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2. The first 2 lines on the G tablet are of another kind than the following 5 lines which contain the henua calendar.

a1 30 30 b1 26 26
a2 29 59 b2 35 61
a3 24 83 b3 30 91
a4 27 110 b4 33 124
a5 30 140 b5 29 153
a6 29 169 b6 28 181
a7 34 203 b7 31 212
a8 26 229 b8 30 242
sum 229 sum 242

The number of glyphs in lines a3 - a7 is 203 - 59 = 144 = 12 * 12.

If line a4 is a special case (like Ana-tipu) then we ought to subtract 144 - 27 = 117 = 9 * 13. The result suggests we maybe should rearrange the square of 12 into a rectangular 9 * 16. The difference between 16 (Moon) and 13 (Sun) points to line a4 as being outside the reign of Sun, and indeed he never goes north of the tropic of Cancer, he will never reach Dubhe. Or maybe only his living spirit can go there.

The 'Big Man' in Ga4-1 possibly, therefore, represents Ursa Major (by way of Ana-tipu as pars pro toto):

7
Ga4-1 (85) Ga4-2 Ga4-3 Ga4-4
8
Ga4-5 (89) Ga4-6
9
Ga4-7 (91) Ga4-8
10
Ga4-9 (93) Ga4-10
11
Ga4-11 (95) Ga4-12 Ga4-13
12
Ga4-14 (98) Ga4-15
13
Ga4-16 (100) Ga4-17 Ga4-18 Ga4-19
14
Ga4-20 (104) Ga4-21 Ga4-22
15
Ga4-23 (107) Ga4-24 Ga4-25 Ga4-26 Ga4-27

Glyph number 108 is Ga4-24 where we can count 42 * 4 = 168. I guess this could be significant because both 108 and 168 (= 108 + 60) are fundamental numbers. As to 108 we have e.g. its connection with number 5 by way of the pentagon, cfr at Te Kioe Uri:

Polygon:

n

A

A / n

triangle

3

180°

60°

rectangle

4

360°

90°

pentagon

5

540°

108°

hexagon

6

720°

120°

Furthermore, 108 is the number of glyphs beyond vaha kai in Gb5-10:

104 = 2 * 52 258 107
Ga4-21 (105) Gb5-10 (364) Gb8-30 (472)
260 = 5 * 52 108 = 2 * 52 + 4

Number108 is presumably connected to winter solstice. In Hawaii they used to break a coconut at that time:

... The correspondence between the winter solstice and the kali'i rite of the Makahiki is arrived at as follows: ideally, the second ceremony of 'breaking the coconut', when the priests assemble at the temple to spot the rising of the Pleiades, coincides with the full moon (Hua tapu) of the twelfth lunar month (Welehu). In the latter eighteenth century, the Pleiades appear at sunset on 18 November. Ten days later (28 November), the Lono effigy sets off on its circuit, which lasts twenty-three days, thus bringing the god back for the climactic battle with the king on 21 December, the solstice (= Hawaiian 16 Makali'i). The correspondence is 'ideal' and only rarely achieved, since it depends on the coincidence of the full moon and the crepuscular rising of the Pleiades ...

A further argument for connecting 108 with winter solstice is offered by the Hindu goddess Lakshmi:

... The Hindu goddess of well-being and wealth, Lakshmi, is often shown holding a coconut. In the foothills of the temple town of Palani, before going to worship Murugan for the Ganesha, coconuts are broken at a place marked for the purpose. Every day, thousands of coconuts are broken, and some devotees break even 108 coconuts at a time as per the prayer. In tantric practices, coconuts are sometimes used as substitutes for human skulls. In Hindu wedding ceremonies, a coconut is placed over the opening of a pot, representing a womb ...