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Is it possible to draw any conclusions about the Tahua structure from what we have learnt about the structure in G?

471 + 1 = 16 * 29.5 ought to have some corresponding numerical sign in A.

1334 / 29.5 = 45.22 and if there is a sign of 29.5 we have to chose between 45 and 46. Obviously it cannot be an odd number, and therefore 46 * 29.5 = 1357 = 1334 + 23 must be the choice. 46 (twice 23) and 46 * 29 = 1334, as we have observed earlier.

16 * 29 (in G) = 464:

Gb8-21 Gb8-22 Gb8-23 Gb8-24 Gb8-25
462 463 464 465 466
Gb8-26 Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30
467 468 469 470 471

8 * 23 = 184 = 364 - 360. In Gb8-24 a final is reached (because the head is turned around looking back). 8 * 24 = 192 = 6 * 32.

There may be an allusion to haga te pau in Gb8-24 (number 365 + 100) - a glyph with a 'spooky moon crescent':

Gb5-12 Gb8-24
365 (366) 465 (466)

The wings resemble those in Ga1-16 (and 16 * 29 = 464):

Gb3-2 Gb3-3 Gb3-4 Gb3-5 Gb3-6
Ga1-13 Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16 Ga1-17 Ga1-18

With Gb5-6 as 360 (counting from Gb8-30) also Gb5-12 must - and possibly Gb8-24 should - be counted from Gb8-30:

Gb8-18 Gb8-19 Gb8-20 Gb8-21 Gb8-22 Gb8-23 Gb8-24
460 461 462 463 464 465 466
Gb8-25 Gb8-26 Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30
467 468 469 470 471 1

Manu rere in 460, 464, and 465 are hardly coincidental.

The 10 'staffs' in G would - if we could find similar ones in Tahua - be a sure mark for where spring sun is located. However, such a group cannot be found. Neither are there any kiore - henua glyphs in Tahua to give us guidance.

In Aa4-34 and Ab8-64 there are, though, powerful signs in form of great henua glyph cut off at one end:

Aa4-31 Aa4-32 Aa4-33 Aa4-34 Aa4-35
ki te tagata amo hia i te henua ko te tagata kua ui i tona henua kua moe ia kua huru ia
Aa4-36 Aa4-37 Aa4-38 Aa4-39 Aa4-40
i tona henua - kua oho te vae - ku totohu - i tona henua - e mai tae kake hia - ki te henua - ki uta ki te pito o te henua ko te henua - ma to rima
Ab8-61 Ab8-62 Ab8-63 Ab8-64 Ab8-65 Ab8-66 Ab8-67 Ab8-68
o te manu rere - ki tona rei o tona tagata - tapamea kua pure ia - ki tona nohoga i tona henua e haki pu ma te ihe tau toga rima ihe ihe tau

Time moves to the right (like the moon if you have south at your back), and in Aa4-34 henua grows bigger, while in Ab8-64 henua shrinks.

At the end of side b it is possible the end of the year is coming to a close, winter solstice (cfr toga). Aa4-34 should therefore stand close to approaching summer solstice. If so, then ki uta ki te pito o the henua should refer to the high summer peak (uta being the opposite of tai).

Let us now count:

Aa4-31 Aa4-32 Aa4-33 Aa4-34 Aa4-35
282 283 284 285 286
Aa4-36 Aa4-37 Aa4-38 Aa4-39 Aa4-40
287 288 289 290 291

Maybe 290 is summer solstice, a great henua at Aa4-38 being qualified by Aa4-39 (uta ki te pito o te henua) to indicate summer solstice. 10 * 29 glyphs from Aa1-1 are needed to reach the summit. 4 * 39 = 156 = 12 * 13.

Ab8-61 Ab8-62 Ab8-63 Ab8-64 Ab8-65 Ab8-66 Ab8-67 Ab8-68
1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 1317 1318

8 * 64 = 512 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2, and 13 * 14 = 182 = two quarters.

1314 - 285 = 1029, as if once again to comment upon the necessary glyphs from Aa1-1 to Aa4-39.