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3. Rogo at the beginning has a body like a sign of hipu, which probably indicates a container filled with liquid:

83
Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25
Sirrah and Algenib   Saiph and Betelgeuze  
90 (= 64 + 26)

Rogo

hipu

atariki

hahe

The corresponding sign of the body of the atariki type of glyph is resembling a sign which I have named hahe. The summary of hahe in my preliminary glyph type dictionary:

 

From an investigation of three hahe glyphs in Tahua it can be concluded that a hahe glyph of standard form probably was used immediately before the beginning of a new 'year', for instance:

398
Aa3-8 Aa3-9 Aa3-10 Aa7-84 Aa7-85 Aa8-1
400

Another such beginning possibly took place a quarter after high summer had ended:

88
Ab2-40 Ab5-65 Ab5-66 Ab5-67 Ab5-68
240 329 330 (= 5 * 66) 331 332

For indicating the 'year' about to be initiated in what apparently is day 236 (= 8 * 29.5) another type of hahe was used:

Ab2-29 Ab2-30 Ab2-31 Ab2-32 Ab2-33 Ab2-34
Ab2-35 Ab2-36 Ab2-37 Ab2-38 Ab2-39 Ab2-40

Maybe the 'cross' sign indicates a great packet of 'firewood' (hahie) - like the grievous weight of dry wood brought into the cave (ana) by the one-eyed giant Polyphemus (son of Poseidon) - suggesting the time when a new fire will be ignited:

Hahe

Hahehahe. To congregate, to gather (of people, animals, things). Hahei, to encircle, to surround. Ku hahei á te tagata i ruga i te umu, he vari, the people have placed themselves around the oven, forming a circle. Ana ká i te umu, he hahei hai rito i raro, when you cook food (lit.: light the oven) you cover it all around with banana leaves at the bottom. Vanaga.

M. Whawhe, to come or go round. Cf. hawhe, to go or come round; awhe, to pass round or behind; takaawhe, circuitous. 2. To put round. 3. To be blown away by the wind. Te aute tè whawhea - Prov. 4. To grasp, to seize. Cf. wha, to lay hold of; to handle. 5. To save, as a defeated person on a battle-field. Text Centre.

Mq.: hahea, grand, important. Ha.: haheo, proud, haughty, to put on airs. Churchill.

Hahi

Package. PS Mgv.: hahi, hahiki, a packet or bundle of fish enveloped in leaves; to wrap up in leaves. Mq.: fafi, hahi, small packet in leaves, envelope, wrapper; to envelop, to wrap up. Ta.: afifi, to tie up. Sa.: afī, afīfī, to do up in a bundle, to wrap. Churchill.

Hahie

Firewood. P Ta.: vahie, id. Mgv., Mq.: vehie, id. Churchill.

I am reminded of the square pattern formed by the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners' (cfr at Kuukuu):

... The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...

Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on the west. The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward are done with great precision and care, because they are directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation. The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven, the rains will be irregular and harmful ...

Possibly the central stone could represent Alnilam:

Ga1-17 Ga1-18 Ga1-19 (492) Ga1-20 Ga1-21
Elnath (489.9)  Mintaka (491.4)   Alnilam (492.7) Alnitak (493.7)
5
Ga1-22 Ga1-23 (496) Ga1-24 Ga1-25
  Saiph (495.5) Betelgeuze (497.3)  

11 * 7 + 11 * 8 ... + 11 * 11 = 11 * 9 * 5 = 495, perhaps pointing at tao in Ga1-22. On the other hand could 11 * 7 + 11 * 8 + 11 * 9 = 11 * 8 * 3 = 264 indicate the final of a cycle with 364 - 100 = 264 days.

492 - 264 = 228, and at glyph number 228 we can count to 8 * 24 = 192, or maybe better to 82 * 4 = 328 = 2 * 164:

Ga8-21 Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 (228) Ga8-25 Ga8-26

The crescent forms in Ga1-17 and Ga1-21 could be meant to represent the hulls of ships:

"Khafre’s pyramid has five pits that once contained funeral boats. One known boat pit is alongside the east face of Khafre’s pyramid.

Another two of the covered boat pits of Khafre lie on the east side of the pyramid & [a] covered boat pit lies on the south side of the mortuary temple of Khafre ...

The Khufu ship is one of the oldest, largest, and best-preserved vessels from antiquity. It measures 43.6 m (143 ft) long and 5.9 m (19.5 ft) wide. It was thus identified as the world's oldest intact ship and has been described as 'a masterpiece of woodcraft' that could sail today if put into water. However, the vessel may not have been designed for sailing (no rigging) or paddling (no room)." (Wikipedia)