For instance could possibly Metoro's curious kua heheu imply a point in time where 355 days remained of the text:
| Heu Offspring of parents from two different tribes, person of mixed descent, e.g. father Miru, mother Tupahotu. Heuheu, body hair (except genitals and armpits). Vanaga.
1. Heheu; ivi heheu, the cachalot, bone needle; hakaheu, spade, to shovel, to grub up, to scratch the ground, to labor; rava hakaheu, laborious, toilsome. 2. Hakaheu, affair. Churchill.
M. Heu, to separate, to pull asunder; the eaves of a house; heu, a single hair; hau. to hew; heru, to comb; huru, hair on the body; down; feathers; maheu, scattered; maheuheu, shrubs; mahuru, scrub; heuea, to be separated. Text Centre. |
A 'mixed descent' could describe the last 355 glyphs, to be regarded as separated (heu) from the total of those 740 - 8 = 732 = 2 * 366 days which I have suggested earlier. The text on the back side of the tablet could have been derived not only from the heliacal star positions but also from something else.
However, because 732 - 355 = 377 days could refer to an intercalary year of the old Roman type such a 'mixed descent' could have influenced also the front side of the tablet.
The numbers in *Ca14-23 could refer to the 23rd day in the 14th month (February), i.e. Terminalia.
Even if my interpretation of a double February 24 at number 314 on side b at first sight appears to rule out also a Mensis Intercalaris at this place in the text, the pre-Julian structure might have been in the mind of the text composer:
| April 17 (107) |
305 |
February 17 |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb13-8 |
Cb13-9 (700) |
Cb13-10 |
Cb13-11 |
| E tupu - ki roto |
te moa |
kua vero |
te mamahia |
te vero |
| Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
η Piscis Austrini (333.4) |
Rooftop-12 |
ι Pegasi (335.0), Alnair (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3), Woo (335.7), Baham, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8) |
ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3), -/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis Austrini (336.8) |
| Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
22h (334.8) |
| Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4), SADALMELIK (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7) |
| February 21 |
22 |
23 (54) |
| Februarius 21 |
22 |
23 (Terminalia) |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb13-12 |
Cb13-13 |
Cb13-14 |
| te ariki |
te vage Rei |
te hokohuki i te inoino |
| ε Cephei (337.2), 1/325 Lac. (337.3), Ancha (337.4), α Tucanae (337.9) |
Al Sa'ad al Ahbiyah-23 / Shatabisha-25 |
β/172 Lac. (339.2), 4/1100 Lac. (339.4), π Aquarii (339.5) |
| ρ Aquarii (338.2), 2/365 Lac. (338.5), SADACHBIA (338.6) |
| BISSEXTUM (6) |
5 |
| Februarius 24 |
25 (56) |
| δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2), ζ Aquarii (340.4), Alrediph (340.5), 5/1100 Lac (340.7), σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9) |
Leap night |
α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii (341.9) |
| February 24 |
25 (56) |
26 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb13-15 (314) |
Cb13-16 |
Cb13-17 (708) |
| kua moe ki te marama |
e marama erua |
te kava - te moa |
| δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2), ζ Aquarii (340.4), Alrediph (340.5), 5/1100 Lac (340.7), σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9) |
α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii (341.9) |
η Aquarii (342.1), Situla (342.7) |
| 4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
28 |
| Februarius 26 |
27 |
28 (60) |
Martius 1 (60) |
| η Aquarii (342.1), Situla (342.7) |
ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi (343.8) |
Matar (344.2) |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9) |
| February 27 |
28 (59) |
29 (425) |
March 1 (60) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb13-18 |
Cb13-19 |
Cb13-20 |
Cb13-21 (320) |
| ihe tara tu |
te hokohuki |
te henua |
te hokohuki hoi haatu ia - te hokohuki |
| ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi (343.8) |
Matar (344.2) |
Leap night |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9) |
Counting 314 days from April 10 (100) leads to day 414 = 14 * 29½ + 1 and to glyph number 386 (*Ca14-23) + 314 = 700 (Cb13-9):
| April 10 (100) |
312 |
February 17 |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 |
 |
|
|
|
|
| *Ca14-23 |
Cb13-8 |
Cb13-9 (700) |
Cb13-10 |
Cb13-11 |
| kua heheu |
te moa |
kua vero |
te mamahia |
te vero |
| Ksora (20.1), γ Phoenicis (20.8) |
η Piscis Austrini (333.4) |
Rooftop-12 |
ι Pegasi (335.0), Alnair (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3), Woo (335.7), Baham, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8) |
ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3), -/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis Austrini (336.8) |
| 22h (334.8) |
| Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4), SADALMELIK (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7) |
If we should add 80 (the day number for March 21 after which the text is beginning) to 700 at February 18 (22h) the result equals the synodic cycle of Mars:
|
Synodic period |
Orbital period |
|
Mars |
779.96 |
1.88 years |
687 |
|
Mercury |
115.88 |
0.24 years |
88 |
|
Jupiter |
398.88 |
11.86 years |
4332 |
|
Venus |
583.92 |
0.62 years |
227 |
|
Saturn |
378.09 |
29.46 years |
10760 |
In rongorongo times this was when Sadalmelik (α Aquarii) rose with the Sun:
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