Easy to recognize is te Rei at April 1, because Metoro was very consistent with his Rei at this type of glyph (which of course early resulted in my decision to name the type Rei - always written with a Capital letter):
On the other hand the meaning of the Rei sign is unclear. What does the glyph type Rei depict? It is not so easy as to say it is a picture of a 'crescent-shaped breast ornament'. It is not. Instead we have to try to first determine the function of the Rei type of glyph. One clue is the fact that all Rei glyphs in the G text are on side a. April 1 was presumably regarded as similar to our October 1, the beginning of the month after autumn equinox. The final 13 days of the H text are apparently beginning with April 1:
The moko glyphs Hb12-13 and Hb12-15 are presumably signs of the dark place (time) below the land of the living: '... Mataora had not seen such moko as Uetonga was making ...' In the summary for the type Rei (in my preliminary glyph type dictionary) I wrote: "... The calendars for the year had the solstices and equinoxes located at points which did not coincide with the points where the major calendar periods changed. In that respect their view corresponds with our view: New year arrives, for example, later than winter solstice and spring equinox before the 1st of April." April 1 is day 91 in the Gregorian calendar and 4 * 91 = 364 = 52 weeks. Number 26 can therefore be applied to the summer half of the southern hemisphere, because 26 * 7 = 182. Rei at Ca1-11 is probably a sign indicating the position of Sun in a solar calendar. The machinery of a calendar is based on certain key numbers and among them are the measures for the week (7) and for the fingers (10). ... Cupping his two hands behind his ears, Ogotemmêli explained that the spirit had no external ears but only auditory holes. 'His hands serve for ears,' he said; 'to enable him to hear he always holds them on each side of his head. To tap the drum is to tap the Nummo's palms, to tap, that is, his ears.' In Polynesia numbers were counted on the fingers by releasing them one after the other and the fist therefore meant 5: ... The practice of turning down the fingers, contrary to our practice, deserves notice, as perhaps explaining why sometimes savages are reported to be unable to count above four. The European holds up one finger, which he counts, the native counts those that are down and says 'four'. Two fingers held up, the native counting those that are down, calls 'three'; and so on until the white man, holding up five fingers, gives the native none turned down to count. The native is nunplussed, and the enquirer reports that savages can not count above four ... I therefore suggest the mata signs at either side of the head of tagata could mean '5 months in the past' and '5 months ahead':
The head in Ca1-26 is located in the vertical center of the line, i.e. where Sun is at an equinox, close to the equator. Perhaps each mata here counts as 5 * 29½ = 147½ days: ... In Cb9-30 1½ rhomb at the top is joined to ½ a circle at bottom:
In Cb9-30 1½ rhomb at the top is joined to ½ a circle at bottom. In Cb11-9 there are 3 smaller rhombs at left and a great fist at right. In Cb11-19 January 12 is day 377 (= 177 + 200) and each rhomb could equal 59 nights. Such a rhomb could correspond to the nails of the 3-fingered Sun god at Tiahuanaco. But then we can guess 622 at Cb9-30 equals 1½ * 295 + 180.
The 4 quarters of Sun in a year are presumably in the pattern 3 + 1, where the last (unlucky) represents the transition from the old year to a new ruler: ... The chaotic tumult in the Curia (where the Senate had their meeting and where they killed Caesar) resulted in his dead body left lying on the floor, while all the Senators panicked and ran out through the doors in different directions. They had planned to throw his body into the river, but the time of plans and order was in the past. Instead, in the afternoon, three of the slaves of Caesar came and fetched his body, and carried him on a stretcher to his home south of Forum - and one arm was hanging down in the corner where the 4th slave should have been ... If each mata in Ca1-26 should refer to 147½ days, then we can count 106 (April 16) + 148 = 254, which corresponds to the last day of November - but only if counted from March 21. From January 1 it is day 80 + 254 = 334. The Sun at Tiahuanaco is placed at the southern spring equinox month September according to Posnansky. (Arthur Posnansky, Tihuanacu the Cradle of American Man.) Indeed, at glyph number 254 + 1 it could be time to 'make a king' (hakaariki) again:
For the moment at least, let us avoid the troublesome question of why there are 229 days to the new Sun king instead of the expected 5 * 29½ = ca 148 days. However, 229 - 148 = 81, and 740 (the number of glyphs on the tablet) - 81 = 659 = 2 * 329 + 1, where 329 probably represents November 25 when in rongorongo times Antares rose heliacally (stretching his neck high):
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