5. If we count with 4 quarters and also with 4 pairs for the 'corners' to be added to 4 * 114 = 456, then the cycle will be completed after 456 + 8 = 464 glyphs (days):
It could explain why there is a pair of manu rere in positions 464-465 and a pair of tagata in positions 456-457. The heliacal rise of the Pleiades seems to mark the beginning of a new 'year', a year which stretches for 16 * 29 = 464 nights and ends at Botein-Zaurak. 29, we remember, is a key number for the Tahua tablet, which has (26 + 20) * 29 = 1334 glyphs.
Mapping the heliacal risings of stars and constellations in the sky is a process which stretches for twice 180º. This is a map of space. Measuring the distance between culminations at noon and at midnight is a question of time, not of space. Therefore the distance is not 180º (or half a year). Observations show the distance is around 229 nights. If we add 229 and 243 (the hau rei number) the result is 472. Maybe 229 is connected with Moon (night, winter) and 243 with Sun (daytime, summer). |
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