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We must proceed with the glyph dictionary pages. Next comes two pages about the calendar in Large Washington tablet. Each of them has a hyperlink, but I choose to present the two pages first - they are related:

 

Immediately before the sun calendar in Large Washington Tablet a pure glyph is found:
The text is destroyed here. ...
Sb2-1 Sb2-2

1

6

Sb2-3

Sb2-4

Sb2-5

Sb2-18

Sb2-19

Sb2-20

2

7

Sb2-6

Sb2-7

Sb2-8

Sb2-21

Sb2-22

Sb2-23

3

8

Sb2-9

Sb2-10

Sb2-11

Sb2-24

Sb2-25

Sb2-26

4

9

Sb2-12

Sb2-13

Sb2-14

Sb2-27

Sb2-28

Sb2-29

5

10

Sb2-15

Sb2-16

Sb2-17

Sb2-30

Sb2-31

Sb2-32

-

...

Sb2-33

Sb2-34 text destroyed

In Sb2-3, the 1st glyph of the calendar, the top 'flame' of the sun glyph (hetuu) appears to indicate a flame. Probably a flame of ignition is needed beyond the 'spiritual' (pure) phase. Pure (in Sb2-2) is located before this 'flame of light', as if in the beginning there was no light.

In Sb2-17 the top 'flame' reappears at the back side of the bird with a sleepy head (moe), indicating how it is now 'finished'. Both in Sb2-3 and in Sb2-15 the sun symbols are deviating from the norm (the other 8 sun symbols). The 'flame', therefore, is defined in this calendar to 'live' during the 5 first periods, half of the total time.

Sb2-1--2 are related to Sb2-7--8, because of the special shape of the ihe tau glyphs. ...
Sb2-1

Sb2-2

1

6

Sb2-3

Sb2-4

Sb2-5

Sb2-18

Sb2-19

Sb2-20

2

7

Sb2-6

Sb2-7

Sb2-8

Sb2-21

Sb2-22

Sb2-23

3

8

Sb2-9

Sb2-10

Sb2-11

Sb2-24

Sb2-25

Sb2-26

4

9

Sb2-12

Sb2-13

Sb2-14

Sb2-27

Sb2-28

Sb2-29

5

10

Sb2-15

Sb2-16

Sb2-17

Sb2-30

Sb2-31

Sb2-32

Sb2-8 is furthermore related to the 6th period of the calendar in E, by which a relationship between pure and two bent henua can be established.

The sun flame in Sb2-17 is not identical with the one in Sb2-3, but that does not matter - they are meant (I believe) too look as if they were the same. In Sb2-17 it is not a flame, but a closed cycle (the 1st half-year).

The pure is once again preceeding the ignition, as in Ka3-7:

 

Ka3-7 Ka3-8 Ka3-9 Ka3-10 Ka3-11 Ka3-12 Ka3-13 Ka3-14

An enigma is presented by the two special ihe tau:

 

0

no sun

-

Sb2-1

Sb2-2

1

Sb2-3

Sb2-4

Sb2-5

2

Sb2-6

Sb2-7

Sb2-8

They are more bent than the other 8 ihe tau. Are they similar in meaning to bent henua? There are two shells in a pure glyph, and here there are two very bent ihe tau. Sb2-2 and Sb2-8 are similar yet the first one is definitely 'dead' while the other one is very 'vital'. In between them the flame is ignited.

In Tahua we have these 4 + 1 = 5 much bent ihe tau:

 

Aa5-46 Aa5-54 Aa5-57 Aa5-64 Aa5-83

Interestingly, the first 4 appear immediately before a pair of pure in an extraordinary long glyph:

 

Aa5-68 Aa5-69
Aa5-70 Aa5-71 Aa5-72 Aa5-73

Presumably we should rearrange the glyphs in the calendar into:

 

Sb2-1

Sb2-2

Sb2-3

Sb2-4

Sb2-5

Sb2-6

Sb2-7

Ihe tau should end sequences and Rei should start them.

The first 7 are 5 'black' glyphs (= 365 - 360) surrounded by the special ihe tau (referring to the year rather than to the months).

 

Sb2-2 Sb2-32 Sb2-33 Sb2-34
Aa4-12 Aa4-13 Aa4-14 Aa4-15

 

Sb2-8

Sb2-9

Sb2-10

Sb2-11

Sb2-12

Sb2-13

etc.

Sb2-29

Sb2-30

Sb2-31

Sb2-32 is connected with Sb2-2:

Sb2-32

I decide to do so by inserting a new text page in the dictionary:

The correct structure of the S calendar is, though, different from what has been presented so far. A Rei glyph, for example, must be located at the beginning, not at the end. The correct (or at least a better) structure is as follows:
Sb2-1 and Sb2-7 serve as markers which define the season when a new year sun is ignited. There are 5 glyphs between the marker glyphs.
Sb2-1

The regular calendar contains 8 months (red).

Sb2-2

Sb2-3

Sb2-4

Sb2-5

Sb2-6

Sb2-7

Sb2-8

Sb2-9

Sb2-10

Sb2-20

Sb2-21

Sb2-22

Sb2-11

Sb2-12

Sb2-13

Sb2-23

Sb2-24

Sb2-25

Sb2-14

Sb2-15

Sb2-16

Sb2-26

Sb2-27

Sb2-28

Sb2-17

Sb2-18

Sb2-19

Sb2-29

Sb2-30

Sb2-31

In the 9th month darkness falls again - notice honu.

There are 4 + 4 'feathers' in the complete haś (sun) cycle, (meaning 8 months).

Sb2-32

Sb2-33

Sb2-34

Luckily I did not have to argument from mauga (Sb2-34) - that glyph type comes later in the dictionary.