3. Glyph line Gb3 should, according to my proposed table of correspondences, represent Vaitu potu, the month when the torrents from Aquarius have abated and only a little rain is falling. Line b3 is like line a2 characterized by no henua sign (cfr at Ana-mua):
I suggest Hora iti (a2) and Vaitu potu (b3) are similar also because they are only 'reflections' of the main months Hora nui (a3) and Vaitu nui (b2). They may once have been added in order to increase the ancient model with 10 months to a more modern view with 12 months.
Reading my new table in rongorongo fashion from bottom left to the right and upwards it says that the year is beginning with Tua haro (January, 'July'). The first tertial is ending with Vaitu nui and the return of the rains in 'October' (April). Next tertial is centered on winter solstice in June, and it begins with Vaitu potu and ends with Hora iti. The 3rd tertial is beginning with 'March' (September), the 3rd month beyond winter solstice, and it ends with the summer solstice month, Ko Koró. Vaitu nui ('October') is the first month in the 2nd quarter of the year and line b2 seems to describe that Sun goes away because it is autumn equinox (day number 266 counted from winter solstice):
If we use the simplest reading we can count 90 days from Gb2-14 to the end of the year:
But the star distance model I am using is based on a cycle with 365¼ days, and it means there are only 30 days left of the year because the cycle is beginning with Rogo in Gb6-26:
If we are using a model with 10 months with 30 days in each Gb3-9 can refer to the last day of Sun because it is day number 300. Day number 364 will then be vaha kai in Gb5-10:
Possibly Gb3-9 is illustrating an open mouth seen from the side. |
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