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TRANSLATIONS
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a1 |
30* |
30 |
b1 |
17* |
17 |
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a2 |
24 |
54 |
b2 |
24* |
41 |
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a3 |
30* |
84 |
b3 |
21* |
62 |
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a4 |
26* |
110 |
b4 |
23* |
85 |
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a5 |
30* |
140 |
b5 |
26* |
111 |
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a6 |
29* |
169 |
b6 |
33 |
144 |
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a7 |
31* |
200 |
b7 |
29* |
173 |
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a8 |
26* |
226 |
b8 |
21* |
194 |
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sum |
226* |
b9 |
ca 30 |
224 |
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Total number of
glyphs ca 450 |
sum |
ca 224 |
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'Twice' 26 and 'twice' 24 for side a respectively side b could
be a sign that these numbers have been correctly estimated. |
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When counting to
177 glyphs from *Rb1-1 to rona in Rb8-5 I was forced, in
various places, to estimate the number of glyphs which either
never were inscribed or have since disappeared. The first such
instance comes immediately:
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Here, at the beginning of line b1, ca 8
glyphs are missing. |
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*Rb1-9 |
*Rb1-10
(236) |
*Rb1-11 |
*Rb1-12 |
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*Rb1-13 |
*Rb1-14 |
*Rb1-15 |
*Rb1-16 (242) |
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*Rb1-17 |
My glyph
number for tagata with a mata head in
*Rb1-16 (which should be the last glyph in a
16-glyph long sequence) is *242, which corresponds
to the day number of my only rona glyph in G
- given that Gb8-30 is not counted:
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Gb1-1 |
Gb1-2 |
Gb1-3 |
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Gb1-4 |
Gb1-5 |
Gb1-6 (236) |
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Gb1-7 |
Gb1-8 |
Gb1-9 |
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Gb1-10 (240) |
Gb1-11 |
Gb1-12 |
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Gb1-13 (243) |
Gb1-14 |
Gb1-15 |
Gb1-16 |
Gb1-17 |
Gb1-18 |
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Gb1-19 |
Gb1-20 |
Gb1-21 |
Gb1-22 |
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Gb1-23 |
Gb1-24 |
Gb1-25 |
Gb1-26 (256) |
The
texts of G and R have about the same number of
glyphs (471 respectively ca 450) and a comparison
between them could therefore be fruitful.
R is the
shorter of them, and we should notice that 26 is
both the number of glyphs in line Gb1 and my
estimated number
of glyphs in line Ra8. Side b of G is beginning with
number 231 and side b of R with number 227 - or
maybe with 227 + 1 = 228 (= 12 * 19) if the
structure with counting from the last glyph of side
b should be used also in the R text.
In a way
the front side of the calendar of G continues on to
side b, first in order to reach 236 (= 8 * 29.5) and
then to reach 240 (= 8 * 30). We can even
understand Gb1-26 to be day number 8 * 32 (= 256 =
236 + 20). The back side of the G calendar will then
not begin until glyph line b2.
26 is
the number of the 'ruling sun king' and we can imagine
his abode to be in line b1 in G and in line a8 in R.
We should remember that Antares, the summer star, is
located at a southern declination of 26º:
Rona
in Gb1-13 could have its position by cause of
being ordinal number 13 in the glyph line of the ruling
sun king. We can then regard its position - according
to my suggestions earlier in this rona
chapter - as the dark day beyond 12, with 13 as the symbol for
a completed sun cycle.
