TRANSLATIONS

TRANSLATIONS

584 is equal to 184 + 400 and 84 appears also as the number of glyphs from Aa8-2 to the end of side a:

			398				84
Aa3-8	Aa3-9 (184)	Aa3-10		Aa7-84 (584)	Aa7-85	Aa8-1
		400

Obviously the pair Aa7-85 and Aa8-1 serve a function of knitting together the end of line Aa7 with the beginning of line Aa8. And manu kake in Aa3-10 fills a function of standing at the beginning of a new 'season'.

5 * 80 = 400 seems to be an approximation only, and it may be significant that 403 = 363 + 40:


Gb6-17 (400)	Gb6-18	Gb6-19	Gb6-20 (403)

Relying on the manu kake sign we can conclude hahe in Aa3-9 has the last position in a period. This period could have 184 days, it could have 64 + 184 = 248 days, or it could be of some other length. There is uncertainty because the text does not seem to begin with Aa1-1.

But with 403 or 404 as the period in focus it will be realized that this hahe will also be at the beginning:

			398				84
Aa3-8	Aa3-9 (184)	Aa3-10	398	Aa7-84 (584)	Aa7-85	Aa8-1
404

Anyhow, there are 10 + 2 = 12 feathers in haú, which surely must refer to the final of the sun. And a head is turned upside down in Aa7-85. Presumably the end of the old year can be identified as glyph number 408 (as in G) - given that Aa3-8 is number 1:


Aa8-2 (587)	Aa8-3	Aa8-4	Aa8-5 (590)
405	406	407	*408 = 4 17**

Tagata here indicates that old sun is fully grown. Sun has at position 590 (counted from Aa1-1) reached to his end. 590 = 20 * 29.5.

We have now discussed hahe in Aa3-9 enough for the time being. It was necessary to do so in some detail in order to identify where it belongs in the structure of Tahua. For a briefer discussion relating to the other hahe glyphs in Tahua - see here.

Hahe in Aa3-9 must logically be connected with sun as a little baby, because the little rhomb in the center agrees in form with that at top center in Aa3-10. In hahe sun is still hidden, while at the top of manu kake he is seen like a beacon from all directions.

The moon crescent appears at position 584 + 1, and a new season probably is beginning with Aa7-85:

*180 = 4 45**
*180 = 4 45**	Aa3-6	Aa3-7 (182)

			*396 = 4 99**
Aa3-8	Aa3-9	Aa3-10	*396 = 4 99**	Aa7-82	Aa7-83	Aa7-84 (584)

		*84 = 4 21**
Aa7-85	Aa8-1	*84 = 4 21**

45 + 99 = 144 = 12 * 12, and 4 * 144 = 576. To which must be added 8 (dark?) nights in order to reach 584 days, the synodic cycle of Venus.

584 / 2 = 292 is a reasonable measure for the sun. There may be 2 * 8 = 16 glyphs missing (in order to reach 300) and 6 of them we apparently have found:

Aa7-85 Aa8-1 Aa8-2 (587) Aa8-3 Aa8-4 Aa8-5 (590)

403 404 405 406 407 408 = 4 * 17

The structure in G suggests we should continue beyond 408 and not stop until we have reached at least to number 415:

Gb6-25 Gb6-26 (409) Gb6-27 Gb6-28

Gb7-1 (412) Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (414) Gb7-4

16 - 6 = 10, and 415-409 are 7 glyphs:


Aa8-6 (591)	Aa8-7	Aa8-8	Aa8-9
409	410	411	412
1		2

Aa8-10	Aa8-11	Aa8-12	Aa8-13
413	414	415	416
3		4

Aa8-14	Aa8-15 (600)	Aa8-16	Aa8-17
417	418	419	420
5		6

Beyond Aa8-12 comes a Rei and what may be a 'fire generator'. Mago in Aa8-12 is fat and turning around, he should be at winter solstice. His curious tail could have been fetched from the following Rei, which in turn has his tail at the top end. Possibly it is a sign that we should here count 2 glyphs per day, presumably from Aa8-6.

1334 - 590 = 744 and 744 / 2 = 372. Maybe the new year will begin from Aa8-18? 372 - 6 = 366.

Glyph number 600 is number 182 + 418, and if we begin counting from Ga1-1 this day will be found to be a 'midnight henua':


Gb7-5	Gb7-6 (418)	Gb7-7	Gb7-8 (420)	Gb7-9	Gb7-10	Gb7-11

Gb7-12	Gb7-13	Gb7-14 (426)	Gb7-15	Gb7-16	Gb7-17 (429)

472 - 420 = 52, 472 - 426 = 46, and 472 - 429 = 43.