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According to my reconstruction there is a cardinal point at Aa1-64 because the glyph says so and because there is an agreement between two different ways to count days:

Aa1-63 Aa1-64 Aa1-65 Aa1-66 Aa1-67 Aa1-68
363 364 365 366 367 368
364 365 366

Vaha mea puo in Aa1-68 seems to identify the last glyph of the year and day 366 is beyond 365¼. The following extraordinary Aa1-69 could very well illustrate a kind of continuation of the shape of Aa1-64:

177 (= 3 * 59) 178 179 180
Aa1-69 Aa1-70 Aa1-71 Aa1-72
367 368

When another calendar takes over it may be a gradual process, stretching over e.g. 16 + 1 glyphs and maybe here from Rei in Aa1-52 (which would be day 160). Then follows a sequence with 90 - 72 = 18 glyphs, perhaps to day 198 = 2 * 99.

The first 4 of these glyphs could belong in a group together in analogy with 360 + 4 = 364:

Aa1-73 Aa1-74 Aa1-75 Aa1-76
181 182 183 184

Without any such thoughts I once saw Aa1-76 as the last glyph of a sequence. My judgment was based on perceiving that the H/P/Q texts did not follow in parallel beyond Aa1-76. To evaluate if I my perception was right we must reexamine the texts.

 

According to the 2-glyphs-per-day calendar Rei will be at the 26th day on side a:

 

Aa1-49 Aa1-50 Aa1-51 Aa1-52 (160) Aa1-53 Aa1-54
357 332 + 26 = 358 359
Aa1-55 Aa1-56 Aa1-57 Aa1-58 Aa1-59 Aa1-60 (168)
360 361 362

358 does not at first appear to be interesting, but quickly it is discovered to be equal to 35 * 8 = 280.

If according to a calendar with 280 days Aa1-52 is the end, then we can presumably identify the beginning as 2 * 280 = 560 glyphs earlier. 560 - 52 (line a1) = 508. The glyph will be Ab2-74:

 

Ab2-61 Ab2-62 (144) Ab2-63 Ab2-64 Ab2-65 Ab2-66
Ab2-67 Ab2-68 (150) Ab2-69 Ab2-70 Ab2-71 Ab2-72
Ab2-73 Ab2-74 (156) Ab2-75 Ab2-76 Ab2-77 Ab2-78
Ab2-79 Ab2-80 Ab2-81 Ab2-82 (164)

There is a little one (tapa mea with 4 feathers in front) below the hakaturou sign in the preceding Ab2-73. And the preceding day ends with manu rere.

'Reexamine the texts':

 

 

I will base the comparison on the H text, because it seems to be 'closer in spirit' to A than the other two texts.

To begin with the day numbers, I have arrived at the conclusion that they here are defined as glyph number (counted from Ha1-1) divided by 3 and followed by the additions of both 64 and 63. The phenomenon of adding 63 was found also in the parallel Q text:

... 173 (the day number according to the rule 218 / 2 + 64) will become 236 if we add 63 ...

In Q day number 236 was discovered at Qa6-12 (a.m. of day 236), and this glyph has *Ha6-49 and vaha mea puo in Aa1-68 as parallels. The puo idea, cfr Aa1-68, - 'covered up' - is in *Ha6-49 and in Qa6-12 expressed in another way so that only the 'flames', 'feathers', are visible while the 'body' is hidden by the 'person' in front, who is bathing in light.

P.m. of day 236 (in Q) is parallel with Ha6-50 (where 6 *  50 = 300):

*Ha6-47 *Ha6-48 *Ha6-49 *Ha6-50 *Ha6-51 (326) *Ha6-52
235 327 / 3 + 64 + 63 = 236

Next. My statement of an affinity between A and H (at least in this region of the text) is based on comparisons between the haga rave designs:

Aa1-72 *Ha6-54 (329) Pa6-15 (330) Qa6-17 (222)
368 (180) 237 237 111 + 64 + 63 = 238

There are 5 feathers in front in A and H. In Tahua a new fire must be growing in front because it is the last day of the year. It is a fire of the spring which lies in front and not a double-feather string as in H (where autumn lies in front).

In H the spring 'fire' is in the past - 5 feathers are at left in *Ha6-49 and 4 feathers in front. These 4 feathers should be double-feathers but half of them are hidden from view. Maybe also the feathers in Aa1-72 are half hidden - Sun has 10 periods.

