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The structure of the Mama-ri (Egg) tablet, with 392 glyphs on one side and 348 on the other,

Side a Side b
(1) 6 386 6 342
392 348

Mama. 1. To chew. 2. To mouth-feed (arch.) he-mama i te vai tôa koia ko te tiapito kiroto ki te haha o te poki, she mouth-feeds the child with sugarcane juice together with tiapito juice. 3. A sea mollusc (with an eight-horned shell). Vanaga. 1. To leak, to ooze, (maamaa). P Pau., Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 2. To chew. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: mama, id. 3. Light not heavy, (maamaa). P Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 4. A limpet (Chiton magnificus). Mgv., Mq., mama, a shellfish. 5. To open the mouth; hakamama, to yawn, to gape, to be ajar. Pau.: hamama, to open. Mgv.: akamama, to burst open. Ta.: haamama, to open. Mq.: haámama, to open the mouth. 6. Ta.: mama-orero, conclusion of a council. Ha.: mama, to finish, to have done with a thing. Churchill.

Ri. 1. Mgv.: ri, a string, a girdle, to tie together. Sa.: li, the sennit lashing of canoe outriggers. Mgv.: rino, to twist a thread between the forefinger and thumb. Ta.: nino, to twist, to spin. Mq.: nino, id. Ma.: rina, a twist of two or three strands. 2. Ta.: ri, to hang. Ha.: li, to hang by the neck. Hakariga, to subdue. Churchill.

Mamari. Egg, fish roe. mâmari ata rauhau, last small egg laid by a hen before she turns broody. Vanaga. Egg (of fowl or fish), (gamamari), (Cf. komari.); mamari punua, chicken in the shell. Churchill.

does resemble the eye-catching arrangement of the tresses on the back side of the stone statue of Pacha-mama (World Mother) in South America:

Counting the knots in her tresses we will find the sum to be 396 (if we disregard the fractions). According to my interpretation of the text at the beginning of side b on the C tablet this could correspond to the position of Hamal:

te rima E tupu ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro rutua - te pahu

Rutu. 1. To read, to recite, to pronounce words solemnly; he-rutu i te kohau motu, to read the rongorongo tablets; hare rutu rogorogo mo hakama'a ki te ga poki ite kai, i te rogorogo, rongorongo school, house in which children were taught reading and writing the rongorongo signs. 2. To pelt with stones. 3. To gather in great numbers (of people). Vanaga. Sound. Rutu-rongorongo = the sound of recitation. Barthel. T. Beat. Henry. To recite; tae rutu, irreverence. Churchill. Pau.: rutu, a drum. Mgv.: rutu, to beat, to cause to resound. Ta.: rutu, a drum, to drum. Mq.: utu, to drum. Sa.: lutu, to shake a rattle. Churchill.

Pahu. Drum. Pahu-rutu-roa = Long-beating-drum. Barthel. M. Pahū. Tree gong. Starzecka. Pahu uma, coffin; in modern usage, any sort of jar. Pahupahu = To dig a hole. Vanaga. A trough, barrel, cask, cradle, drum, chest, box; pahu nui, a kettle; pahu oka, a drawer; pahu papaku, coffin; pahu rikiriki, sheath; pahu viriviri, hogshead. Pahupahu, box. Churchill. A trough, barrel, cask, cradle, drum, chest, box; pahu nui, a kettle; pahu oka, a drawer; pahu papaku, coffin; pahu rikiriki, sheath; pahu viriviri, hogshead; pahupahu, box. P Mgv., Ta.: pahu, a drum. Mq.: pahu, a drum, a large cylindrical container. (To.: bahu, a hollow tree set in water as a filter.) Sa.: pusa, a box. To.: buha, id. Fu.: pusa, id. Niue: puha, id. Pau.: puha, id. Pahuahi, lantern, beacon. Paukumi, closet, cupboard. Pahupopo, a mould; pahupopokai, cupboard for food. Pahure: 1. To sweep everything away. 2. To wound, to lacerate, scar, bruise, lesion, sore; pahurehure, to wound, to scratch; hakapahure, to wound. T Pau.: pahure, to be skinned; pahore, to peel off, to scale. Mgv.: pahore, to cut off, to chop, to slice. Ta.: pahore, to flay, to skin. Churchill 2.

