The implications of the hard work done so far on the beginning of side a of Tahua are potentially crucial and we must therefore investigate if day 1 and day 369 (= 177 + 192), according to the proposed calendar, really are represented by affirming glyphs:
108 has zero in the center, 180 has it in front. 8 * 84 = 672 and at day 180 there is 172 (1-72), the difference is 500. Glyph number 1 according to this imagined calendar will be Ab7-61. There are 84 glyphs also in line b7, and 84 - 60 = 24:
Glyph number 177 + 192 = 369 will be Aa4-10 (because 108 + 261 = 369):
261 = 761 (as in Ab7-61) - 500. If we take away 'fire' (rima, 5) only darkness will remain. 261 is 'one more' than 260 (= 13 * 20). 261 is also equal to the famous 9 * 29. And, we should notice that 9 * 19 = 171 (cfr Aa1-71). 261 is a Moon measure, 171 a Sun measure. The pair in Aa4-10 resembles the pair in Aa6-45, 200 glyphs later:
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