We
cannot finish the toki chapter without briefly looking at the
beginning of side a on
Keiti. It has a variety of toki glyphs. At hahe
it was mentioned that it begins with 7 glyphs
which maybe represent the planets:
Ea1-1
Ea1-2
Ea1-3
Ea1-4
Ea1-5
Ea1-6
Ea1-7
Mercury (Ea1-1) would then be depicted as a reversed toki
(not bad if we think of toki as an emblem of male power). The
lower part of toki in Ea1-6 possibly has an extra sign,
possibly
from the Moon.
And then follows a clearly atypical toki as the left arm of
Mars (honui) in Ea1-7.
Sun
in Ea1-5 carries a tao sign. Another such glyph - presumably
related - comes not far before toki hipu in Eb7-2:
Eb6-20 (530)
Eb6-21
Eb6-22
Eb6-23
Eb6-24
Eb6-25
Eb6-26
Eb6-27
Eb6-28
Eb6-29 (539)
Eb6-30
Eb6-31
Eb6-32
Eb6-33
Eb6-34
Eb6-35
Eb6-36
Eb7-1
Eb7-2 (548)
The
distance between the 'planetary sequence' and the
trio Eb6-28--30 is 530 glyphs:
530
Ea1-5
Ea1-6
Ea1-7
Eb6-28
Eb6-29 (539)
Eb6-30
5 * 30 = 150,
but also 53 is a number we recognize, e.g. from Tahua:
3
53
520
752
1279
1280
1334
1
522
1275
2 * 29
522 = 18
* 29
754 = 26
* 29
Immediately
beyond the 'planetary sequence' (Ea1-1--7) there are 99
glyphs distributed in 10 'sentences':
1
8
48 = 3 *
16
6
10
51 = 3 *
17
2
8
7
11
3
9
8
7
4
12
9
11
5
11
10
12
Many
toki glyphs are among these 99. An overview is delivered
here. It should also be noted that 7
+ 99 = 106 = 2 * 53.
1
Ea1-8
Ea1-9
Ea1-10
Ea1-11
Ea1-12
Ea1-13
Ea1-14
Ea1-15
2
Ea1-16
Ea1-17
Ea1-18
Ea1-19
Ea1-20
Ea1-21
Ea1-22
Ea1-23
3
Ea1-24
Ea1-25
Ea1-26
Ea1-27
Ea1-28
Ea1-29
Ea1-30
Ea1-31
Ea1-32
4
Ea2-1
Ea2-2
Ea2-3
Ea2-4 (36)
Ea2-5
Ea2-6
Ea2-7
Ea2-8
Ea2-9
Ea2-10
Ea2-11
Ea2-12
5
Ea2-13
Ea2-14 (46)
Ea2-15
Ea2-16
Ea2-17
Ea2-18
Ea2-19
Ea2-20
Ea2-21
Ea2-22
Ea2-23
6
Ea2-24
Ea2-25
Ea2-26
Ea2-27 (59)
Ea2-28
Ea2-29
Ea2-30
Ea2-31
Ea2-32 (64)
Ea2-33
7
Ea3-1
Ea3-2
Ea3-3
(68)
Ea3-4
Ea3-5
Ea3-6
Ea3-7
Ea3-8
Ea3-9
Ea3-10
Ea3-11
8
Ea3-12
Ea3-13
Ea3-14
Ea3-15 (80)
Ea3-16
Ea3-17
Ea3-18
9
Ea3-19
Ea3-20 (85)
Ea3-21
Ea3-22
Ea3-23
Ea3-24
Ea3-25
Ea3-26
Ea3-27
Ea3-28
Ea3-29
10
Ea3-30
Ea3-31 (96)
Ea3-32
Ea3-33
Ea3-34
Ea3-35
Ea4-1 (101)
Ea4-2
Ea4-3
Ea4-4
Ea4-5
Ea4-6
There
are 5 * 7 = 35 toki signs among these 99 glyphs, distributed as
16 + 19. And 99 - 35 = 64:
1
8
2
48 = 3 *
16
16
6
10
5
51 = 3 *
17
19
2
8
2
7
11
5
3
9
4
8
7
3
4
12
4
9
11
3
5
11
4
10
12
3
48 - 16
=
32
51 - 19
=
32
Among the
toki signs there are 15 tagata toki, leaving 20
other toki which possibly could contribute to some
kind of day (or rather night) structure.
Furthermore,
toki hipu in Eb7-2 is glyph number 548 counted from
Ea1-1, and maybe the 99 - 35 = 64 other (than toki)
glyphs are meant to indicate those nights which otherwise
tend to be located at the end of side b on tablets.
