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In order to ensure that the interpretation suggested is probable it is necessary to count. The 'global map' of the G text is the frame of reference:
24 208 235
Ga1-1 Ga1-26 Gb1-6 Gb8-30

Several 'maps' can then be constructed which together (in a complementary fashion) illuminate how the text should be read. It is not necessary to consult any of these, though. Instead we will here draw yet another of these maps, based on the positions in the text of Ga7-19 and Gb5-25 - which I have argued for - depict the generative 'kava' process:

Ga7-19 Gb5-25
There are two natural points from which to begin counting, viz. at the beginning of the text (Ga1-1) or at Ga1-26. In the latter case we should probably count from Gb1-6 as regards Gb5-25.
24 208 235
Ga1-1 Ga1-26 Gb1-6 Gb8-30

The results show how closely Ga7-19 and Gb5-25 are connected numerically regarded:

Ga1-1 1 Ga1-1 1 Ga1-26 1 Gb1-6 1
Ga7-19 188 Gb5-25 378 Ga7-19 164 Gb5-25 144
188 = 4 * 47 378 = 9 * 42 164 = 4 * 41 144 = 4 * 36

188 is very close to 190 (= 378 - 188), i.e. Gb5-25 is about twice the distance from Ga1-1.

The results are though not quite satisfactory. We must have missed something:

Ga1-1 1 Ga1-1 1 Ga1-26 1 Gb1-6 1
Ga7-19 188 Gb5-25 378 Ga7-19 164 Gb5-25 144
188 = 4 * 47 378 = 9 * 42 164 = 4 * 41 144 = 4 * 36

4 is a number which probably must be included. Not only because it appears in 3 out of 4 places, but foremost because a 'year' ought to be possible to divide into 'quarters. A cycle is like a wheel turning and there necessarily must be 4 quarters.

378 = 4 * 94.5 is not a good number, while 144 obviously is good.

And a better number than 164 would be 4 * 42 = 168. But to reach it we must begin counting at Ga1-22 instead of at Ga1-26:

Ga1-22 1 Gb1-6 1
Ga7-19 168 Gb5-25 144
168 = 4 * 42 144 = 4 * 36

Another approach would be to try to adjust the numbers resulting from counting from Ga1-1. A first step could then be to put 378 = 2 * 189 = 2 * (9 * 21) = 6 * (3 * 21) = 6 * (7 * 9).

The counting would have to stretch beyond Ga7-19 to Ga7-20:

Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19 Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22
184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191

Rei in Ga7-22 probably belongs to next cycle. But shouldn't Ga7-21 be counted as the last glyph of the 1st cycle? Although peculiar it has signs of tagata, and therefore probably is structurally equivalent to Gb5-27:

Gb5-21 Gb5-22 Gb5-23 Gb5-24 Gb5-25 Gb5-26 Gb5-27 Gb5-28
374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381

The glyph sequences put in parallel like this give much food for thought. Two arms from henua in Ga7-17 can be compared with only one in Gb5-22, presumably because it is the 2nd cycle which will be generated in glyph line a7 and the 1st cycle in line b5. 7 is moon and 5 is sun. Sun comes first and moon second.

The right hand in Ga7-17 is turned backwards and the thumb is thick - it is the hand of the moon. The (right) hand in Gb5-22 is turned right and has a quite different thumb - it is a thumb with a 'beak', it is the hand of the sun.

The symmetry in Ga7-17 indicates a pivotal point, sun leaves and moon comes. In Gb5-21 the pivotal point is at bottom left. The fish in Gb5-23 could signify the moon, because in Ga7-16 there is mago glyph with open mouth, presumably alluding to vaha meha - the red 'mouth' of the sun.

Gb5-23 comes after the sun glyphs Gb5-21--22, while Ga7-16 comes before henua with double arms in Ga7-17. Sun first, moon (including earth) comes second. But Ga7-15 (and Ga7-20) definitely indicates the moon. In line a7 the moon is the main character, in line b5 the sun is the main character.

The triplet in Gb5-24 corresponds to the triplet at bottom in Ga7-18 (where 7-18 alludes to 187). The 'head off' sign in Ga7-18 is supported numerically: 11 * 17 = 187, odd (bad omen) numbers.

377 also may allude to 17 (because 3 + 7 + 7 = 17), but most important 377 = 13 * 29 - clearly a statement that moon is finished.

In Gb5-25 there are two 'eyes' at right, while in the parallel Ga7-19 there are two 'eyes' at left. In Gb5-25 the sun season is in front, while in Ga7-19 it is at the back.

In Gb5-26 there is a strong sign of 'eating' (with a small one in Gb5-24). The 'eating' gesture refers to the 1st cycle of the year, when everything is growing as a result of the rays from the sun. From the elbow of the great moa ('personification' of spring sun) emerges what probably indicates the spring sun power.

In Gb5-27 the moon season is completed (tagata). In Ga7-21 the sun season is completed. 190 = 10 * 19. The curious top sign probably indicates the turning around (the 'curse', hakaturou). Maybe the strange left (past) leg refers to kava?

Gb5-28 is the 3rd and last of its kind:

Gb4-6 Gb4-7 Gb4-8 Gb4-9 Gb4-10 Gb4-11
Gb4-12 Gb4-13 Gb4-14 Gb4-15 Gb4-16 Gb4-17
Gb4-18 Gb4-19 Gb4-20 Gb4-21 Gb4-22
Gb4-23 Gb4-24 Gb4-25 Gb4-26 Gb4-27
Gb4-28 Gb4-29 Gb4-30 Gb4-31 Gb4-32
Gb4-33 Gb5-1 Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4