We have noticed how the Mamari moon calendar is full with significant numbers, e-g. glyph number 192 (equal to the number of glyphs in K) at Omotohi:
The importance of the first glyph (Ca6-17) is marked by its ordinal number counted from Ca1-1, viz. 157 = 314 / 2. In G number 6-17 has likewise been chosen for an important first glyph:
For some reason 6-17 apparently was used by the rongorongo writers as the first glyph in major time cycles. And Aa6-17 is a moe glyph, a glyph which announces the first light although the new 'person' still is below the horizon:
Moa in Aa6-16 is followed by moe, then a tagata (at left) with a strange sign at right, the first glyph of day 240. Day 237 is the first beyond 236 and 241 the first beyond 240. Day 242 has a koti sign, and if we look close we will find a koti also in day 238 (between the bottom tamaiti and the top part). Moe in Aa6-17 looks like a sleepy old bird with head on its way down, and likewise a head is going down in day 243 (Aa6-25 and Gb1-13):
The same rhythm characterizes the evolution beyond day 236 (8 * 29.5) as beyond day 240 (8 * 30). The sign of a head hanging down alludes to rau hei, which illustrates the beginning of a rebirth 243 days later. |