In R there is a beautiful
hura which is of interest because the
context has a parallel in A:
...
Ra3-101
Ra3-102
Ra3-103
Ra3-104
Ra3-105
Ra3-106
I
cannot say which ordinal number on side a this hura glyph occupies.
I have tried to find out but uncertainty remains (for the moment at
least). Maybe one glyph is missing at the beginning of line Ra3 and
maybe 58 is the ordinal number of hura:
...
*Ra3-1
*Ra3-2
*Ra3-3
*Ra3-4
*Ra3-5
*Ra3-6
*Ra3-7
*55
*56
*57
*58
*59
*60
*61
On
the other hand we possibly should reduce by 5 corresponding to the
estimated number of absent glyphs at the beginning of line Ra1. 58 -
5 = 53 is expressing a similar situation as 2 * 29 = 58. These
numbers point towards the
dark end, and if hura glyphs were used around
spring equinox number 53 or 58 for *Ra3-4 is fitting - beyond light
must come.
Disregarding the 5
first glyph spaces on side a of R is not very different from disregarding
the last 666 - 648 = 18 glyph spaces on side b of H:
side b
side a
53
18
299
Hb11-50
Ha6-25
(300)
72
372
Ambivalence is beautiful. The total number of glyph spaces will increase
from 2 * 648 = 1296 to 1314 = 1000 + 314. And 13 * 14 = 182 or half
364, presumably meaning that the whole of the H text is referring to
the 'Sun-is-present' half of the year.
And in G there are 72
glyphs from the end of the Jupiter cycle (where the 'egg' is held
high to indicate the sky) to the end of side b:
68
Gb6-16
Gb6-17
(400)
Gb6-18
Gb6-19
Gb6-20
Gb8-30
(472)
399
0
72
Furthermore, at
372 (Saturn in Ha6-25) we can count 3 * 72 = 216 = 648 / 3.
STOP! I made
a mistake! 18 missing glyphs there are not at the end of
side b of H. They are at the end of side a. In spite of this
mistake I decided to keep the text above as it is. 1314 is
still a 'hidden' sum on the H tablet, and 2 * 12 = 24 lines
also suggest Sun.
Uncertainty regarding the number of glyphs
hovers over all lines excepting Ra2 and Rb6:
a1
*30
30
b1
*17
17
a2
24
54
b2
*24
41
a3
*30
84
b3
*21
62
a4
*26
110
b4
*23
85
a5
*30
140
b5
*26
111
a6
*29
169
b6
33
144
a7
*31
200
b7
*29
173
a8
*26
226
b8
*21
194
sum
*226
b9
ca 30
ca 224
sum
ca 224
My
attempt at reconstruction resulted in 226 glyphs on side a and ca 224 on side
b, altogether around 450 glyphs. This total could possibly be understood as
3 times 150 or 3 half cycles, in analogy with 471 = 3 * 157 and 942
= 3 * 314.
At
toki was mentioned that the Chinese had an important time cycle
of 1˝ years. If we count with 364 as the basic unit of time for Sun,
then 364 * 150% = 546 could be a relevant number (corresponding to
300 * 150% = 450), and 546 (counted from Ea1-1 is the number of
Eb6-36 (where 6 * 36 = 216):
Eb6-31
Eb6-32
Eb6-33
Eb6-34
Eb6-35
Eb6-36 (546)
Eb7-1
Eb7-2 (548)
Maybe
the first 2 glyphs in next line (Eb7) are intended to illustrate the time
of the 'egg'. 548 = 365⅓ * 150%. The egg form is at bottom in
both glyphs, implying the beginning of 'life', I think.
Although there once could have been room for 9 glyph lines also on
side a of R I believe the creator adjusted his text as good as he
could to the physical restraints of the tablet. The number of glyph
spaces certainly must be relevant and 'missing' glyphs are also to
be considered as signs.
I once estimated the first line on side a to
have 30 glyph spaces, the same number as in the
3rd and 5th lines:
a1
30*
30
b1
17*
17
a2
24
54
b2
24*
41
a3
30*
84
b3
21*
62
a4
26*
110
b4
23*
85
a5
30*
140
b5
26*
111
a6
29*
169
b6
33
144
a7
31*
200
b7
29*
173
a8
26*
226
b8
21*
194
sum
226*
b9
ca 30
ca 224
sum
ca 224
We
do not need to look closer on line Ra5 for the moment, but the absence of
glyphs at the very beginning of line Ra1 must be examined:
...
...
...
...
...
*Ra1-1
*Ra1-2
*Ra1-3
*Ra1-4
*Ra1-5
*Ra1-6
*Ra1-7
*Ra1-8
*Ra1-9
*Ra1-10
*Ra1-11
*Ra1-12
*Ra1-13
*Ra1-14
*Ra1-15
*Ra1-16
*Ra1-17
*Ra1-18
*Ra1-19
*Ra1-20
*Ra1-21
*Ra1-22
*Ra1-23
*Ra1-24
*Ra1-25
*Ra1-26
*Ra1-27
*Ra1-28
*Ra1-29
*Ra1-30
Possibly the absence of 5 glyphs at the beginning of side a
means absence of 'fire'. If we subtract 30 - 5 = 25 the result means Saturn.
