As this glyph is the last one in 2a we should ask ourselves what the text is saying.

The 'seating' personality (GD56) is a dominant theme, reasonable as we presumably are at the beginning of 'summer'. But then light appears in different shapes, it is not absolutely dark.

Are these two lines connected in theme (perhaps even parallel?) or are they separate?

Are they some sort of preview of what will be coming? Are there three divisions in the year with 2 / 3 of the year in the light and 1 / 3 in the dark? Or rather, perhaps, two divisions: 'summer' (two henua) and 'winter' (one henua) with some additional dark nights where new year is made?

Is it a coincidence that the Egyptian goddess Nut had the same name as a nut? Is it a coincidence that the Hawaiian new year ceremonies included 'breaking the coconut´? I don't know, but I have my suspicions.

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