... Judging from the final glyphs in each of the periods it is evident that the first 5 periods constitute a group (with 2 subgroups):
The 3 last periods constitute another group. The first group has 28 glyphs and the second 20:
Manu kake in Ab4-43 is drawn slightly assymmetric. The left wing tip is not closed, the right wing is narrow and somewhat uplifted. The neck of the double bird is at right drawn with a broken line. These signs should indicate that midsummer lies in front, I guess. My guess finds support in hau tea at Ab4-49, because I believe its double 'eyes' function like a sign of Janus:
Furthermore, the 10 'feathers' in haś reasonably indicates that sun has reached an end. Haati at Ab4-50 probably means a season is leaving. Mauga (Ab4-55) means 'last', maybe 'of the first part of the year' or possibly 'of the sun' - notice how the two forward flames in the hetuu glyphs are drawn 'broken'. Counting we find that 4 * 48 (at Ab4-48) equals 192. The unusual glyph is like a vertical Janus, maybe alluding to sun 'toppling', as for instance at Te Pei in G:
The rightmost line in Ab4-57 (and in Ab4-62) is shorter than in the earlier group, a sign which could mean that sun no longer will reach so high:
We can see that also the henua signs are shorter. 4 * 57 (in Ab4-57) = 228 = 8 * 28½ ... |