This glyph is marked by a sign. For the middle flame at the top has a more oval
shape than the usual (unmarked) type of glyph:
I guess this special flame means just that: a flame. Whereas the other
flames are just part of the total sign (the glyph), not underlining the
fact that they could be seen as flames.
At the beginning of a new time-space
period old fires had to be extinguished and new fires created.
At the time of a new year a
new fire had to be created in order for a new period to be born. I guess this
might be the meaning of these two glyphs when read together:
Perhaps the two glyphs below
(Aa4-12--13) also conveys a similar meaning:
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