Kara etahi in Ab7-28 comes at the end of the 3rd quarter:
Ordinal number 325 at the beginning and 7-25 at the end evidently are connected, because 3 * 25 = 75 and 7 * 25 = 175. The 3rd quarter could be a 'square of fire (rima)'. If the Sun half of the year is in the past when the 3rd quarter is beginning, then a secondary source of fire is needed. It is as in the evening when human fires are being lit, the time of ahiahi. The 5 + 5 feathers on hua in front (Ab5-1) possibly should be read as ahiahi. The parallel kara etahi in Aa5-10 is located in the 5th (rima) glyph line, but the measure and other circumstances seem to refer to the moon rather than to the sun:
On side b the Sun apparently is measured by 2 glyphs per day, while on side a the Moon seems to be measured by 1 glyph per day. If manu kake in Aa3-10 (where we can suspect 3 * 10 alludes to day 300 for the Sun) marks the first day after spring Sun has disappeared, then we can add 400 in order to reach 700. If only the 20 first nights in a month are counted, then 160 will be the number reached after 8 such months. 184 days counted from Aa1-1 possibly should be added to 240 in real time in order to reach the strongly drawn Aa5-11 (344). 184 + 240 = 424 = 8 * 53. At any rate, also kara etahi on side a appears close to the end of a great season, or maybe just after its end. 12 * 13 = 156:
Our old mystery 'the 4th viri' (cfr viri) is here being illuminated. Its function is to mark an important end in the 'season of the Moon', and possibly 156 days should be expanded into 30 / 20 * 156 = 234 (= 13 * 18). |
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