*Ca14-29 (32 + 360) Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396) Cb1-5
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 16 (471 = 364 + 107)

ANA-NIA-10 (Pillar-to-fish by)

 χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS = α Ursae Minoris, BATEN KAITOS (Belly of the Fish) = ζ Ceti (26.6), METALLAH (Triagle) = α Trianguli (26.9)
17 (91 + 16)

Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 (Dog) / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 (Front of the Head of Ku)

SEGIN = ε Cassiopeia, MESARTHIM = γ Arietis, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN (Pair of Signs) = β Arietis, φ Phoenicis (27.4)

*351.0 = *27.4 - *41.4
18

ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8)

19

ALRISHA (The Knot) = α Piscium, χ Phoenicis (29.2), ε Trianguli (29.4), ALAMAK (Caracal) = γ Andromedae (29.7)

*353.0 = *29.4 - *41.4
20

Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head of Ku)

2h (30.4)

κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (Sheep) = α Arietis (30.5)

ALKES (α Crateris)
21 (111)

DELTOTUM = β Trianguli (31.2), ι Trianguli (31.7), η Arietis (31.9)

*355.0 =  *31 - *41
20 (471 - 27 = 444) 21 (80 = 107 - 27) 22 23 (2 * 41) 'March 24 Julian equinox
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
no star listed (209)

MUPHRID (Solitary Star) = η Bootis (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)

φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9)

AGENA (At the Knee) = β Centauri (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), THUBAN (Dragon) = α Draconis (212.8)

14h (213.1)

π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), MENKENT (Shoulder of the Centaur) = θ Centauri (213.1)

Neck-2 (Dragon)

ASELLUS TERTIUS (3rd Ass Colt) = κ Bootis, κ Virginis, 14 Bootis (214.8)
rutua te maeva

Maeva. T. 1. Move. Rangi-maeva = Moving Sky (name of a marae). 2. Greet, greeting. Henry.

Cb1-6 (398)
ξ¹ Ceti (32.1)

Al Ghafr-13 (The Cover) / Svāti-15 (Very Good) / TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand by)

15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS = α Bootis (215.4), ASELLUS SECUNDUS (2nd Ass Colt) = ι Bootis (215.5), SYRMA (Train of the Virgin's Robe) = ι Virginis, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)

*174.0 = *215.4 - *41.4

There are 32 more (complete) knots on the left side of the head of Pachamama than on the left:

Counting in the tresses of Pachamama from right to left:

1

26

78

1

29

90

2

26

2

30

3

26

3

31

4

25

104

4

34

124

5

26

5

31

6

27

6

30

7

26

7

29

Total = 396 = 182 + 214 (= 364 + 32)

Hamal (*30 = 110) - 32 = 78 (March 18), and this ought to be the last day before the equinox (rather than at Sirrah in March 21).

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...

The Julian spring equinox was indeed in the day after Hamal (we can see above), i.e., Hamal was at the back (hairy) side of Ku.

Considering the fact that side b on the C tablet carries 348 = 12 * 29 glyphs, we could then guess the last 6 (= 354 - 348) glyphs on side a perhaps should be regarded as corresponding to the 6 Roman days before the Kalends of March. Or the last 7 if we should count with a leap year.

Side a Side b
392 = 360 + 32 348 = 12 * 29
360 + 26 (25) 6 (7)
354 = 12 * 29½ (355)

The conspicious glyph at heliacal Ksora (δ Cassipeia) should represent day 100 (April 10), which position in Roman times would have been at 'March 14 (73 = 100 - 27) → 3-14 → π:

kua heheu te henua te honu kau manu kake rua te henua te honu te rima
KSORA (*20) *Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 ACHERNAR *Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 POLARIS (392)
April 10 (100) 11 12 13 14 15 16
E tupu ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
SHERATAN (*27) Cb1-2 ALRISHA HAMAL
April 17 (107) 18 19 20

And according to the time-frame of Bharani (the Place of Birth, Yoni) the corresponding day number would have been 100 - 41 = 59 → "February 28.

However, the glyph text on the Mamari tablet is evidently beginning with side a and therefore we should search for the 6 last days (to complete 348) at the beginning of side a rather than at the end of side a:

Side a Side b
348 = 12 * 29 = 354 - 6 (7)
6 (7) 360 + 26 (25)

This thought gains support by the calendar place of Ca1-6, as observed close to the Full Moon:

ki te henua - tagata honui
Ca1-6
March 27 (86)
'Febr 28 (59 = 86 - 27)
"Febr 14 (45 = 360 / 8)