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Increasing takaure to 268 by starting at Gb2-34 is a move opposite to what I just have suggested, viz. reducing takaure to 264 by ending at Ga3-24:
182 = 2 * 91 is meaningful, and Gb8-30 can still not be included. 86 does not appear to be right. Maybe neither Gb8-30 nor Ga1-1 should be counted. 471 - 2 = 469 (= 7 * 67), a number which does not strike any bell. If we add the two suggested manipulations, we get:
These alternatives have been discussed in the glyph dictionary:
Logically, though, the change from 182 to 184 at takaure does not necessarily need to have any effect on summer. Because already before the suggested modification Gb3-1 is counted both in 112 and as the first glyph in takaure. We can hardly change 112 to 110, and therefore the glyph dictionary suggested modification ought to be:
Now we can focus ot the suggested change. There is a kind of beauty, evidently appreciated by the rongorongo creators, in 184 being followed by 84. The same kind of beauty is exhibited in 268, of common stock with 168 and 68. By counting 84 from the last glyph on side b we are using the same method which proved successful when tagata at Gb5-6 was numbered 360. I do not need to change the page in the glyph dictionary - there it is all only in the discussion phase. Let us lock the takaure season to 184 + 84 = 268 as suggested. The summer solution in the glyph dictionary may be wrong, because 96 is a better number than 94:
This adjustment has the positive benefit of reaching 544 = 8 * 68. We no longer are restricted to adjusting takaure by reducing 268 with 2 because of an increase by 2 in summer. Indeed, this is the key for reaching 544.
84 is the sum of 1 (Gb8-30), 30 (glyphs in a1), 29 (glyphs in a2), and 24 (glyphs in a3), i.e. the 2nd part of the takaure season. 96 is the number of glyphs in the 'growth season', 112 is 'high summer' and 68 the number of days beyond that to reach the final of the well ordered year (at Gb5-6 - number 360). 8 is a measure which works well for the 'growth season' and 'high summer', with 8 * 12 respectively 8 * 14 days. For the remainder (68 days) it is necessary to adjust to 4 'corners', a sign that sun has left and moon now reigns. 69 = 3 * 23 is odd in all aspects. 544 - 68 = 476 = 276 + 200 = 7 * 68, i.e. in order to reach 8 multiples of 68 (a key number), the declining (imaginary) sun season beyond high summer must be counted (in spite of it already having been counted in takaure). If we disregard this numerical force, we can find summer as:
This 'true' summer is defined by takaure both at its beginning and end:
Only Gb4-4 remains of the takaure glyphs in G. But we have already discussed it:
The idea that Gb4-4 is at the apex of takaure needs to be checked. Our map is:
268 - 36 = 232 = 8 * 29 glyphs come after Gb4-4 and it is number 36 counted from the beginning of takaure. It is located at the midpoint between the beginning of takaure and the end of the well ordered year (360 at Gb5-6). 2-34 gives a clue: Count twice 34 to reach the end of the year. (Though you should also put a glyph in the middle.) With Gb5-6 at 360, Gb4-4 will be 360 - 35 = 325 = 13 * 25, the end of the last period of light has been reached. The glyphs between Gb4-4 and Gb5-6 must be mysterious. |
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