From the names and the ordered structure of the 12 years of the Moriori fishermen, who once inhabited Chatham Islands, I assumed their months were named and ordered similarly. Then a search for a 'season of hua poporo' (corresponding to To Whanga-poroporo, the 6th year in the calendar of the Moriori) led to the discovery of an earlier not perceived structure, where in G a 'season of poporo' apparently arrives beyond 184 days of spring and where 200 days are following the poporo season at the end of side b:
272 glyphs (presumably days) can be interpreted as 2 * 72 (= 144). 272 is also = 4 * 68 = 4 * (32 + 36). 184 + 200 = 384 = 2 * 192, and the central 88 glyphs where hua poporo is an essential ingredient evidently represents the season of high summer. The long neck in Ga7-15 could indicate 'high'. 88 can be read in various ways, but what possibly was meant is the addition 29 + 59. Maybe 88 means the 'dark cloth' which hides the mysterious process of regeneration? An 'overlapping' between Spring Sun and Autumn Moon perhaps is indicated by the numbers: 88 + 200 = 288 = 2 * 144. One way to use the new ideas is to guess that those 400 glyphs which follow ariki in Ha10-29 should be divided by 2 in order to find the number of days:
It is then reasonable to also divide the glyphs up to ariki by 2 to find the number of days. Instead of 18 * 29.5 days we will then have 9 * 29.5 = 265½ days, which appears to be more in harmony with how many days in a year Sun can be expected to 'rule'.
Division by 2 leads, however, to also another possible alternative than 265½ days:
I think it has now been 'proven' that we must divide the number of glyphs by 2 when considering the meaning of pare in H. Sun rules according to the new alternative during 8 * 26 = 208 days and he arrives in day number 60 counted from the beginning of side a. Ha10-30 is the last glyph of his rule and 10 * 30 = 300 is another measure relating to Sun, but a measure of no use (it seems) when discussing pare. Furthermore, I have now decided to add Ha5-19 to the few pare glyphs in my catalogue. The equation 60 + 148 = 208 may, though, say that Sun rules from the first glyph on side a and up to (and including) the double Rei in Ha3-12 (where 3 * 12 = 36). If we add 64 days from winter solstice to the end of side b it becomes 64 + 60 = 124 = 4 * 31, i.e. he rules during 4 months. Then comes 58 days which could belong to the 'Spring Serpent' or some other uncultivated creature. And when the 'snake' has been 'decapitated' (he does not survive to day 59), order is restored and there are 148 further days to the end of Sun's rule. 124 + 148 = 272 - the same number as at the end of the 'hua poporo season' in G. Gb2-16 apparently says '216' which is one of the key numbers in rongorongo (cfr at mea ke):
For instance is 1296 the number of glyphs in H and 1296 = 6 * 216 = 12 * 108. And in G glyph number 408 = 12 * (18 + 16) = 216 + 192 refers to the last day of the old year:
As to the structures of Q and H in comparison with G we will now to take a quick look in order to see if the hua poporo glyphs can help us to more definite solutions. |
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