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Maybe 5 in 5 * 9 refers to the 5 dark nights between 365 and 360. If so, then the 29 glyphs following after Pb9-21 ought to represent those nights:
Then ought to follow a description of the birth of new year:
Pb10-7, with hakaturou being pushed forward, makes me remember Aa2-8 and Metoro's explanation about mahigo:
In Aa2-9 is a version of te pito, and in Aa2-10 is the 'recycling station'. Although the order is strange - Aa2-8 ought to arrive after Aa2-10 - we can recognize the parallel between Aa2-1--2 and Pb10-1--2 (with the same ordinal numbers):
In Pb10-1 a sort of gnomon is depicted - no body nor limbs - while in Aa2-1 the person is standing high. Pb10-1 is therefore in opposition to Aa2-1. The parallel is only superficial. When in Aa2-9 we observe a 'pito' with the 'sun head' outside and behind instead of inside it is a further 'proof' of the opposition:
A closer parallel between Aa2-1 etc maybe is offered on side a of P (and H/Q):
A little sign of the moon is shown at left in Pa6-27, while in Pb10-10 (double-ten as if to show the definite exit of the sun) we can see 12 'feathers' hanging on 3 'threads'. The top of Pa6-29 presumably indicates full moon:
Ea2-17 in turn is like Ga1-26 though with viri at the top instead of at bottom:
Maybe Ga1-26 is like the Maya maize god emerging from the old shell at new year:
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