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Next page (in the series from the link 'waxing and waning'):

Beyond spring, midsummer, and autumn equinox, sun will be rapidly waning, leaving for Hiva. The open feet sign in Ka3-3 seems to indicate his last stage:
Ka3-1 Ka3-2 Ka3-3

Ka3-3 would then be a further determinant of the 'sun-fish' in Ka3-1 - its last 'spiritual' stage. The strange sign at the back (tu'a) of the sitting person suggests the season when we no longer can see the 'face' of the sun.

In period 20 (twice 10 and 14 beyond 6) we can read about the point when sun is turning around (leaving us in the dark):

20
Kb2-107 Kb2-108 Kb2-109 Kb2-110
*Kb2-12 *Kb2-13 *Kb2-14 *Kb2-15

Kb2-110 indicates the final of the sun's presence by the maro sign at right. The henua sign (in the middle of the glyph) is similar to the one in Ka4-15:

6
Ka4-13 Ka4-14 Ka4-15

*Kb2-14 is number 73 of the glyphs in the calendar, 52 beyond Ka4-14. 365 / 5 = 73, and 52 * 7 = 364.

Is the calendar meant to be used in several different ways? Counting can be done e.g. from Ka4-15 up to and including Kb2-14 with one week for each glyph, meaning (it seems) that a whole year (52 * 7 = 364) will be covered. Though then the rest of the glyphs in the calender will not be used:

Ka4-14 is number 21 in the calendar, i.e. 3 weeks would then lie before the year cycle, beginning with Ka4-15 and stretching up to and including *Kb2-14. Beyond *Kb2-14, beginning with *Kb2-15, the pictures in the glyphs tell us to move up to and including the last glyph in period 29, Kb4-14. The line number and ordinal number in the line also tells us to do so (similar to Ka4-14):

29 14 connects to Ka4-14 and to Kb2-14
Kb4-10 Kb4-11 Kb4-12 Kb4-13 Kb4-14
30 A different type of period.
Kb4-15 Kb4-16 Kb4-17 Kb4-18
31 ... A new season arrives.
Kb4-19 Kb5-101 Kb5-102
32
Kb5-103 Kb5-104 Kb5-105
0 A new fire is generated.
Ka3-13 Ka3-14

If we count 52 - 21 (the glyphs at the beginning of the calendar up to and including mago in Ka4-14) = 31 glyphs from *Kb2-15 we will reach henua ora in Kb4-12 (which is number 104 + 1 in the calendar).

Summarizing:

1 ... From Ka4-15 up to and including *Kb2-14 there are 52 glyphs.

From *Kb2-15 up to and including Kb4-14 there are 52 glyphs - given that we add the 21 up to and including Ka4-14.
Ka3-15 Ka3-21
1 6 glyphs 7
6
Ka4-13 Ka4-14 Ka4-15
20 21 22 (1)
20
*Kb2-12 *Kb2-13 *Kb2-14 *Kb2-15
71 (50) 72 (51) 73 (52) 74 (22)
29
Kb4-10 Kb4-11 Kb4-12 Kb4-13 Kb4-14
103 (51) 104 (52) 105 (1) 106 (2) 107 (3)

Metoro probably was right when he identified the henua ora type of glyph as a kind of henua.

Outside the 104 glyphs we should find 16 (= 120 - 104) glyphs. 2 are in period 0, before the calendar starts. Then, beyond the calendar, we can add 3 (29) + 4 (30) + *4 (31) + *3 (32) = 14.

Counting 52 for half a year must imply that each day is divided into two parts (night and day). In the calendar the summer half of the year needs 52 * 7 = 364 halfdays = 182 days = 26 weeks. Likewise the winter half of the calendar has 26 weeks.

The 3 glyphs at the end of period 29 (Kb4-12--14) perhaps represent the difference between 365¼ and 364. 3 glyphs equals 1½ days.