Tahua has 13 toga glyphs, 10 of them on side a:
The 13th of them is drawn as especially prominent:
It comes close to the end of the back side (which surely must be side b in view of the 10 toga glyphs on side a). The following hau tea indicates diminishing light and a lower sky ahead (the vertical lines grow shorter to the right). 13 * 29.5 = 383.5 and 8 * 48 = 384. 8 * 45 = 360. Furthermore 1295 / 5 = 259, which says that '260' has been reached at Ab8-45 - it is the end of the year. This year has 13 months and each such month is counted with 20 nights only, the first of them when Moon becomes visible again. The first night of the month is not counted - it is still in the dark and 'unknown'. Counting time is beginning when light returns. We can now begin to understand why we should count 20 * 13 = 260. It means 21 * 14 = 294, and the 294th day will then be the very last day for the Sun. Toga in Ab8-47 means the year has ended. |
