Earlier investigations (cfr e.g. at vaero) have established that side a of Tahua probably presents the 'front side' of the year (in spite of Metoro having chosen to begin his reading at the beginning of the other side). Side b ought then to describe the 'back side', the 2nd (Moon) side of the year. Glyph line b6 is line number 14 counted from a1, and the end of line b6 could indicate the end of a 'greater fortnight' of Moon. Two henua ora glyphs support my idea of an ending:
Ab6-91 is number 16 counted from Ab6-76, and 16 is also in the center of 1166. 11 can be read as 'one more', which corresponds to number 17. But 16 occurs twice in 1166, i.e. also Ab6-92 should be inside the old season. And the unusual hatchmarked henua in Ab7-1 will then be the first glyph of next season (71 being the reversed 17). Ordinal number 1165 (counted from Aa1-1) is equal to 5 * 233, which could be significant, for instance because 233 is the ordinal number (counted from Gb8-30) of a Rogo without head and with a 'zero' marking his stomach:
8 * 29 = 232 = 160 + 72 and a new cycle could begin with 233. Checking if glyph number 160 confirms my guess, we find what looks like a newly hatched chicken in period 26 (= 16 + 10), the last number of the ruling Sun King:
Moon has her last night at 16 (or 20 if we begin to count 4 nights earlier than from the beginning of the month) and also at 160 (= 8 * 20). Sun has his last day at 26 and also at 260 (= 9 * 29 - 1). At 8 * 29 = 232 the first 'limb' of the year apparently has come to its end, and 160 + 72 = 232, a number which combines 10 times the last night of Moon (160) with the last day of Spring Sun (72 = 8 * 9). |
