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If the creator of the Y text for some reason wished to 'devaluate' the glyphs beyond the first 18 (180 days) in his calendar I, then we can expect him to have done so also with the glyphs in calendar II. The structure below will then be the result:

9 * 20 = 180
Yc1-3 Yc1-4 Yc1-5 Yc1-6 Yc1-7 Yc1-8 Yc1-9
Yc1-10 Yc2-1 (180)
12 * 10 = 120
Yc2-2 Yc2-3 Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 Yc3-1 (240)
Yc3-2 Yc3-3 Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 Yc3-7 (300)
3 * 20 = 60
Yc3-8 Yc1-1 Yc1-2 (360)

I have here assigned non-devaluated 20 days for all 3 glyphs in the last little group. However, there should be some reason for Yc3-8 being at the end of the text while Yc1-1--2 are at the beginning. Furthermore, manu rere in Yc3-8 is ending in nothing. Following these cues the correct number of days for the last little group could be 50:

10 + 2 * 20 = 50
Yc3-8 Yc1-1 Yc1-2 (350)

But I am not satisfied. Day 300 should be at Yc3-6 where Moon rules. And henua at Yc1-10 ought to be at 180. To accomplish this it is necessary to reestablish Yc1-2 at the beginning of the text:

9 * 20 + 2 = 182
Yc1-2 Yc1-3 Yc1-4 Yc1-5 Yc1-6 Yc1-7
Yc1-8 Yc1-9 Yc1-10 Yc2-1 (182)
10 * 10 + 3 = 103
Yc2-2 (192) Yc2-3 Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 Yc3-1
Yc3-2 (245) Yc3-3 Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (295)
3 * 20 - 1 = 59
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 Yc1-1 (354)

As can be seen I have changed my mind halfway through the improvement of the structure. Time is ruled by the Moon, and she arrives at day 295, not at day 300.

On the other hand, the right hand, Sun rules the first half of the year, and therefore henua in Yc1-10 is at day 180 (not at day 177). The fraction of a glyph in Yc2-1 I have translated into 2 days. This results in the interesting fact that hanau in Yc2-2 will be number 192 (which we recognize from K).

Mercury at Yc3-1 is not a full glyph either, and I have assigned it a value of 3 days. Finally manu rere in Yc3-8 has been given 19 days instead of 20. Then follows a waning moon which could indicate that a 'great month cycle' has reached its end.

 

53 has appeared at the end of texts, I remember. It could be a further sign that 3 should be added at the end of the full cycle (because 2 has been added at the first part of the cycle).

The oval in Yc1-9 is resembling in outline the pair of vai later on:

159 41 52 59
Yc1-9 Yc2-3 Yc3-3
160 202 255
201 53 60
354

The numbers suggest we should reduce with 1 at the beginning:

158 41 52 58
Yc1-9 Yc2-3 Yc3-3
159 201 254
200 53 59

Maybe that is the function of the sign 'open at the bottom' at henua. 53 can then be explained as necessary in order to reach 53 + 59 = 112 = 4 * 28 = 8 * 14. A revised structure:

10 * 20 - 2 = 198
Yc1-2 (19) Yc1-3 Yc1-4 Yc1-5 Yc1-6 Yc1-7
Yc1-8 Yc1-9 (159) Yc1-10 Yc2-1 (198)
11 * 10 + 1 = 111
Yc2-2 (209) Yc2-3 (219) Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 (249) Yc3-1 (259)
Yc3-2 (269) Yc3-3 (279) Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (309)
3 * 20 - 1 = 59
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 Yc1-1 (368)

Counting also Yc2-1 as basically a whole glyph and then reducing with 1 because of the open bottom end will make the sum of the first group to be 10 * 20 - 2 = 198. Hanau in Yc2-2 has his open and henua-like arm at left, which means reverse. We have to add 1 instead of reduce by 1. In Yc3-1 the henua at right is open at both ends, presumably meaning +1 and -1 = 0. Mercury is a zero-character. Open feet at Yc3-2 do not disturb the counting, they are not rima. But the open arm at right in Yc3-8 should count as minus 1.

