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Where is the midwinter break? We have ascertained that the midsummer break is at Aa6-55 and the next question to answer should be to find the glyph at the opposite place of the year.

We can use the pattern: 42 → midwinter break → 42. Probably the 2nd 42 are illustrated in these glyphs:

Aa2-35 Aa2-43 Aa2-48 Aa2-52 Aa2-58 Aa2-67 Aa2-77 Aa3-11 Aa3-38
1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd
14 13 15

Why are there not 14 marks in all three periods? Maybe one of the reasons is that the periods when the moon is visible vary somewhat in length.

The 1st 42 probably are illustrated in the triple GD45:

Aa1-49 Aa1-50 Aa1-51 Aa1-52 Aa1-53 Aa1-54

3 * 14 = 42 and we guess that GD45 indicates a fortnight.

If this reasoning is correct, than the midwinter break must be after Aa1-54 but before Aa2-35.

The first line (a1) has 90 glyphs and by adding 36 to 54 we reach Aa1-90.

Aa1-77 Aa1-78 Aa1-79 Aa1-80 Aa1-81 Aa1-82 Aa1-83
Aa1-84 Aa1-85 Aa1-86 Aa1-87 Aa1-88 Aa1-89 Aa1-90

These 14 glyphs arrive immediately after glyphs which have parallels in H / P / Q. They probably, therefore, represent a separat unity. In Aa1-77 the 'knee' is still at right and consequently the break has not yet occured.

In Aa1-75 we recognize GD18 (niu) from Aa1-13 in the introduction part and the glyphs look identical, affirmation of the idea that the break is yet to come:

...
Aa1-13 Aa1-72 Aa1-73 Aa1-74 Aa1-75 Aa1-76

In line a2 we find the sign of  ) in the right part of Aa2-8:

Aa2-1 Aa2-2 Aa2-3 Aa2-4 Aa2-5 Aa2-6 Aa2-7 Aa2-8

All this makes me guess that the first 90 glyphs (= ¼ * 360) contain the following:

                    Introduction to the text of Tahua
summary of solar year Aa1-1--12 12 48
summary of 'life (light) in death (darkness)' Aa1-13--15 26
the day Aa1-16--36
the night Aa1-37--48 10
Start of the calendar
42 - 14 (Aa1-77--90) = the first 28 nights of the new year Aa1-49--76 28 42
the 3rd fortnight of the new year Aa1-77--90 14

But this is merely a guess. Aa1-66 is located at position 18, counted after Aa1-48, and this glyph carries some message of middle:

36 / 2 = 18. Aa1-84 (66 + 18 = 84) is the 8th glyph among the 14 perhaps constituting the 3rd fortnight of the new year:

If this glyph (no. 36 after Aa1-48) represents the end of a regular year with 360 days, then we may understand the 7 following thereafter as beyond this regular year:

Aa1-85 Aa1-86 Aa1-87 Aa1-88 Aa1-89 Aa1-90

Unfinished limbs occur not only in Aa1-90 but also in Aa1-87.

As to Aa1-90 we may compare with Aa2-21:

I guess we in Aa2-21 can see the full image of the glyph type to which Aa1-90 belongs. Fischer does not indicate any damage at the end of line a1.