In Tahua the lines are much longer than in C:
It may be a coincidence, but we can see that 2-4 at Ca2-4 agrees with 240 at Aa1-30 (where 240 is counted from Aa1-19 with 20 per glyph). And it can be a coincidence that the sign of birth of a new Sun (the 'midnight henua') is the opposite of him waving goodbye in Tahua. Possibly we should continue counting the ordinal numbers from line Ca1, because Ca2-4 is number 30 counted from Ca1-1, and a new 'month' may have arrived.
In A the evening darkness falls and the fires are lit, it is ahiahi. Finally the fires are over and only the ashes remain (Aa1-37--38), and the cycle of 400 is also at its end. In C the time could be 'midnight' (2 * 12 = 24). However, tagata rere at Ca2-11 could be early rather than late - if the perspective is opposite that of A. The vai sign at right resembles that in Ga5-7:
G and C agree on that point, but the signs at left are opposites. In G this vai sign probably is located at midsummer, because in G we must add 64 days, which gives 118 + 64 = 182 days counted from winter solstice (Rogo in Gb6-26). In C time runs much faster, in terms of glyphs, than in G, and from Ca2-4 (the birth of a new 'day') to Ca2-12 (where a head is lost) we can count to 9:
I guess each glyph refers to a month, and that the sitting down person in Ca2-11 indeed is Saturn. My main arguments are presented here.
Looking once again at the glyphs we can see that the first 4 lead up to the birth of the new year:
Then follows 8 glyphs which presumably covers this newborn year, beginning with Sun and also ending with him:
Eating is the primary occupation in the first 2 glyphs. Tara in Ca2-8 (Mercury) is a point of turnover, and then there are no 'fingers' left (Jupiter in Ca2-9) - the dark part of the year lies in front. I guess these 8 glyphs could measure 8 * 29.5 = 236 days, and that Ca2-12 could be at 10 * 29.5 = 295 (explaining the lost head) - given that we add Ca2-3--4. I have additional arguments. |
