2. Half a month later there are other 'canoe' signs:
The numbers indicate there probably is a relationship between on one hand Ga1-22 and Ga1-25 and on the other Ga1-7 and Ga1-9:
Once again, 7 and 22 could refer to 22 / 7 = 3.14 (and imply a cycle is completed in line a1). 17 + 19 (in Ga1-7 and Ga1-9) = 36. In Ga1-22 and Ga1-25 we can count 12 * 2 = 24 and 12 * 5 = 60. Then we can add 24 + 60 = 84 and play with the numbers:
Another solution to the numerical riddle is to count 1 * 7 = 7 and 1 * 9 = 9, which will change the table into:
The glyph type tao (as exemplified by Ga1-22 and Ga1-25) can be imagined as the hull of a double-canoe:
In Ha5-46 there is a pair of tao supported by another type of sign. It is a day of Saturn and 'fire' (5) is here in conjunction with 46, a number which like e.g. 36 seems to be connected with the completion of a cycle. Cfr Tahua with 1334 = (20 + 26) * 29 glyphs. The sign below the pair of tao is of the same type as in Gb1-10, a variant of vaha kai:
The season for this variant of vaha kai seems to be where the path of Sun turns around into its 2nd phase. Therefore, I guess, his 'head' has disappeared in Gb1-10 and a 2nd 'arm' is growing up in front like a replacement. The fate of Sun's head is evident first in the pair Gb1-6--7 and then at left in Gb1-9. The last 'face' of Sun is Jupiter and 1-9 presumably alludes to 19 (Sun). Up to now I have been convinced that a glyph number such as 5-46 should be counted in the counter-intuitive way as 54 * 6 and not as 5 * 46. However, at Ha5-46 I must admit that 5 * 46 = 230 does seem to convey meaningful information. Glyph number 230 is in G the first one on side a and equal to 8 * 29½ - 6. The lines on the H tablet are longer than the lines on the G tablet and the same day could therefore arrive in an earlier line in H than in G. In order to ascertain whether 5 * 46 = 230 is just a coincidence or if it was designed to be a Sign by the creator of the H text we can look 6 glyphs earlier than Ha5-46 - using a kind of logic based on the fact that Moon moves in the direction contrary to Sun and also based on my guess that G primarily is a Moon calendar in contrast to H which primarily could be a Sun calendar:
262 - 6 = 256, which in G marks the transition from line 9 to line 10 - and probably also the changeover from the front side (with 9 lines) to the back side:
Ha5-40 (where 5 * 40 = 200) is the last of 8 glyphs which have no complete circumference due to an oblong destroyed ('dark') area on the tablet: I guess this imperfection in the wood is related to the larger burnt area, and that the creator of the H text could have used it as a sign. Line a6 (to be read upside down) is also affected by the small destroyed area (with *5 glyphs totally missing). In many places on earth before a new piece of land could be used for planting the wild vegetation had to be burnt away ('slash-and-burn'). Only then could the orderly rows of a field be created: But the circumstances varied depending on habitation: "Field (The Square of Pegasus) The Field represents a barley field divided by a series of irrigation ditches. The constellation rises as the barley is regularly irrigated and starts to ripen. In astrology its omens naturally foretell the nature of the coming harvest." (www.solaria-publications.com) To use the destruction of the top ends of glyphs in a meaningful way it could be connected with how Sun beyond his apex suddenly disappears, maybe hidden by smoke in some parts of our globe and by rain in other parts:
15 * 20 = 300 and 5 * 40 = 240 = 8 * 30. Beyond a description of the path of Sun should come a description of the season of Moon, I think, and we could count e.g. 8 * 20 = 160 (= 240 * ⅔):
If so, then Ha5-46 would be at day number 8 * 30 + 6 * 20 = 360. This interpretation can explain why in Ha5-47 (a Sunday) there is an oval outline (like zero). Furthermore 5 * 47 = 235:
Similarly, the pair of 'elbows' in front at Gb1-10 can correspond to the pair in front at Ha5-48. The 'zero' and double 'elbows' in G and H are missing in the parallel texts of P and Q. Also other small signs betray differences in meaning:
Especially noteworthy is the orientation and number of the limbs on rau hei:
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