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9. There are 12 + 15 = 27 hau tea glyphs in the A text:

Neither mixed glyphs nor compounds are shown. There are 8 + 4 = 12 glyphs on side a and 15 glyphs on side b, altogether 27 glyphs of this kind. Those with double 'suns' are marked with red.

Aa2-74 Aa3-15 Aa3-32 Aa4-18 Aa4-43 Aa4-46 Aa4-54 Aa4-70
164 190 207 269 294 297 305 321
Aa5-5 Aa5-63 Aa7-79 Aa8-51
338 396 579 636
Ab1-3 Ab1-33 Ab1-53 Ab2-52 Ab3-46 Ab3-53 Ab4-25 Ab4-49
673 703 723 804 883 890 939 963
Ab4-79 Ab5-8 Ab6-29 Ab6-71 Ab7-64 Ab8-48 Ab8-53
993 1002 1103 1145 1230 1298 1303
579 = 20 * 29 - 1

4 * 49 = 196 = 7 * 28, and 963 - 579 = 384 = 16 * 24.

The result of the investigation above lacks one glyph, because there ought to be 16 hau tea on side b (the number for the moon corresponding to 12 for the sun), which would raise the total from 27 to the more acceptable 28.

The missing hau tea is probably Ab1-2:

Ab1-2
672 = 4 * 168 = 24 * 28

The total number of glyphs in A is 1334 and if we reduce this number with 384 (for the distance from Aa7-79 to Ab4-49) the result is 950, which possibly represents 19 * 50 - or 19 * 25 if each glyph measures only ½.

The phenomenon of multiple variations cannot be explained as due to carelessness, instead the variations can only be the result of the many signs which have been used in their compositions. But it takes a sharp eye to detect these.

Each glyph is presumably an individual statement and seldom an exact repetition of a previous statement. As to my definitions of mixed glyphs and compounds the following pages from my glyph catalogue should be illuminating:

MIXED GLYPH?

What do I mean by a mixed glyph? Most of the glyphs in the rongorongo texts are mixed, i.e. they seem to have parts belonging to more than one type of glyph. Example:

Here we can recognize four types of glyphs, the rectangluar shape to the left, the person standing, the shape with 'horns' to the right and the little moon-like object hanging from his arm.

For ease of using this glyph catalogue when searching for mixed glyphs, I intend to have 'doors' for all types of glyphs seen in a mixed glyph, e.g. four doors will lead to the target glyph above. With the doors numbered from 11 to 89 (first digit the row and second the column) the mixed glyph above should be possible to access though these four doors: 37, 15, 22 and 44.

A mixed glyph can also be a glyph with two or more types of glyphs of the same general kind, in which case there will be only one possible 'door' for access, e.g. will this glyph be found only by going through 'door' 11:

COMPOUND?

What do I mean by a compound? By compound I mean a glyph which presumably is not fundamental (like an atom) but instead the result of the blending together of two or more types of glyphs (like in a chemical compound). A compound is not a mixed glyph because some or all of the glyphs are shown only partially. Example:

I believe this glyph is made by fusion between these two types of glyph:

Compounds are often difficult to 'see through', when the glyphs partaking are shown just by a little sign.