At top right in Qb2-3 the is an ua sign turned into a horizontal position. The legs of the two ika hiku glyphs could allude to this sign. In Qb2-10 there is a Rogo with head in full visibility, but with its lower front half invisible. 4 days later a variant of ragi has its top front part invisible:
Ordinal number -17 could mean a new season is beginning. The day number, 292, is 100 more than 192 (at the end of the first half of a year measuring 384 days). Perhaps 292 is to be understood as a 'second 192', this time ruled by the moon. Ragi indicates the night. If so, then there are 8 days (284-291) at the beginning of glyph line Qb2 to the final in day 300:
The 3 days between Rogo in Qb2-10 and the likewise only partially visible ragi glyph ought to have a special meaning, i.e. those 8 days from the beginning of the glyph line are 5 + 3 days. Day 291 has just been explained as the last day of 300, and therefore the first of the 3 should be put into focus. And we know its function:
The koti glyph seems to express that day 231 counted from eyeless ariga erua has arrived. The fat tail and empty hand of mago probably means the autumn has ended (the back side of the year which is beginning with day 231). Also the rising fish in Qb2-12 has a fat tail. The 'cup' is formed in a way which possibly alludes to the shape of the moon. There are 10 lunar months dominated by spring sun counted from *Qb5-23 to Qb2-13:
Manu rere has its downwards left wing exceptionally long and this sign is in Qb2-14 contrasted by the exceptionally long upraised right 'wing' of tagata. The meaning presumably is to illustrate the rising of the moon season (autumn). In G the same day is illustrated by ragi at the top end and with an upside down head at the bottom:
9 days beyond another important station arrives, the lunar station Te Pei. The first 8 * 29.5 = 236 days of the lunar calendar have ended. Day 236 is the last day of the first half of the lunar calendar and also the last day of 300 for the sun:
A tamaiti (Qb2-31) confirms a new season has been born. It is a moon type of tamaiti - there are two of them. The curious variant of honu in Qb2-2 is presumably of decisive importance. It may be a hakaua ('rain maker'):
The sign across its lower body cannot be legs, it is only a 'joke'. The sign may be a variant of haga rave, in which case it is turned upside down. This is no place for rest, rather the opposite. With rain vegetation suddenly bursts into action again. We can guess that the lunar month Te Pei is beginning with day 220. When moon is reaching her midstation (Te Pei), we should expect a 'bay of rest and recreation' also for her. The upside down haga rave across honu presumably is such a bay. The pair of ika hiku glyphs from this perspective appears to be highly alive and relating to the moon rather than to the sun. Why not regard them as shark egg cases? |
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