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The phenomenon of a missing 'limb' was also used in the Tahua 'daytime' cycle, and a little dot adorns the (broken) front side of tapa mea in Aa1-34:

Aa1-32 Aa1-33 Aa1-34 Aa1-35 (699) Aa1-36

Instead of the expected 6 'feathers' there are only 5 visible. The total is not 10 * 6 = 60 but 59, and I guess this could be an instruction to count by the Moon (because 59 = 2 * 29½).

Possibly the powerful dot in front of vero in Cb8-6 might then also point at 59, or some multiple thereof:

October 10 11 (284) 12
Cb8-6 Cb8-7 Cb8-8
vero hia tagata honui e ha mata
April 11 12 (468) 13 (104)

And, indeed, this is the case, because 283 (October 10) + 366 = 649 = 11 * 59.

The powerful dot in front is far down, implying a time of origin. In contrast the weak dot in front in Aa1-34 is approximately ¼ from the top.

The missing (or invisible) 'limb' could indicate the presence of the 'Wolf'. But certainly this was only a way to vividly memorize the phenomenon. There was no real wolf responsible for the disappearance of a 'limb of light' (or 'feather'). In Mother Nature all events are characterized by oscillations, not only for instance ebb and flood, birds arriving and birds leaving, buds growing and fruits falling, light increasing and light decreasing, but all events driven by the forces of life have this characteristic - the pulse of life.

At the end of the 4th quarter of a light cycle, there is a reversal (turning around) from nadir to the origin of new light. I guess the final of this 4th dark (unlucky) quarter was named the 'Wolf', a technical term. Beyond the Wolf came the lucky (sa'ad) manazil of a new 'year'.

In October 10 (where 8 * 10 = 80) there should have been some constellation in the night, close to the Full Moon, which illustrated the return of light in the northern spring, but which south of the equator could be read as the return of southern spring because Sun was present (together with these significant stars) - not half a year later but in the present. 11 * 59 should mean 'one more' (11) cycle of 590 days.

This cycle of 590 nights ought to be 1½ times some number we should recognize. 590 / 1½ = 393 = the number of glyphs on side a of the Mamari tablet + 1. Time runs and 392 can therefore be understood as 392 days in the past, i.e. the beginning of day 393. In other words could 590 / 1½ be a pointer to Cb1-1 as the beginning of day 394 (= 364 + 30).