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Tagata in Hb7-22 is an inverted π glyph (i.e. 7 / 22 = 1 / π). If there was a convention where 22 / 7 determined the position of the portal of exit (Π) then the inverted sign should denote an opening of entrance. The tagata type of glyph is probably connected with the idea of 'fully grown' and at that time a new generation should enter - implying the old generation must leave (as in the myth about Ulu and Mokuola):

Hb7-19 (976) Hb7-20 Hb7-21 Hb7-22
Pb8-56 Pb8-57 Pb8-58 Pb8-59 (986)

The variant of tagata maitaki in Hb7-19 has a true neck and a slightly oblique line through his head. January 1 and July 1 are not at the solstices but slightly later. The parallel figure in P has a strictly vertical line which also serves as his neck. Normally tagata maitaki glyphs have such a string for neck and the henua type of neck in H is a Sign. 976 = 8 * 122 (= 16 * 61).

Hb7-23 Hb7-24 (981) Hb7-25 Hb7-26
Pb8-60 Pb8-61 (988) Pb8-62 Pb8-63

It is fruitful to compare the parallel glyphs, for such comparisons give us opportunity to see significant details. For instance are the fingers in H 'spreading out', which probably is a sign of growth.

In P the 20th line is beginning where there are hanau glyphs:

Hanau

1. Race, ethnic group. Hanau eepe, the thick-set race; hanau momoko, the slender race (these terms were mistranslated as 'long-ears' and 'short-ears'). 2. To be born. Hanau tama, pregnant woman; vî'e hanau poki, midwive (also: vî'e hakaa'u). Vanaga.

To be born; vie hanau, midwife. P Pau.: fanauga, child, descendant, progeny. Mgv.: hanau, to be born, to be brought into the world. Mq.: fanau, hanau, to be born, to lie in, to bring into the world. Ta.: fanau, to be born, to lie in. Churchill.

Hb7-27 Hb7-28 (985) Hb7-29 Hb7-30
 
Pb8-64 Pb8-65 (992) Pb9-1 Pb9-2
Hb7-31 Hb7-32 Hb7-33 Hb7-34 Hb7-35 (992) Hb7-36 Hb7-37
Pb9-3 Pb9-4 Pb9-5 Pb9-6 (998) Pb9-7 Pb9-8
Hb7-38 Hb7-39 (996) Hb7-40 Hb7-41 Hb7-42
Pb9-9 Pb9-10 (1002) Pb9-11 Pb9-12
Hb7-43 (1000) Hb7-44 Hb7-45 Hb7-46
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Pb9-13 Pb9-14 (1006) Pb9-15
Hb7-47 (1004) Hb7-48 Hb7-49 Hb7-50
Pb9-16 (1008) Pb9-17 Pb9-18 Pb9-19 Pb9-20

The pair of hipu in Pb9-8 (number 1000) and Pb9-18 are exactly alike and could together to define a region. Hanau and hipu appear together like births and 'calabashes':

Hipu

Calabash, shell, cup, jug, goblet, pot, plate, vase, bowl, any such receptacle; hipu hiva, melon, bottle; hipu takatore, vessel; hipu unuvai, drinking glass. P Mgv.: ipu, calabash, gourd for carrying liquids. Mq.: ipu, all sorts of small vases, shell, bowl, receptacle, coconut shell. Ta.: ipu, calabash, cup, receptacle. Churchill.

... Dans leurs pričres, en demandant ŕ Makémaké de petits calebasses, c'étaient surtout des enfants qu'ils désignaient par ce mot ...

The prayers for children were adressed to Makemake who might have been Venus. She was foamborn from the sea and the hanau glyph type looks like a drawing of someone personifying the waves of the sea.

In Hb7-45 (where 74 * 5 = 2 * 185) we can imagine a pregnant figure generating (with her foot as ure) a little nuku. 7 * 45 = 314 + 1. In the parallel Pb9-14 we can count 91 * 4 = 2 * 182, and then also  9 * 14 = 4 * (31.4 + 0.1). We have to accept the possibility there were twin ways to multiply the parts of a glyph number.