 

 

The method of counting day numbers should be possible to secure also by looking at the following glyphs. Beyond 5 (rima, fire) glyph positions which are strategically located at the bottom of the burnt area on the tablet, there are 8 glyphs where we can see only the bottom parts:

...
*Ha6-20--24 *Ha6-25 *Ha6-26 *Ha6-27
*Ha6-28 *Ha6-29 *Ha6-30 *Ha6-31 *Ha6-32 *Ha6-33 (308)

Immediately preceding the 5 'burned' glyphs the calendar of daylight is ending. We can see only the top parts (line number a6 is upside down) of the last 4 glyphs and the ordinal number for the last of them is 294:

Ha6-14 Ha6-15 Ha6-16 Ha6-17 Ha6-18 Ha6-19 (294)

294 is one less than 10 * 29.5 which hardly is a coincidence. Likewise can we imagine the missing bottom parts of 4 glyphs to have been intentionally used for contrast, which reasonably explains  the missing top of 8 glyphs (not in the burned area). After 4 quarters of Sun there is time for 8 periods of Moon. 5 totally invisible glyphs could allude to a time when Moon is intruding herself between Sun and Earth, bathing in his rays.

Beyond the 'fire' glyphs the upside down orientation - now invisble top parts instead of invisible bottom parts - can illustrate that the bottom has been reached and that the path of Sun now is leading upwards to the north again.

The numbers are helpful, e.g. because 6 * 25 = 150, presumably indicating half the 300 days of Sun. 294 / 3 = 98, and day 99 (the 'Sirius' number) will be in the burned area. 99 + 64 = 163 and 163 + 63 = 226. It seems to be time for the '2nd' 26 (13 periods with 20 days). The first '26' should end with *Ha6-24, because 6 * 24 = 12 * 12.

6 * 28 = 168 and 6 * 32 = 192. Then follows a Rei in full view. It is located in the center of day 230 (= 309 / 3 + 64 + 63).

According to the calendar of daylight darkness has fallen, cfr ihe tau in Ha6-16, and the 'dark cloth of night' presumably is illustrated by the charred surface of the tablet.

 

If a first period of 13 * 20 = 260 days is ending with *Ha6-24, where 6 * 24 = 144, then it should begin with 4 * 29 dark nights. 144 + 116 = 260.

Expressed in glyphs: 144 * 3 = 432 (which happens to be equal to (648 + 648) / 3) glyphs. 299 of them are needed to count to *Ha6-24 from Ha1-1. 432 - 299 = 133 must be at the end of side b, from Hb10-39 onwards:

 

Hb10-39 (516) Hb10-40 Hb10-41 Hb10-42 Hb10-43 Hb10-44
Hb10-45 Hb10-46 Hb10-47 (524) Hb10-48 Hb10-49 Hb10-50 (528)

Evidently this is close to an important event, because the parallel P ends with *Pb11-60 where the 12th glyph from Rei in Hb10-39 is.

If we count the day number at Hb10-39 it will be 516 / 3 = 172, and 172 + 64 = 236 and 236 + 63 = 299. Possibly we should think 16 * 29.5 = 472 = 300 + 172, because 472 = 2 * 236 and 299 gives 29 * 9 = 261 or 'one more' than 260.

Rona in Hb10-47 could illustrate the 'downfall'. 104 * 7 = 728 and 728 / 2 = 364.

This seems to be an important discovery and I surely must take the opportunity to document it as an extra page:

... The first '26' should end with *Ha6-24, because 6 * 24 = 12 * 12 ...

 

 

If a first period of 13 * 20 = 260 days is ending with *Ha6-24 (where 6 * 24 = 144), then it ought to begin with 4 * 29 = 116 dark nights. 144 + 116 = 260.

Expressed in glyphs: 144 * 3 = 432 (which happens to be equal to (648 + 648) / 3 glyphs. In order to reach 648 also as the number of glyphs on side a I have counted the 'imaginary' glyphs in the burned area but not the 18 possible glyphs in the empty space at the end of line Ha12.

299 of these 432 glyphs are needed to count to *Ha6-24 from Ha1-1. 432 - 299 = 133 must therefore be at the end of side b, which is from Hb10-39 onwards:

Hb10-39 (516) Hb10-40 Hb10-41 Hb10-42 Hb10-43 Hb10-44
Hb10-45 Hb10-46 Hb10-47 (524) Hb10-48 Hb10-49 Hb10-50 (528)

Evidently this is close to an important event, because the parallel P text ends with *Pb11-60, parallel with Hb10-50.

If we count the day number at Hb10-39 we can first divide by 3 and 516 / 3 = 172. Then we can add 64 and reach 236. Should we add also 63 the day number becomes 299 (i.e. the same day number as the glyph number of *Ha6-24).

299 can possibly be read as 29 * 9 = 261, or 'one more' than 260.

As to the important event we presumably should think 16 * 29.5 = 472 = 300 + 172 (= 516 / 3), because 472 = 2 * 236 (where 236 = 172 + 64).

Rona in Hb10-47 could illustrate the 'downfall' of the year. 104 * 7 = 728 and 728 / 2 = 364.