1. If we count 10 months from Rogo in Gb6-26 we will arrive to the halfway station of the text (= 472 / 2 = 236):
Beyond mago in Ga7-16 there are 18 glyphs remaining in the line and the following line a8 has 44 - 18 = 26 glyphs:
A 'chapter' of the text possibly ends with mago in Ga7-16, because other types of glyphs then appear and this new sequence of events continues in line a8. But 68 + 182 + 18 = 268 could indicate that the end of line a7 is meant to be a transitional zone. However, the figure in Ga7-20 is of the same type as in Ga7-15, which means there is a continuity from the earlier theme. Likewise, we have seen, Ga7-18 has a 'companion' in Ga4-20 (cfr at Midsummer):
68 days from Rogo to vaha mea perhaps is a sign for the beginning of the text, and 168, I have suggested, could represent the number of days in summer:
After adding another 100 days number 268 then ought to indicate a later season in the year, because I have evidence indicating that 368 was used in other texts as a sign for the end of a cycle. E.g. is the first period of 24 in a kind of henua calendar in Keiti probably beginning with a description of the transition from line b1 to line b2 (cfr at Glyph Types):
The 'interregnum' glyph in Eb1-41 is a strong sign of a break with the past (as when Pharaoh entered the sanctuary of The Opener of the Way, cfr at A Common Sign Vocabulary), and it is a Moon day (which is the day when a cycle of Sun should end). Another example is the tablet Small St Petersburg (Q) which according to my reconstruction has 736 glyph positions (glyphs + spaces where glyphs could have been). 736 / 2 = 368 and like the G text there evidently is a beginning at the end of side b, 64 days before side a. I therefore suggest each glyph in the Q text represents half a day and that the text on the Q tablet covers 368 days:
Day 1 probably begins with glyph number 609 and 736 - 608 = 128 = 2 * 64. I have not used my planetary colours here because maybe they cannot be applied if each day needs 2 glyphs. In *Qb5-31 the person has a pau foot in front, which presumably is a sign meaning 'very little remaining' (cfr at Hanga Te Pau and at Vero):
46 * 8 = 368. |
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