The first 6 lines on side a of Tahua sum up to 500 glyphs and end with Aa6-84 (the same number as kea in Ab6-84). At henua ora in Ab6-92 we could imagine for instance 692 = 500 + 192 (= 8 * 24 = 12 * 16) = 400 + 292 (= 4 * 73) = 300 + 392 (= 14 * 28 and also the number of glyphs on side a of Mamari) = 200 + 492 (= 4 * 123). 300 + 14 * 28 is one of the plausible alternatives, the sum of the 300 days of Sun and a 'greater fortnight' of Moon. If we count to 300 with 1 day per glyph and begin from Aa1-1 the glyphs indeed appear to refer to the end of the 10 months of Spring Sun:
8 months à 29.5 days amount to 236 = 4 * 59 and glyph number 310 (= 10 * 31) is underlined by a strange pair of pare. In H this important day is possibly described at Ha5-20:
Glyph number 300 counted from Aa1-1 is equal to number 178 counted from kara etahi in Aa2-33 which we earlier (cfr at vaero) have found to be probably equivalent to Ga1-1. Counted from toki in Aa1-64 the number at ariki becomes 178 + 59 = 237, i.e. Aa4-49 should be a 'zero' marker:
With 4 * 59 = 236 (alluded to at Aa4-59) clearly indicating a cardinal point, we can count 310 - 236 = 74 and identify Aa1-74 as possibly also marking such point:
Evidently Tahua has a very complicated structure. Maybe 310 (= 10 * 31) was found useful because we can add 4 in order to reach 100π.
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