Number 526 is also the ordinal number (counted from Ab1-1) of maitaki in Ab7-30, a fact which invites to reflection. 26 is the last kuhane station of the ruling (sun) king and five (rima) means fire. Possibly the two text units - each 526 glyphs long - refer to the length of a season for the great fire in the sky (sun). 138 + 64 = 202 could then represent the last quarter beyond such a season.

526 + 202 (the last quarter) = 728, a number remarkably in harmony with 526. 7 can refer to the rest of 12 after '5' has been reduced 'to ashes'. It can be used as a symbol for the darkness which has fallen after Sun has left in autumn. 28 likewise alludes to a time when Sun is absent - the number of nights in a month (those in which Moon is shining).

5 * 26 = 130, which presumably here has been used to symbolize 13 times 10 (the number of solar months in a year). 13 * 28 = 364 is a lunar measure.

7 * 28 = 196, and it is an important number which we have seen earlier in the rongorongo texts, nota bene:

	67		111			82
Gb3-1		Gb5-6 (360)		Gb8-30	Ga1-1		Ga4-1 (85)	Ga4-2
	68		196
	264

196 = 14 * 14 and this 'square in time' can be used to measure the dark 'winter'. 364 - 196 = 168 (= 7 * 24) is fact which 'throws some light' on this key number.

If we translate 2 glyphs as 1 day, then 728 glyphs becomes 364 days:

525		138	64
	Ab7-30 (526)
*728 = 2 364**

808 glyphs will be equal to 404 (= 364 + 40) days and it is fruitful to compare with the end of the 400 days in G:


Gb6-17 (400)	Gb6-18

Gb6-19	Gb6-20

Gb6-21 (5)	Gb6-22	Gb6-23	Gb6-24

Gb6-25	Gb6-26	Gb6-27	Gb6-28

Gb7-1	Gb7-2	Gb7-3	Gb7-4 (16)

As was found earlier (cfr hahe) Gb6-21 can be compared with Aa8-21 (where we can count 8 * 21 = 168):


Aa8-2	Aa8-3	Aa8-4	Aa8-5 (590)	Aa8-6 (1)	Aa8-7

Aa8-8	Aa8-9

Aa8-10	Aa8-11	Aa8-12	Aa8-13	Aa8-14	Aa8-15

Aa8-16	Aa8-17

Aa8-18	Aa8-19	Aa8-20	Aa8-21 (16)

Aa8-22	Aa8-23	Aa8-24	Aa8-25

590 is equal to 20 * 29.5 and possibly the ordinal number 16 counted to Aa8-21 should be read as 8 days. Maybe also those 526 glyphs up to and including Aa8-5 represent half as many days. Counted from Aa1-1 the ordinal number of Aa8-21 is 606, which presumably means 303 days.

The idea of adding 'one more' at the end of a period is presumably derived from the fact that 2 * 29.5 = 59 (the length of a lunar double month), because 1 more is needed to reach 60 (the length of a solar double month). Counting periods of the Sun it would be natural to add 1 more when trying to coordinate Sun with the time measured by the Moon. For instance should 99 (fetched from the cycle of Venus measured as 99 lunar synodic months) then be increased to 100. But in the structure of Tahua yet another 'one more' has been added. Maybe it reflects the fact that we must add 1 to 364 in order to reach 365.