It would correspond to
'ika kino' (the 'bad fish' driving the sun's
chariot without sufficient power). In the 2nd list of
place names number 13 (or 17 if we begin counting
from 4
'nights' earlier) has the appellation kino ariki ('a bad time
for the king'):
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13 |
ko te hereke a
kino ariki |
rising moon |
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14 |
hatu ngoio a taotao ika. |
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15 |
ara koreu a pari maehaeha. |
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16 |
hanga kuokuo a vave renga. |
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17 |
Opata roa a mana aia. |
'climbing the tree' |
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18 |
vai tara kai u(a) a ngao roaroa a
ngao tokotokoa. |
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19 |
hia uka a hakairiiri a hakaturuturu. |
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20 |
hanga ohiro a pakipaki renga. |
In the
1st list of place names item 13 is tama he ika
kino he ihu roroa:
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nga kope ririva
tutuu
vai a te
taanga |
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2 |
te
pu mahore a hau maka o hiva |
3 |
te
poki uri a hau maka i hiva |
4 |
te
manavai
a hau
maka o hiva |
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5 |
te
kioe uri a hau maka o hiva |
6 |
te
piringa aniva a hau maka o hiva |
7 |
te
pei a
hau maka o hiva |
8 |
te
pou a
hau maka o hiva |
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9 |
hua reva a hau maka o hiva |
10 |
akahanga a hau maka o hiva |
11 |
hatinga
te
kohe a hau maka o hiva |
12 |
roto iri are a hau maka o hiva |
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13 |
tama
he
ika kino
he
ihu roroa |
Glyph
line Gb1 is important because it contains the halfway
station to day 472 (= 16 * 29.5) as number 6 among its
26 glyphs. Rona in Gb6-13 is the halfway
station to 26.
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Glyph line Rb2 seems to have 24 'glyph spaces' (visible + not
visible glyphs):
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Rb2-4 |
Rb2-5 |
Rb2-6 |
Rb2-7 |
Rb2-8 |
Rb2-9 |
Rb2-10 |
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Rb2-11 |
Rb2-12 |
Rb2-13 |
Rb2-14 |
Rb2-15 |
Rb2-16
(259) |
The
rising fish in Rb2-16 I have regarded as the last
glyph in a sequence of 16, and then there remain ca 8
glyph spaces in the line:
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Rb2-17 |
Rb2-18 |
Rb2-19 |
Rb2-20 |
Rb2-21
(264) |
Rb2-22 |
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Here, at the
end of line b2, ca 2
glyphs are missing. |
Henua ora in Rb2-21 is glyph number 264 (= 364 - 100), and therefore
it
seems to indicate the final of a Sun season. The
preceding manu kake is the 20th glyph
in what could be the season of 'climbing the
tree':
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21 |
Opata roa a mana aia. |
'climbing the tree' |
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18 |
22 |
vai tara kai u(a) a ngao roaroa a
ngao tokotokoa. |
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19 |
23 |
hia uka a hakairiiri a hakaturuturu. |
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20 |
24 |
hanga ohiro a pakipaki renga. |
Number 20 becomes number 24 when recounted
(by adding 4 from the end of the previous
month), which
number agrees with the estimated number of glyph spaces in
line Rb2. Next glyph line will presumably begin the 'climbing down' phase.
If so, then Rb2-21--*24 possibly are to be
regarded as
'extracalendrical', 'dark' nights.
If we
count with '1 more' (so to say) and add 1 to the
ordinal numbers from *Ra1-1 (in the same way as when
we add Gb8-30 when counting ordinal numbers in G)
the rising fish in Rb2-16 will be number 260. 216 (in
2-16) is equal to 6 * 36 = 12 * 18 = 9 * 24 and a
number which definitely should be used as a corner
stone in a calendar of the rongorongo type.
