If the mouth incised on the ao face can be relied upon, we can draw a conclusion:
The nose on the ao is above the V-formed upper lip. Therefore it should be at left in Gb5-10 and at right in *Yc1-3. (I have been able to ascentain with a high degree of probability that there are no glyphs missing earlier in the line.) Gb5-10 probably represents day 364 according to my interpretation of the G text. The year is ending and this fact can be symbolically illustrated by an open 'mouth' located at the horizon in the west, where the old year now will vanish. Vaha kai in *Yc1-3 is reversed compared to vaha kai in Gb5-10, and therefore also its meaning should be reversed. Its imagined head is pointing to the east, the direction of the rising sun. It ought to mean that sun is returning again, after having travelled under the earth from west to east during the 'night'. This interpretation of *Yc1-3 can be shown to be true. |
