The cycle of Moon apparently ends with what ought to be 8 * 13 nights, and perhaps these nights should belong to Waning Moon, starting with the birth of a new Sun year and ending with Ga4-20:
Then also Waxing Moon should have 8 * 13 = 104 nights, making a full cycle of Moon equal to 8 * 26 = 208 nights long. 8 * 26 (Moon) + 20 * 13 (Sun) = 468 days, or 4 days less than 472. 468 is related to 368 not only by cause of 4 (Moon) respectively 3 (Sun) and the common 68 (i.e. twice 3 and twice 4), but also because 46 * 8 = 368 (which in turn boils down to 64 if the procedure goes on in 5 steps: 36 * 8 = 288, 28 * 8 = 224, 22 * 4 = 88, 8 * 8 = 64.) If we locate these assumed 4 'extracalendrical' days immediately beyond vaha kai in Gb5-10 we will reach to glyph number 368:
Although in Q number 368 (= 736 / 2) seems to be the measure of the cycle there is no clear evidence in the quartet of glyphs from number 365 up to and including number 368 of a design intending to make them 'extracalendrical'. The glyphs instead seem to define the end of the Sun cycle at Gb5-12 (Hanga Te Pau), or maybe to the following Moon day, and a triplet could define the end of Sun:
Day number 368 is a day of Mars, apparently the first of 7 dark nights with Venus in its center:
The best way to read the glyphs around vaha kai seems to be to count a week beyond tagata at day 360:
And then 367 + 8 * 13 = 471. |
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