Manu
kake will now be at day 264 which is more in order,
and the 'fraction' of a glyph in Rb2-22 could
correspond to ca ¼ (= 365.25 - 365) of a day:
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Rb2-17 |
Rb2-18 |
Rb2-19 |
Rb2-20
(264) |
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Rb2-21 |
Rb2-22 |
*Rb2-23 |
*Rb2-24 (268) |
The
ruling Sun King should have 10 periods, which will
be 260 days if we count with 26 days per period. If we
add 4 from the end of the reign of the previous Sun
King, 260 will become 264. If we, instead, like to
have 10 times 4 added to 260 it will become 300:
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Sun |
Moon |
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40 + 260 = 300 |
4 + 16 = 20 |
Day
number 240 in the year can then be regarded as
40 + 200 and night number 24 in the month as 4 +
20. The
bird pair in Rb2-1 was above given ordinal number 244, which can be
interpreted as 40 + 200 + 4, maybe meaning 'a joint venture' of
Sun and Moon. Now we can adopt the last glyph in
line Rb1 as the first glyph of this joint
venture (and it will thereby release the tension
caused by an odd number of glyphs at the
beginning):
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*Rb1-17
(244) |
Rb2-1 |
Rb2-2 |
Rb2-3 |
The
great henua of midnight type in Rb2-3
indicates a great season and at right we can
imagine a fusion between haga rave and
some other sign. This great season is ending, we
can understand from the peculiar manu rere
who looks back in Rb2-2. Rb2-3 presumably
indicates a Hanga, and it should be
Hanga Ohiro. Counting on from 17 (at
*Rb1-17) the number at Rb2-3 will be 20.
Another, and similar, pair of
birds is found at the beginning of line Ra3:
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ordinal numbers are counted from *Rb9-30 |
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60 |
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166 |
17 |
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206 |
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*Ra3-6 (61) |
183 |
Rb2-1 (245) |
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451 = 185 + 266 |
Here
we can suspect winter solstice and Rogo to be located,
because the wing at right carries his sign (and
3-6 alludes to 360). Half a year later Sun and Moon will meet again,
and
'climbing the tree' happens at midsummer. If the
'Tree' is scetched in *Rb1-17, then 244 can be
read as 64 + 180. Evidently adding 64 to the
beginning of the 'front side' is not necessary
in R, because these 64 days are already at their
proper places at the beginning of the front
side:
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60 |
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*Ra3-6 |
*Ra3-7 |
*Ra3-8 |
*Ra3-9 |
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64 |
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163 |
16 |
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*Rb1-17 |
Rb2-1 |
Rb2-2 |
Rb2-3 |
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179 |
64 + 180 = 244 |
245 |
246 |
247 |
Rearranging these 64 glyphs at the beginning of
side a to the end of the back side of the text,
the overall pattern becomes more clear:
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179 |
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*Rb1-17 |
Rb2-1 |
Rb2-2 |
Rb2-3 |
Rb2-4 |
Rb2-5 |
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180 |
181 |
182 |
183 |
184 |
185 |
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Rb2-6 |
Rb2-7 |
Rb2-8 |
Rb2-9 |
Rb2-10 |
Rb2-11 |
Rb2-12 |
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186 |
187 |
188 |
189 |
190 |
191 |
192 |
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Rb2-13 |
Rb2-14 |
Rb2-15 |
Rb2-16
(260) |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Rb2-17 |
Rb2-18 |
Rb2-19 |
Rb2-20
(264) |
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6 |
7 |
8 (200) |
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Rb2-21 |
Rb2-22 |
*Rb2-23 |
*Rb2-24 (268) |
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10 |
11 |
12 |
If
there should be 451 days in all in the R
text, then there will be 451 - 268 = 183
glyphs from the beginning of line Rb3 to the end
of side b, and 200 + 4 + 183 + 64 = 451.
If
there should be 452 days in the text, then
it would fit nicely with 260 + 192, and the
rising fish in Rb2-16 could be the last of these
260 days. But tagata in Rb2-12 (number 13
from *Rb1-17) obviously is the last glyph of
192, which means we should begin counting anew
with day 1 of 260 at the peculiar ariki
in Rb2-13. He forms a pair with the following
ariki in Rb2-14 which suggests that the 2nd
part of the year has arrived.
