Sequences of events in time can have been firmly ordered and established, leaving absolute locations vague. Positions in time are unimportant when time is circular. The tail fin of fishes maybe was called hiki, and at any rate it means to flex the knees lightly, getting them moving again: ... To flex the knees lightly, as used to do the youths of both sexes when, after having stayed inside for a long period to get a fair complexion, they showed themselves off in dances called te hikiga haúga, parading on a footpath of smooth stones, with their faces painted, lightly flexing their knees with each step ... This idea came to my mind when I was reflecting on all the effort we have spent trying to come to grips with the day numbers in the Tahua structure. We need a polygrip. But distances are easy. Let us therefore try to measure distances between the 5 vaero glyphs which remain unexplained:
364 is a strong sign saying there is a sequence beginning with Aa1-1 and ending here. We cannot ignore it. From Aa4-63 (314 = 100π) up to and including Aa5-35 (368) there are parallel glyphs - including Ab7-55--56 - on side b (though the pattern is somewhat complicated). The 3 vaero glyphs on side a are therefore probably related to the 2 vaero on side b. 364 might mean 182 days and the position in time could be for instance 64 + 182 = 246 (for Aa5-31).
I have chosen to add 64 days for several reasons. It seems to be more of a convention than the other additions we have found (27, 37, etc) and - more important - it gives a fixed point of beginning close to the 2 vaero glyphs on side b:
The 2 vaero glyphs are located 8 days beyond the beginning of this calendar (according to the rule of adding 128 glyphs from the back side of the tablet to the beginning of side a):
7 * 56 = 392 and 12 * 22 = 264. A final it is. According to G day 417 (8 beyond Rogo) is the 'midnight henua' in Gb7-6:
On side b the parallel to day 246 will be day 673:
It is quite reassuring to find 12 * 18 = 216 and 7 * 52 = 364. If the time at Ab7-52 really is day 364, then day 1 should be some 2 * 364 = 728 glyphs earlier. 1218 - 728 = 490:
However, it is rather evident that we should count by the moon and put day 300 at Aa6-66. The distance from day 300 at Aa6-66 to Ab7-52 is 1218 - 482 = 736 glyphs = 368 days. We can conclude that Ab7-51--52 probably are located at the end of a kind of year:
No addition with 64 or any other number of days from the end of side b is necessary in order to understand where these 5 vaero glyphs in principle could be located. In G, without adding 64 but counting from Gb8-30:
There are 3 rising fishes in Gb5-14--16 and the preceding Gb5-13 has a vaero sign. Venus (green) comes immediately beyond final days (360, 366, 182). |
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