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1. It is essential to establish a frame of reference possible to use in more than one of the rongorongo texts, and we seem to have discovered such a model, based on the skirt of Pachamama. The back side of the year has 177 days = 6 synodic lunar months, equal to the number of double rings on her skirt.

In the G text there are 16 * 29.5 = 472 glyphs (days), which leaves 472 - 177 = 10 * 29.5 days to the front side of the year. This number also marks where the burnt area is intruding in the H text:

... ... ...
Ha6-16 Ha6-17 Ha6-18 Ha6-19 *Ha6-20 (295) *Ha6-21 *Ha6-22
... ...
*Ha6-23 *Ha6-24 *Ha6-25 *Ha6-26 *Ha6-27 *Ha6-28 *Ha6-29

In view of how important this place in the H text is for us we can compare with the parallel P text:

Pa5-61 Pa5-62 Pa5-63 Pa5-64 Pa5-65 Pa5-66
Pa5-67 Pa5-68 Pa5-69 Pa5-70 Pa5-71 Pa5-72

The comparison makes it possible to identify the glyph type in *Ha6-26 (a Sun-day) as hakaua ('making rain'), a type of glyph which probably was used to refer to autumn, or to be more exact, to the season when Sun no longer is present.

A characteristic feature of hakaua is the absence of arms (rima). At the tips of the arms are finger nails and in these once 'fire' was kept according to the myth about Mahuika. But rima also means 5, which in turn will also associate to 'fire' because Sun has twice 5 'fingers' (months):

Rima

1. Hand, also, but improperly, fingers, forearm; te ko mu'a o te rima, palm of the hand; te ko tu'a o te rima, back of the hand; rima hakaturu, generous, liberal, munificent; tagata rima pu'a, helper; rima hakakau, generous hands, open-handed person; rima matu'a neanea, thumb. 2. Fifth; e-rima, ka-rima, five.

1. Five. P Mgv., Ta.: rima, id. Mq.: ima, id. 2. Arm, hand; rima atakai, obliging, kind, generous, a gift, rima tuku, elbow, rima omo, infidelity, faithless, unfaithful, rima o te kahu, sleeve, kakari rima, wrist. P Pau.: rima, hand, arm. Mgv.: rima, hand, arm, paw, finger. Mq.: ima, hand, arm. Ta.: rima, arm, hand, finger. Rimahakaviriviri, fist, to clench the fist, a blow of the fist. Rimahati, one-armed. Rima ko manaroa, little finger T. Rimamatua neanea, thumb. Rimaroaroa tahaga, middle finger T. Rimatitiri, to walk with the hands behind the back. Rimaruru, to clasp hands. Rimatuhi henna (?) index finger T. Rimatuhi a hana, finger ring T (? ring finger). 3. To lead into error; rimaetua, supernatural, Mq.: imaima, that which returns after a man's death, Ta.: rimaatua, plague, dissension, mortal illness.

In Pa5-64 the 'star' (hetuu) glyph is divided at its top end, and at left (in the past) is the front side of the year (the season of Sun) with only one eye (mata), and at right (in front) is the season of Moon who has 2 eyes. The neck at left is straight but the neck at right is curved, other signs referring to Sun respectively to Moon.