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If *Rb1-17 stands at midsummer and is a hint of the shape of the
'Tree', then the bird pair could 'alight' in it while 'time comes to
a standstill':
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Rakau |
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*Rb1-17
(244) |
Rb2-1 |
Rb2-2 |
Rb2-3 |
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180 (= 244 - 64) |
181 |
182 |
183 |
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Rb2-4 |
Rb2-5 |
Rb2-6
(250) |
Rb2-7 |
Rb2-8 |
Rb2-9 |
Rb2-10 |
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184 |
185 |
186 |
187 |
188 |
189 |
190 |
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Rb2-11 |
Rb2-12 |
Rb2-13 |
Rb2-14 |
Rb2-15 |
Rb2-16
(260) |
Rb2-17 |
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191 |
3 * 64 |
193 |
194 |
195 |
7 * 28 |
197 |
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Rb2-18 |
Rb2-19 |
Rb2-20
(264) |
Rb2-21 |
Rb2-22 |
*Rb2-23 |
*Rb2-24 |
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198 |
199 |
200 |
201 |
202 |
203 |
204 |
Tagata with empty hand and an elbow ornament
which shows a closed cycle is glyph number 4 * 64 =
256 counted from *Rb9-30.
In the
Hawaiian moon calendar we will reach the 'end of the
tree' (Rakau-pau) in the 24th night counted
from 26 Kane in the preceding month:
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1 Hilo |
7 Ole-ku-kahi |
14 Akua |
21 Ole-ku-kahi |
26 Kane |
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2 Hoaka |
8 Ole-ku-lua |
15 Hoku
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22 Ole-ku-lua |
27 Lono |
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3 Ku-kahi |
9 Ole-ku-kolu |
16 Mahea-lani |
23 Ole-pau |
28 Mauli |
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4 Ku-lua |
10 Ole-pau |
17 Kulu |
24 Kaloa-ku-kahi |
29 Muku |
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5 Ku-kolu |
11 Huna |
18
Laau-ku-kahi |
25 Kaloa-ku-lua |
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6 Ku-pau |
12 Mohalu |
19 Laau-ku-lua |
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13 Hua |
20 Laau-pau |
The 2nd
list of place names has Hanga Ohiro as the
'end of the tree', I have suggested:
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*Rb1-17 |
Rb2-1 |
Rb2-2 |
Rb2-3 |
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17
Opata roa a mana aia. |
18 vai tara kai u(a) a
ngao
roaroa a
ngao
tokotokoa. |
19 hia uka a hakairiiri a
hakaturuturu. |
20
hanga ohiro a pakipaki renga. |
| Gao
1. Neck. 2. Glans penis (te
gao o te kohio), neck of penis. Vanaga.
Neck, throat, (naho
G); gao pukupuku, scrofula; hore
te gao, to cut the head off; arakea
gao, scrofula. Gaogao, calm.
Gaoku, to eat greedily. Gaopu, to
choke on a bone. Churchill. |
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Turu
To come down, to go down, to
descend; ka-turu-age koe ki tai, go
down to the sea now; turuga, coming
down, descent. Vanaga.
1. To fall in drops, to
flow, to leak, to descend, a drop; turu
ki tai, to take refuge at sea;
hakaturu, to cause to descend, to lower,
to take soundings; hakaturuturu, to
heave and pitch. Turuga, declivity.
Turuvai, water conduit. P Mgv.:
akaturu, to conduct water in a drain.
Ta.: tuturu, to fall in drops. 2. To
stay, to prop. T Pau.: turu, a post,
pillar, to sustain. Mgv.: turu, a
support, rod, stay, to sustain. Ta.: turu,
stay, support; turuturu, posts of a
house. Ha.: kukulu, a pillar, a
post. 3. To come, to arrive, to overcome;
tehe e turu, through and through;
hakarava hakaturu, quadrangular.
Churchill. |
On the
map the high terrain is finished and Anakena
lies ahead:
I will,
though, not try to put the following items (beyond
number 20 in the 2nd list of place names) in
parallel with the glyphs of R. We have done enough
for the moment.
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