The
beginning
of
side
a on
the
K
tablet
was
probably
corresponding
to the
beginning
of
side
a on
the
G
tablet:
| 0h |
MARCH 22 (*1) |
23 |
24 |
25 (84) |
26 (*5) |
27 |
| no glyph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
Ga1-5 |
Ga1-6 |
| HYADUM II |
AIN |
ANTARES |
|
ALDEBARAN |
|
|
| no glyph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ka1-1 |
Ka1-2 |
Ka1-3 |
Ka1-4 |
Ka1-5 |
Ka1-6 |
| |
|
|
ALDEBARAN |
|
|
Ka1-1
resembles
Ka1-2
and
this
pair
of
puo
(dressed
up,
etc)
glyphs
could
therefore
have
alluded
to
Hyadum
I
and
Hyadum
II. Perhaps
the
creator
of
the
K
text
wished
to
make
clear that
the
northern
spring
light
once
upon
a
time had
been
uncovered
at
Aldebaran.
| Puo (Also pu'a); pu'o nua, one who covers himself with a nua (blanket), that is to say, a human being. Vanaga.
1. To dress, to clothe, to dress the hair; puoa, clothed; puoa tahaga, always dressed. 2. To daub, to besmear (cf. pua 2); puo ei oone, to daub with dirt, to smear. 3. Ata puo, to hill up a plant. Churchill. |
| Pua Pua. 1. A zingiberacea (plant of which few specimens are left on the island). 2. Flower: pua ti, ti flower, pua taro, taro flower, pua maúku pasture flower; pua nakonako, a plant which grows on steep slopes and produce red, edible berries. 3. Pua tariga (or perhaps pu'a tariga), anciently, hoops put in earlobes. 4. The nanue fish when young and tender. Puapua, summit, top, upper part; te puapua o te maúga, the top of the mountain; te puapua kupega, the upper part of a fishing net. Vanaga.
Pu'a. 1. (Modern form of pu'o), to cover up something or oneself, to put on; ka-pu'a te ha'u, put on your hat; ka-pu'a-mai te nua, cover me up with a blanket. 2. To respond to the song of the first group of singers; to sing the antistrophe; he-pu'a te tai. 3. To help; ka-pu'a toou rima ki a Timo ite aga, help Timothy with the work. 4. Pu'a-hare, to help a relative in war or in any need; ka-oho, ka-pu'a-hare korua, ko ga kope, go, give your relative a hand, lads. 5. To speak out in someone's favour; e pu'a-mai toou re'o kia au, speak in my favour, intercede for me. Pu'apu'a, to hit, to beat. Vanaga.
1. Flower, ginger, soap; pua mouku, grass. 2. To grease, to coat with tar, to pitch; pua ei meamea, to make yellow. Puapua, a piece of cloth. Mgv.: pua, a flower, turmeric, starchy matter of the turmeric and hence soap. Mq.: pua, a flower, soap. Ta.: pua, id. Ma.: puapua, cloth wrapped about the arm. Churchill. |
Ka1-3
seems
to
illustrate
a
night
which
is
broken,
with
3
strong
light
feathers
in
front,
possibly
representing
3
months.
There
are
3
such
feathers
also
on
the
forehead
of
ariki
(the
king)
in
Ga1-5.
...
Eb6-1
is
very
much
like
the
sign
drawn
around
pharaoh
in
the
Egyptian
palace
chapel
into
which
- at
the
proper
time
-
the
pharaoh
would
disappeare
from
view
for
a
while,
to
change
his
clothes,
and
*Ca14-21
is
basically
also
similar:
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Eb5-35 |
Eb6-1 (837) |
Eb6-2 |
Eb6-3 |
| Kua pipiri te hetu |
ko te mata no te henua |
to ihe - te maro |
tara |
July
12
(193)
was
the
day
when
the
Sun
reached
Castor
...
Ka1-3
-
which
is
described
as high
up -
can
be
contrasted
with
*Kb2-6:
The
Tahitian
list
had
3
special
star
pillars
at
its
beginning:
|
1 |
Ana-mua, entrance pillar |
Antares, α Scorpii |
|
2 |
Ana-muri, rear pillar (at the foot of which was the place for tattooing) |
Aldebaran, α Tauri |
|
3 |
Ana-roto, middle pillar |
Spica, α Virginis |
I began my star expedition in the G text by betting on a pair of glyphs for Aldebaran and Antares:
| MARCH 25 (84) |
180 |
SEPTEMBER EQUINOX |
|
 |
| Ga1-4 |
Ga7-16 (185) |
| ALDEBARAN (*68) |
ANTARES (*249) |
In the K text we could guess Aldebaran and Spica were similary singled out:
| MARCH 25 (84) |
133 |
AUGUST 6 (218) |
|
 |
| Ka1-3 |
*Kb2-6 |
| ALDEBARAN (*68) |
SPICA (*202) |
To make this into a perfect fit we need to count *Kb2-6 as glyph number 3 (*68) + (*202 - * 68) = 137 - alluding to May 17 when Porrima culminated at midnight, or better to MARCH 13 (π) when Porrima culminated at midnight. 73 (MARCH 13) + 64 = May 17 (137).
| Number of glyphs on the K tablet: |
| side a |
side b |
| a1 |
19 |
*5 |
24 |
24 |
b1 |
20 |
*2 |
22 |
119 |
| a2 |
22 |
- |
22 |
46 |
b2 |
17 |
*1 |
18 |
137 |
| a3 |
21 |
- |
21 |
67 |
b3 |
16 |
- |
16 |
153 |
| a4 |
16 |
- |
16 |
83 |
b4 |
19 |
- |
19 |
172 |
| a5 |
14 |
- |
14 |
97 |
b5 |
17 |
*3 |
20 |
*192 |
| sum |
92 |
*5 |
*97 |
sum |
89 |
*6 |
*95 |
| Numbers with asterisk (*) refer to possible glyph positions where no glyph is visible. |
The number of days on side a could be counted either as 92 or as 97, i.e. either as 89 or 94 beyond Ka1-3.
137 - 89 = 48 and 137 - 94 = 43. In line Kb1 we could count either to 20 or to 22. And then add 4 at the beginning of line b2. And between Kb2-4 and *Kb2-6 there was room for 1 glyph:
| side a |
b1 |
b2 |
*Kb2-7 |
| 92 |
92 + 20 = 112 |
112 + 4 = 116 |
117 = 137 - 20 |
| *97 |
*97 + *22 = *119 |
*119 + 4 + *1 = *124 |
*125 = 137 - 12 |
Possibly there was here a longer jump in time-space? Or, more likely, the position of *Kb2-6 was not intended to be at Spica. 
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