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The tagata glyphs are not rare in the rongorongo texts. Therefore I expect such a glyph to appear closely before the only other haga te pau glyph we have, viz. the reversed sign in Pa6-15. This prediction proves to be true:
The forward leg in Pa6-15 ends in emptiness, with the foot invisible - like a ghost. Then, in Pa6-16 the opposite of a rounded club foot is presented. The new season has as one of its qualities the opposite of pau, it is affluent. The 'fish' is rising again (Pa6-17). Tagata in Pa6-14 is not designed en face, time is moving forward, I guess. In Pa6-12 pure may mark the 'zero' before time starts to move again. 6 * 12 = 72 = 360 / 5 and 6 * 14 = 84. 6 * 15 = 90 (a quarter is ending). I get the idea to see whether 5 * 18 = 90 may show us the ending of the preceding quarter, and it could very well be so:
Seen isolated like this we can read that the 2nd (because there are twin glyphs) season is ending at Pa5-18. Furthermore, the inverted maro strings suggest renewal (not finished). The tagata glyphs have signs looking like the fully grown 'summer tagata' (cfr above). Possibly, therefore, the 2nd part of summer (from midsummer to autumn equinox) ends here, without it meaning that the real final has been reached. It is the season of Pax rather than Vayeb. When I look which glyphs arrive before and after the 4 above, it becomes clear that indeed the 3rd quarter probably is meant:
In P (as well as in Q and H) the 'night calendar' follows, while in A the text continues with end of the year:
Niu in Aa1-13 can be compared with niu in Pa6-20. Niu belongs to the end of the year, and it seems to come after winter solstice, judging from its position in P. The 'night' is the 4th quarter according to P (and Q and H), while in A the 4th quarter is described differently:
There are 4 glyphs (as in P, H, and Q), presumably to indicate the last 4 months of the regular year, and there is a division in the middle, beyond which 'death' comes. Maybe the sign of renewal in P (and H, Q) by way of reversed maro strings means we should interpret the double 'cut marks' on the throat of 'kuukuu' (Aa1-11) as a sign of his 'head' being 'implanted' to ensure next generation? The last of him (pau) is taken care of and a new fire is alighted at Hanga Hoonu. This text is important for us and will be useful for the further translations. |