5-10 up to and including Gb1-2 there are 233 - 120 = 112 = 4 * 28 glyphs:
The basic structure of the G text - with lunar months (16 * 29.5 = 472) - has an alternative reading based on a year with 360 days, completed with a calendar defined by fortnights: 6 * 60 + 8 * 14 = 472. |