These are the manu rere glyphs in Tahua (42 on side a and 59 on side b). Red indicates open left wing and black open right wing:
Magenta indicates manu rere with open wings both at left and right. The glyph with an exceptional right wing carrying a reverse open sign is coloured green. Obviously the ordinal numbers counted from Aa1-1 carry meanings which can be coordinated with the signs in the glyphs:
Presumably the text on side a of Tahua can be understood by counting 1 glyph per day from Aa1-1. If so, then the sign of an open left wing does not occur until day 180. Alternatively we can count with 2 glyphs per day:
However, if the redmarked manu rere glyphs are to represent 'the spirit of the spring returning to heaven', then 1 glyph per day seems to be a necessity. |