We can now look with fresh eyes on Ga7-3, where it is possible to count 7 * 3 = 21(0), i.e. where Mars is not. The sequence 29-31 surely must belong together in a group illustrating what happens beyond number 28 (as in e.g. 13 * 28 = 364):
The mama in Ga7-3 is slightly irregular, a sign of Mercury, and its position at left suggests we may have moved well beyond midsummer. But counting from the beginning of the front side (from Gb8-30) we will reach only to day number 173. Maybe Ga7-3 is the first of 8 glyphs beyond day number 172 + 60 = 232 = 8 * 29, or at least alluding to Gb1-3:
At the 'empty' Rogo (Gb1-3) the front side is in the past, and with it 'Spring Hercules'. Perhaps a single 'black canoe' has carried away his vital remains (Ga7-2), causing the 'bay of Midsummer' (the right part of Ga7-3) to lie empty and dark. But 6 glyphs later later is a sign of recovery (hakaturou combined with tao). |