Another alternative is to count also the open beak in Yc3-8 as minus 1. But then we ought to add 3 at Yc3-1, because the three 'limbs' are open towards left. And we ought already according to the previous alternative have reduced with 1 for the open arm at left. The first alternative revised:

11 * 10 + 2 = 112
Yc2-2 (209) Yc2-3 (219) Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 (249) Yc3-1 (260)
Yc3-2 (270) Yc3-3 (280) Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (310)
3 * 20 - 1 = 59
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 Yc1-1 (369)

The second alternative:

11 * 10 + 3 = 113
Yc2-2 (209) Yc2-3 (219) Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 (249) Yc3-1 (261)
Yc3-2 (271) Yc3-3 (281) Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (311)
3 * 20 - 2 = 58
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 Yc1-1 (369)

This alternative is not very good and we can forget regarding the beak as another arm.

I discover I have made a mistake in the dictionary page. I attempted to reach 300 at Yc3-6 but changed my mind halfway through and instead opted for 295, which evidently became too much in one step. Therefore, once again:

10 * 20 = 200
Yc1-2 Yc1-3 Yc1-4 Yc1-5 Yc1-6 Yc1-7
Yc1-8 Yc1-9 Yc1-10 (180) Yc2-1 (200)
10 * 10 = 100
Yc2-2 Yc2-3 Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 (250) Yc3-1
Yc3-2 (260) Yc3-3 Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (300)
3 * 20 = 60
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 Yc1-1 (360)

This is a good alternative. 180 and 300 are exactly right with these two great henua glyphs. Without complicating matters Yc1-1 will be at number 360. But I was forced to set Mercury at Yc3-1 as zero.

If I had not done that, Yc3-6 would have been 310. To save the game I would then have tried to count 3 * 10 = 30 for the last group. 310 + 30 = 340 = 17 * 20. The first group of 20 days does not show on the dial.

Revising also the following table we will have these two alternatives:

159 49 59 90
Yc1-9 Yc2-3 Yc3-3
160 210 270
160 50 150
360
159 49 69 60
Yc1-9 Yc2-3 Yc3-3
160 210 280
160 50 130
340

I feel inclined to accept 340 as the correct interpretation. 130 is a better number than 150 when Sun has left. 280 is 70 nights beyond the first of the vai glyphs. And it is a complication not to count Yc3-1, we need all the planets if we count weeks.

The revised dictionary page:

 

... But I am not satisfied. Day 300 should be at Yc3-6 where Moon rules. And henua at Yc1-10 ought to be at 180. To accomplish this it is necessary to reestablish Yc1-2 at the beginning of the text:

10 * 20 = 200
Yc1-2 Yc1-3 Yc1-4 Yc1-5 Yc1-6 Yc1-7
Yc1-8 Yc1-9 Yc1-10 (180) Yc2-1 (200)
14 * 10 = 140
Yc2-2 Yc2-3 Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 Yc3-1
Yc3-2 Yc3-3 Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (310)
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 Yc1-1 (340)

As can be seen I have changed my mind halfway through the improvement of the structure. Although henua at Yc1-10 received 180 henua at Yc3-6 will have 310 instead of 300.

I have also integrated the last 3 glyphs in the structure in order to accomplish 14 * 10 in the 2nd group.

340 may seem as a strange total, but koti could suggest it has been counted right, because the sign is located in glyph Yc3-4.

If we think in terms of 20, then 360 = 18 * 20. But the first 20 cannot count - time measures only after 'the sand in the hour-glass has run out'.

200 is half 400 and 140 is half 280.

 

Considering my argument 130 (for the number of days beyond vai in Yc2-3) we can also imagine Yc1-1 being moved back to its place of origin at the beginning of the text:

179 49 69 50
Yc1-9 Yc2-3 Yc3-3
180 230 300
180 50 120
350

This results in a complementary reading of calendar II, where our two henua glyphs will be renumbered as 200 respectively 330 (= 12 * 30 - 30). I therefore add at the end of the dictionary page:

 

Another - and better - interpretation is though the following, where Yc1-1 has been returned to its place of origin:

11 * 20 = 220
Yc1-1 Yc1-2
Yc1-3 Yc1-4 Yc1-5 Yc1-6 Yc1-7
Yc1-8 Yc1-9 Yc1-10 (200) Yc2-1 (220)
13 * 10 = 130
Yc2-2 Yc2-3 Yc2-4 Yc2-5 Yc2-6 Yc3-1
Yc3-2 Yc3-3 Yc3-4 Yc3-5 Yc3-6 (330)
Yc3-7 Yc3-8 (350)

In time the end will be noted down as 350 (not as 360).