3. Next should be mentioned that in the G text a Rogo glyph of importance has ordinal number 26 in the line.
Indeed, I found it so important that I decided to choose it as my standard for the Rogo glyph type. This does not mean that Rogo in Gb6-26 is without additional signs. I have learnt that even small and hardly perceptible signs often are used as hints for the experienced reader. Here for example the figure in Gb6-26 is leaning slightly forwards, and it is definitely a sign to be understood. Also Gb7-2 and Gb7-4 are leaning forward. By the way, Rogo is to be read out as rongo, with a sound like 'ng' in Ringo Starr, not as 'g' in Tiger Woods. Likewise tariga (ear) should sound like 'taringa'. There is no 'g' sound in Polynesian and the sound of 'ng' is written in different ways depending on the island. And in the Hawaiian style Rogo becomes Lono. If numbers are worthy of attention, then we should pay notice to the fact that we once again are at the beginning of glyph line b7. But G has 8 + 8 = 16 glyph lines, not 9 + 8 = 17 as in E. However, if side a of the tablets should describe the 'front side' of the year and side b the 'back side', then the text on side b maybe is to be read separately, without carrying over such information as number of lines from side a. I am convinced that side b of G must be read together with its side a, but for the moment I have no opinion if the same goes for E. One easy way to demonstrate why side b of G could be a continuation of side a is to count (8 + 6) * 26 (at Rogo in Gb6-26). The result is 364, which could serve as a sign for the close of the solar cycle. |