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The vaha kai
glyphs apparently describe orifices located at cardinal points in
time. For instance is Yb3-2 located at what seems to be a point of
'birth', while the oppositely oriended vaha kai in Gb5-10
instead illustrates the end:
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15 |
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*Ya3-5 |
*Ya3-6 |
*Ya3-7 |
*Yb3-1 |
*Yb3-2 |
*Yb3-3 |
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36 |
6 |
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Gb5-10 (364) |
Gb5-11 |
Gb5-12 |
Gb5-13 |
Gb5-14 |
Gb5-15 |
Gb5-16 |
This left-right
assymmetry (with left = 'death' and right = 'birth') can
alternatively be an assymmetry down-up (with down = 'death' and up =
'birth):
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*Ha7-35 |
*Ha7-36 |
*Ha7-37 |
*Ha7-38 |
*Ha7-39 |
*Ha7-40
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*Qa7-15 |
*Qa7-16 |
*Qa7-17 |
*Qa7-18 |
*Qa7-19 |
*Qa7-20 |
The assymmetric
sign of undulation could allude to the form of a mouth, in which
case we can imagine the head being turned upside down in *Ha7-35.
Upside down means 'death' and in H the end of the old season
evidently is described. But in the parallel Q text the signs are
'looking ahead', which is natural if we read its vaha kai
glyph as a sign of 'birth'. When one season 'dies' it gives room for another
to be'born'
(hanau).
However, it should
be noted that the two text sequences quoted could refer to different
times. 7 * 40 (in *Ha7-20) is twice as much as 7 * 20 (in Qa7-20).
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