Rona glyphs possibly depict an effigy, a 'person' taking the place of the king when his time has run out: "... 'In Upper Egypt', wrote Sir James G. Frazer in The Golden Bough, citing the observations of a German nineteenth-century voyager, 'on the first day of the solar year by Coptic reckoning, that is, on the tenth of September, when the Nile has generally reached its highest point, the regular government is suspended for three days and every town chooses its own ruler. This temporary lord wears a sort of tall fool's cap and a long flaxen beard, and is enveloped in a strange mantle. With a wand of office in his hand and attended by men disguised as scribes, executioners, and so forth, he proceeds to the Governor's house. The latter allows himself to be deposed; and the mock king, mounting the throne, holds a tribunal, to the decisions of which even the governor and his officials must bow. After three days the mock king is committed to the flames, and from its ashes the Fellah creeps forth ..." (Campbell 2) Rona glyphs appear at the beginning of a new season:
Gb1-13 probably refers to how spring has ended and Ra2-9 to how autumn has ended. In addition to the various signs which can be seen in these two glyphs there are also numbers which confirm this interpretation: If we assign Gb1-13 glyph number 230 + 13 = 243 and Ra2-9 glyph number 39, then the difference is 243 - 39 = 204 or half 408, which in G probably indicates the length of the solar year:
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