Aa1-80 resembles those tagata + manu rere glyphs we have seen recently, though here Rogo is at left:
Presumably Aa1-80 identifies where winter solstice is meant to be in the text. Rogo is here the same 'person' as the eating creature at right - Rogo marks the beginning of spring. From Aa1-80 up to and including Aa4-10 there are 182 glyphs, maybe days, which is congruent with a 364-day long year (364 = 2 * 182):
13 * 29.5 = day 383½ lies beyond the pair in Aa6-45. 64 * 6 = 384. 1 glyph per day is a method which apparently gains support from the glyphs:
Midsummer evidently is indicated by the very open pure sign - light is coming in. In Aa4-13 the 'person' in front hides the sun and we can only see his flames. It ought to be a sign of summer solstice because there are 3 feathers at left and 4 at right in the following 'uplifted fruit' (hua reva). Tapa mea in Aa4-16 (where 18 * 8 = 144) has 8 short feathers at right, probably a sign of the new 'moon' season on its way. |