We recognize Aa3-6--15 because these glyphs have been studied earlier (cfr manu kake):
A manu kake glyph occupies a position of Janus, it stands on the boundary between the old and the new. The added little rhomb at top center in Aa3-10 is presumably the same as in the middle of the preceding hahe glyph. If counting should begin with Ab1-1, then hahe in Aa3-9 acquires another relevant number:
53 is a number which we recognize from e.g. the G text, where 2 * 53 measures the distance from 365 to 471: ... 53 is one more than 52 (weeks in a year) and therefore corresponds to 29 (one more than 28 shining moon nights in a month) ... 265 = 5 * 53, and 53 is a number similar to 29 (the dark night of the month). 52 * 7 = 364 and 53 * 7 = 371 = 471 - 100 ... The latter statement (cfr at henua) referred to the measure 265 from one takaure glyph to the next:
With manu kake immediately to the right of hahe in Aa3-9 it is not strange to find number 53 associated with this hahe glyph. The Tahua text possibly contains two major parts, one with 16 * 53 = 848 glyphs and one with 6 * 81 = 486 glyphs. 1334 = 6 * 81 + 16 * 53. 848 can be read as 84 and 8, in which case we can multiply 84 * 8 = 672 = 14 * 48. Or we can read 8 and 48, which gives 8 * 48 = 384. The difference is 6 * 48 = 288, which number we recognize:
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