At honui was described a pattern based on 18 lunar months which locates the two pare glyphs in H firmly where they should be:
1296 = 18 * 72, we should remember. Perhaps it means we should think 10 * 72 (Sun) + 72 * 8 (Moon) = 720 + 576 = 1296? 18 lunar months = 531 days appears to be 'half' the cycle (because 18 = 36 / 2), and pare will then indicate Sun - when he arrives and when he leaves. He has only a single 'leg' (or 'wing') and therefore 18 is a proper measure for Sun. Expressed in lunar doublemonths, it means he arrives after 2 doublemonths and will be present during 7 doublemonths. 2 + 7 = 9, and then he will be gone to his winter maid. 531 / 3 = 177 days = 6 * 29.5 = 354 / 2 is also a measure for the season of Sun. 1296 / 3 = 432 is the total cycle and then 432 - 177 = 255 (= 15 * 17) days will remain for Moon. 648 - 531 = 117 glyphs (i.e. 39 days) at the end of side a could belong to the back side, 39 + 216 (= 648 / 3) = 255. Not very convincing. Better then to think 531 glyphs for Sun and 400 for Moon, leaving 365 for a separate calendar. 531 + 400 + 365 = 1296. If 400 glyphs in a 'Moon sequence' follow beyond ariki in Ha10-29, then we should find the end of these 400 glyphs at position 531 + 400 = 931 (at Hb6-29):
A dot at mea ke in Hb6-29 marks it is noteworthy. At the preceding hetuu we can count to 6 * 28 = 168. We need to study the suggested pattern 531 + 400 + 365 = 1296 in order to find out if it really could have been in the mind of the creator of the H text. |
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