450 = 3
* 150
Ga1-29
(30)
Ga1-30
Ga2-1
Eb7-1
Eb7-2
(548)
94
95
96 = 64
+ 32
547
3 *
182½ +
15 tagata toki glyphstogether with Ea2-14 at
position 46 (= 2 + 18 + 26 = 100 - 64) are our main interest for
the moment:
Ea1-8
Ea1-16
Ea1-24
Ea2-1
Ea2-13
Ea2-14 (46 =
100 - 64)
Ea2-15
Ea2-16
Ea2-24
Ea2-25
Ea2-26
Ea2-27 (59 =
123 - 64)
Ea3-1
Ea3-12
Ea3-19
Ea3-30
Ea3-19 and Ea3-30 obviously exhibit another type of toki than
the rest. I guess they could indicate a darkness kind of toki.
The reversal of such a toki sign could then indicate a final
of darkness:
Ea1-7
Ea1-9
Possibly we should add 59 instead of 64, for this kind of toki.
7 + 59 = 66 and 9 + 59 = 68. Furthermore:
9
Ea3-19
(84)
Ea3-20
Ea3-30
Ea3-31 (96)
Ea3-32
84
+ 59 = 143
144 = 12 * 12
95
+ 59 = 154
155
156
At
rau hei we found tao in Ga1-25 (day 26 + 64 = 90)
to probably be connected with spring equinox:
242
Ga6-25
Gb6-26 (1)
winter
solstice
242
Gb1-25
Ga1-25 (90)
spring
equinox
Tao in Ga1-25 evidently forms a pair with tao in Ga1-22.
Tagatatoki in Ea3-30 (where 3 *
30 = 90) is followed by a pair of tao glyphs, and 3 * 32
= 96 is the ordinal number (counted from Ea1-1) for
Ea3-31. Also, 154 - 64 = 90.
After having taken care of the 2 'dark toki' there are
12 + 2 = 14 glyphs remaining:
Ea1-8
Ea1-16
Ea1-24
Ea2-1
Ea2-13
Ea2-14 (46 =
100 - 64)
Ea2-15
Ea2-16
Ea2-24
Ea2-25
Ea2-26
Ea2-27 (59 =
123 - 64)
Ea3-1 (66 =
130 - 64)
Ea3-12 (77)
Ea3-1 and Ea3-12 show signs of darkness (though they have
'normal toki' glyphs, not the kind I have labelled 'dark
toki'). The tiny hau tea
in Ea3-1 has no mata and there is only a single mata
at right in Ea3-12, as if a dark time was on its way to end:
7
Ea3-1
Ea3-2
Ea3-3
(68)
Ea3-4
Ea3-5
Ea3-6
Ea3-7
Ea3-8
Ea3-9
Ea3-10
Ea3-11
8
Ea3-12
Ea3-13
Ea3-14
Ea3-15 (80)
Ea3-16
Ea3-17
Ea3-18
Vae in Ea3-13 and the 'midnight henua' in Ea3-15
('one more' than 3.14 * 100) probably are indicating that once
again light will return. 80 + 64 = 12 * 12.
If we return to the beginning of what presumably is a calendar
for the year we find a gradual development of the (Sun) toki
signs in the first line:
7
7
7
Ea1-8
Ea1-16
Ea1-24
3
(as the number of tagata toki in line Ea1)
is a sign for spring and the person in Ea1-24 is 'eating' (kai).
A gap in time is the central sign in Ea1-16 and a turnover (upside down) sign
is seen in Ea1-8.
The single rather flat toki at right in Ea1-8 should be in the
position when the 'hourglass' is turned upside down. At
right in Ea1-16 the same kind of toki is thinner, taller
and separated. Its left
part is a vero (sky without any light) - the new year is
emerging from the 'primal embrace' (where there cannot be any
light).
In Ea1-24 the development has lead further. Light has returned
(the kai sign) and the central toki in Ea1-16 has
changed into a more normal sign. The added sign 'flat at bottom'
seen in the 2 toki in Ea1-16 is no longer present in the
single toki in Ea1-24.
8 glyphs later, in Ea2-1, a very similar (though not exactly the
same) toki is drawn at right, but kai
has disappeared and a small toki sign taken its place:
4
Ea2-1
Ea2-2
Ea2-3
Ea2-4 (36)
Ea2-5
Ea2-6
Ea2-7
Ea2-8
Ea2-9
Ea2-10
Ea2-11
Ea2-12
The half reversed moe in Ea2-24 seems to indicate a kind
of reversal at what could be day 100 (= 36 + 64).
A
complex pattern of the autumn generative process presumably is
the subject of the remaining tagata toki glyphs:
5
Ea2-13
Ea2-14 (46)
Ea2-15
Ea2-16
Ea2-17
Ea2-18
Ea2-19
Ea2-20
Ea2-21
Ea2-22
Ea2-23
6
Ea2-24
Ea2-25
Ea2-26
Ea2-27 (59)
Ea2-28
Ea2-29
Ea2-30
Ea2-31
Ea2-32 (64)
Ea2-33
Ihe tau in Ea2-32 obviously is an important 'land mark'.
2 * 32 = 64 and we should compare with Ea1-32 and Ea4-6:
