Probably the creator of the H text used the physical properties of the tablet to his advantage (cfr at vaero) and intentionally made the text ambivalent. The charred face at the end of line Ha12 has room for ca 18 more glyphs. If we count also these imagined glyphs, then the number of glyphs on side a will be 648 + 18 = 666, and the day number at the beginning of side b will then be 666 / 3 + 1 = 223. On the other hand, if we ignore these imagined glyphs, the day number will be 223 - 18 / 3 = 217:
Glyph line Hb1 apparently is a continuation of the front side (similar to how line b1 in G evidently 'continues' from the front side, cfr at rona), such is the verdict after a quick look. The first line on side b can be regarded as line number 13 of the front side. This number we can see also in Hb1-3. Division by 3 in order to find the number of days also continues to give reasonable results in line Hb1. Earlier I guessed the number of glyphs in this line was 52, but the probable number is instead 51 (= 17 days). 17 is 'one more' than 16 and 13 is 'one more' than 12, and both 17 and 13 are 'sinister' in character (are on the 'wrong side'). Changing from 52 to 51 will change the total number of glyphs from 1314 to 666 + 647 = 1313, and once again 13 appears, but this time twice, creating the even sum 26. 2 refers to 'the other one' and 1313 ought to indicate the 'other' (ké) last month, possibly meaning the last month of Moon instead of Sun. And the double 'great balls' in Hb1-3 ought to be related to the single such at the beginning of day number 459 / 3 = 153 (= 3 * 51):
The day colours are the same. 459 alludes to 4 * 59 = 236. But we should rather count 45 * 9 / 3 = 135 as an indication of 13 (months) for Sun (5). 9-10 ought to be used at the end of a quarter (and 4 is a quarter of 16). Venus at Hb1-3 has ordinal number 648 + 3 = 651 or 666 + 3 = 669. If we subtract 459 from 651 it becomes 192 (= 8 * 24). And 669 - 459 = 210 (= 7 * 30). Expressed in days it becomes 217 - 153 = 64 respectively 223 - 153 = 70. Here I prefer not to count those 18 imaginary glyphs:
63 is the mirror image of 36. But the season seems to stretch for 5 * 13 = 65 days, beginning with 'hura poporo' and ending with hura in Hb1-3. Maybe these 'great balls' refer to Venus. Also hura in *Ra3-3 is located in a Friday:
And a connection with Moon seems to be hinted at with marama in position 59. The parallel text in Tahua can now be presented. Here hura is combined with ihe tau in a single glyph:
Saturn has position 53 in line Aa6, and this number is like 35 reversed (cfr Sun in *Ra3-5). Jupiter (Father Light in autumn) has toga in Aa6-58, where we can count 65 * 8 = 520 = 20 * 26. Toga in *Ra3-6 instead gives the message as 3 * 6 = 18 (= 36 / 2). It is a Moon-day with ordinal number 55. Hura at left in Aa6-55 belongs to Moon (instead of Venus). But then, the 'balls' are not as eminent as in *Ra3-3. 65 * 5 = 325 = 13 * 25. The ordinal number of Aa6-55 is 471 (equal to the number of glyphs on the G tablet):
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