12. Between the end of line Qb2 and the beginning of line Qb3 there is another sequence of glyphs in H and P which does not appear in the Q text:
There are no more glyphs visible in line Ha12 beyond number 648. Early I speculated there could be room for another 18 glyphs here. However, Pb2-16 illustrates a gap in time in the same way as Eb6-1 (and 64 * 8 = 512 = 2 * 256 = 4 * 128 = 8 * 64 = 16 * 32). Probably the number of days on side a of the H tablet should be regarded as 648.
Here the 2nd of the triad of extra Q sequences (one also in line a8 and another in line b4) interrupts the P sequence:
Then follows a complex where line Pb2 changes to line Pb3 and the beginning of side b on the H tablet joins the other texts:
No sooner has the H text returned, when a 'dark cloth' seems to cover it again (seemingly after 5 and a fraction of a day):
The fraction in Hb1-6 is presumably meant to depict a sign of puo ('hilled up') as in the parallel glyphs of Q and P. The final of side b of the G text is a puo.glyph. In Q the last glyph in line b3 seems also to be only a fraction, whereas in P there is a π glyph (probably indicating the 'exit hole' of a cycle). |