next page

table of contents

home

2. The 2nd line of glyphs (on the Q tablet) is to be read from right to left and upside down in normal rongorongo fashion. However, there is a substantial discontinuity before the Q text once again appears in parallel with the H and P texts:


Ha1-32	Ha1-33	Ha1-34	Ha1-35	Ha1-36	Ha1-37

Pa1-31	Pa1-32	Pa1-33	Pa1-34


Ha1-38	Ha1-39	Ha1-40	Ha1-41	Ha1-42	Ha1-43	Ha1-44

Pa1-35	Pa1-36	Pa1-37	Pa1-38	Pa1-39	Pa1-40	Pa1-41


Ha1-45	Ha1-46	Ha1-47	Ha1-48	Ha1-49		Ha1-50
			-
Pa1-42	Pa1-43	Pa1-44	-	Pa1-45	Pa1-46	Pa1-47


Ha2-1 (51)	Ha2-2	Ha2-3	Ha2-4	Ha2-5	Ha2-6

Pa1-48	Pa1-49	Pa1-50	Pa1-51	Pa1-52	Pa1-53


Ha2-7	Ha2-8	Ha2-9 (59)	Ha2-10	Ha2-11

Pa2-1 (54)		Pa2-2	Pa2-3	Pa2-4


Ha2-12		Ha2-13	Ha2-14 (64)	Ha2-15

Pa2-5	Pa2-6	Pa2-7 (60)	Pa2-8	Pa2-9


Ha2-16 (66)	Ha2-17	Ha2-18	Ha2-19	Ha2-20	Ha2-21	Ha2-22

Pa2-10	Pa2-11	Pa2-12	Pa2-13	Pa2-14	Pa2-15	Pa2-16 (69)


Ha2-23	Ha2-24	Ha2-25	Ha2-26	Ha2-27 (77)

Pa2-17	Pa2-18	Pa2-19 (72)	Pa2-20	Pa2-21

H has 77 - 31 = 46 glyphs and P has 74 - 30 = 44 glyphs in this gap before Q returns to join the other texts:


Ha2-28	Ha2-29	Ha2-30 (80)	Ha2-31	Ha2-32

*Qa2-1	*Qa2-2	*Qa2-3 (26)	*Qa2-4	*Qa2-5

Pa2-22	Pa2-23	Pa2-24 (77)	Pa2-25	Pa2-26


Ha2-33	Ha2-34	Ha2-35	Ha2-36 (86)	Ha2-37	Ha2-38

*Qa2-6	*Qa2-7	*Qa2-8	*Qa2-9 (32)	*Qa2-10	*Qa2-11

Pa2-27 (80)	Pa2-28	Pa2-29	Pa2-30	Pa2-31	Pa2-32


Ha2-39	Ha2-40	Ha2-41	Ha2-42 (92)	Ha2-43	Ha2-44

*Qa2-12	*Qa2-13	*Qa2-14	*Qa2-15	*Qa2-16	*Qa2-17 (40)

Pa2-33	Pa2-34	Pa2-35 (88)	Pa2-36	Pa2-37	Pa2-38

				-
Ha2-45	Ha2-46 (96)	Ha2-47	Ha2-48	-
				-
*Qa2-18	*Qa2-19	*Qa2-20	*Qa2-21 (44)	-

Pa2-39	Pa2-40	Pa2-41	Pa2-42	Pa2-43 (96)

			-
Ha2-49	Ha2-50	Ha2-51	-	Ha2-52	Ha2-53	Ha2-54 (104)
			-
*Qa2-22	*Qa2-23	*Qa2-24	-	*Qa2-25	*Qa2-26	*Qa2-27 (50)

Pa2-44	Pa2-45	Pa2-46	Pa2-47	Pa2-48 (101)		Pa2-49


Ha2-55	Ha2-56	Ha2-57	Ha2-58 (108)

*Qa2-28	*Qa2-29	*Qa2-30 (53)

Pa2-50	Pa2-51	Pa2-52	Pa2-53 (106)


Ha3-1	Ha3-2	Ha3-3 (111)

*Qa2-31	*Qa2-32	*Qa2-33 (56)

Pa2-54	Pa2-55	Pa2-56 (109)


Ha3-4	Ha3-5	Ha3-6 (114)	Ha3-7

*Qa2-34	*Qa2-35	*Qa2-36 (59)	*Qa2-37
			-
Pa2-57	Pa2-58	Pa2-59 (112)	-


Ha3-8	Ha3-9	Ha3-10	Ha3-11 (119)

*Qa2-38		*Qa2-39	*Qa2-40 (63)
		-
Pa3-1	Pa3-2	-	Pa3-3 (115)


Ha3-12	Ha3-13	Ha3-14 (122)

*Qa2-41	*Qa2-42	*Qa2-43 (66)

Pa3-4	Pa3-5	Pa3-6 (118)

I have counted the ordinal numbers for the Q glyphs assuming there originally were 23 glyphs in the first line. This is only a provisional method, however, and perhaps we primarily should count only visible glyphs.