We have discovered alternative perspectives from which to view the location of hanau moko in Gb3-13. First, of course, we have the well known cycle based on 14 * 29.5 = 413, according to which tamaiti (the little child) marks the beginning of the cycle and where hanau moko comes late:
But the ordinal number for hanau moko, 304, is not a multiple of 59 (not even close). We can 'magnify' our 'map' in order to find the 'cardinal points' at 10, 12, respectively 14 times 29½:
In the haga rave chapter it was shown how takaure glyphs are accumulated around the beginning of line Gb3:
10 times 29.5 = 295 (counted not from tamaiti in Gb7-3 but from the beginning of the front side of the text) could be referring to how Sun is alloted only 10 months. After that he becomes a 'takaure' ('horse-fly'). His 'spirit' disappears up into the air - it does not shoot down into some hole like a lizard (moko). Earlier we have located the end of the takaure season at Ga1-1:
The names of kuhane stations were here used, and Tama surely could correspond to tamaiti in Gb7-3. And Ga1-1 indeed seems to have a haga rave sign up front:
Possibly Ga1-1 depicts a double haga rave, and if so it could refer to the end of the back side. And perhaps we should read Ga1-1 as hahaga:
According to this perspective the 'takaure season' should stretch from the beginning of glyph line Gb3 to the end of side b, or for 180 days:
Ga1-1 is located at the bottom of side a of the tablet and 'summit' (hahaga) should rather refer to the preceding glyph (puo in Gb8-30) which is located at the top end of side b. Maybe the design of Ga1-1 was created to give us a hint that we should begin counting glyphs from Gb8-30. Yet, counting from Gb8-30 tamaiti in Gb7-3 will not be in position 14 * 29.5 = 413 but in position 413 + 1 ('one more'). |
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