 Without doubt the addition of one 'eye' at top left of the ordinary (unmarked) glyph is a sign, in the same way as the absence of the ordinary 'eye' (at top right) is another sign:
I have arrived at these conclusions after having compared the parallel text of Large Santiago, Large St Petersburg and Small St Petersburg. A simple explanation (which may be right) is that the 'eyes' show the amount of light involved. Absence of the normal 'eye' means less light, double 'eyes' more light than usual. This idea finds confirmation in the texts showing the year in Small Santiago and London. In spring there is much light and at the end of the year light is diminishing:
The calibration of amount of light and the exact way of illustrating this seems to be different between different texts. As to the two small balls on a string to the right in the glyph, I think we might start the discussion beginning with the idea of cords emanating from our bodies connecting us to living and dead relatives. It is just a 'shot in the dark' but we have to start somewhere. And pondering this idea I remember the white cowries on a sacred string. Since I wrote about that (in level 2) I have come across pictures of bowls with feet like breasts in Lindqvist. I believe the contacts the pre-Polynesian people had with China were intense in old times. Do you remember that the kaikai strings connect fingers (= members of the family).
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