By painstakingly restoring the probable number of glyphs in each line of Q it will be revealed that indeed the time is winter solstice. In Q there are 2 glyphs per day:
Honu 'vae kore' (without legs) has been located in the calendar so that day number 296 counted from *Qa1-1 will coincide with winter solstice. Winter solstice is the 'finish' of old sun:
I have restored the number of glyphs in Q as 736, which is equal to 368 days. The added 64 days from the end of side b is a pattern we recognize from G. Counting backwards from the end of side b we will find the first glyph in the calendar to be 736 - 2 * 64 + 2 = 610, quite in agreement with the arrival of the new 'beast' depicted in the glyph:
64 = 354 - 290 must be one of the 'axioms' of the numerical system in rongorongo. 354 = 12 * 29.5 = 6 * 59 is basically a fact derived from observations. 290 = 10 * 29, on the other hand, seems to be more of a construct by creative human minds. The idea of 'finished' is here expressed twice - 10 as the number of fingers and 29 as the dark night of the moon. In Q, however, 64 = 360 - 296, an equation not equally easy to understand. In H the number of glyphs is 1296. 96 (= 8 * 12) seems to be an important number. 736 (the number of glyphs in Q) = 16 * 46, and the Tahua text has 1,334 = 29 * 46 glyphs. Also 46 (= 400 - 354) is important. 290 + 64 + 46 = 400. |
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