The method of counting day numbers should be possible to secure also by looking at the following glyphs. Beyond 5 (rima, fire) glyph positions which are strategically located at the bottom of the burnt area on the tablet, there are 8 glyphs where we can see only the bottom parts:
Immediately preceding the 5 'burned' glyphs the calendar of daylight is ending. We can see only the top parts (line number a6 is upside down) of the last 4 glyphs and the ordinal number for the last of them is 294:
294 is one less than 10 * 29.5 which hardly is a coincidence. Likewise can we imagine the missing bottom parts of 4 glyphs to have been intentionally used for contrast, which reasonably explains the missing top of 8 glyphs (not in the burned area). After 4 quarters of Sun there is time for 8 periods of Moon. 5 totally invisible glyphs could allude to a time when Moon is intruding herself between Sun and Earth, bathing in his rays. Beyond the 'fire' glyphs the upside down orientation - now invisble top parts instead of invisible bottom parts - can illustrate that the bottom has been reached and that the path of Sun now is leading upwards to the north again. The numbers are helpful, e.g. because 6 * 25 = 150, presumably indicating half the 300 days of Sun. 294 / 3 = 98, and day 99 (the 'Sirius' number) will be in the burned area. 99 + 64 = 163 and 163 + 63 = 226. It seems to be time for the '2nd' 26 (13 periods with 20 days). The first '26' should end with *Ha6-24, because 6 * 24 = 12 * 12. 6 * 28 = 168 and 6 * 32 = 192. Then follows a Rei in full view. It is located in the center of day 230 (= 309 / 3 + 64 + 63). According to the calendar of daylight darkness has fallen, cfr ihe tau in Ha6-16, and the 'dark cloth of night' presumably is illustrated by the charred surface of the tablet. |
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