*Ra1-25 is not the usual type of haga rave, it does not have the
pointed front end, and it should therefore rather mean the
'harbour of autumn':
*Ra1-25
haga rave
Hakaariki ('to make a king') in *Ra1-16
could express a símilar idea - the 'Fire King' (Sun) must be
recreated.
In *Ra1-8 there are 5 maro 'feathers' hanging down and in
*Ra1-15 mauga has 3 + 3 'feathers' emerging from behind
'the mountain' (mauga). Yet another week and the
'feathers' are no longer there. From *Ra1-17 a new season has
arrived and the last 10 glyphs in the line is beginning with
Mars depicted as hetuu. Sun time is once again running
(*Ra1-26). In the following *Ra1-27 Moon has no force to stop
him, that is why we hardly can see anything of this glyph. It
must be a sign.
Maybe we have to work with ambivalence:
...
*Ra3-1
*Ra3-2
*Ra3-3
*Ra3-4
*Ra3-5
*Ra3-6
*Ra3-7
*50
*51
*52
*53
*54
*55
*56
*55
*56
*57
*58
*59
*60
*61
*Ra3-8
*Ra3-9
*Ra3-10
*Ra3-11
*Ra3-12
*Ra3-13
*Ra3-14
*57
*58
*59
*60
*61
*62
*63
*62
*63
*64
*65
*66
*67
*68
The
number of glyphs to consider for the first 2
lines is either 49 or 54, and it is not easy to
judge which consecutive sums of glyphs are more meaningful:
a1
*30
30
*25
25
a2
24
54
24
49
a3
*30
84
*30
79
a4
*26
110
*26
105
a5
*30
140
*30
135
a6
*29
169
*29
164
a7
*31
200
*31
195
a8
*26
226
*26
221
sum
*226
*221
The
midnight type of henua in *Ra3-14 is above coloured for Mars.
If we think it should be a Moon day, then we should not count the
absent glyph *Ra3-1:
*Ra3-1
*Ra3-2
*Ra3-3
*Ra3-4
*Ra3-5
*Ra3-6
*Ra3-7
*Ra3-8
*Ra3-9
*Ra3-10
*Ra3-11
*Ra3-12
*Ra3-13
This
feels better. 3-14 now moves one step ahead and the colours
fit. *Ra3-12 should for instance be a Sun day because 3 * 12
= 36. And Saturn has 'one more' (than 10).
The difference between counting 30 or 25 in line Ra1 could
possibly have been used in order to manage the difference
between 64 (Sun) and 59 (Moon) if the measure to the end of side
b of G can be applied:
Gb6-26
(409)
Gb6-27
Gb6-28
Gb7-1
Gb7-2
Gb7-3
(414)
5
Anyhow, I feel
inclined to reduce my estimated number of glyphs in line Ra3
from 30 to 29 and it will then be the same number as in line
Ra6:
Sun
Moon
a1
*30
30
a1
*25
25
a2
24
54
a2
24
49
a3
*29
83
a3
*29
78
a4
*26
109
a4
*26
104
a5
*30
139
a5
*30
134
a6
*29
168
a6
*29
163
a7
*31
199
a7
*31
194
a8
*26
225
a8
*26
220
sum
*225
sum
*220
6
glyph lines for Sun will thereby add up to 168 (= 12 * 14)
glyphs. The last 'station' of the ruling Sun King has number 26
and the last night of the Moon Queen is numbeer 29. A pattern of
symmetry indicates we should count twice 3 = 6 glyph lines for
Sun and 4 + 4 glyph lines for Moon. She has two faces, but Sun
only one.
Line Ra4 ends the face of Waxing Moon, and the sum number is a
satisfying 104 = 4 * 26.
Counting by Moon (disregarding the estimated 5
empty
glyph spaces at the beginning of line Ra1) hura will
be number 52 - if we ignore the possibility of
an empty
glyph space at the beginning of line Ra3:
*Ra3-1
*Ra3-2
*Ra3-3 (52)
*Ra3-4
*Ra3-5
*Ra3-6
*Ra3-7
*Ra3-8
*Ra3-9
*Ra3-10 (59)
*Ra3-11
*Ra3-12
*Ra3-13
Judging from 53 at the following ihe tau a season evidently
is
ending with hura, cfr how 2 glyph lines earlier winter solstice evidently is ending
with Sun as a Janus-eyed hau tea followed by Moon and ihe
tau:
*Ra1-17
*Ra1-18
*Ra1-19
*Ra1-20
*Ra1-21
*Ra1-22
*Ra1-23
*Ra1-24
*Ra1-25
*Ra1-26
*Ra1-27
*Ra1-28
*Ra1-29
*Ra1-30
Or should we use the 'Moon colours', by reducing the ordinal
numbers by 5:
*Ra1-12
*Ra1-13
*Ra1-14
*Ra1-15
*Ra1-16
*Ra1-17
*Ra1-18
*Ra1-19
*Ra1-20
*Ra1-21
*Ra1-22
*Ra1-23
*Ra1-24
*Ra1-25
I guess the meaning to be read from
hura in *Ra3-3 is different from what we have seen earlier:
*Ra3-3
Hb11-50
Ca5-14
hura
Although the form in general is the same the enormous size of the
'balls' cannot be ignored. In *Ra3-3 they are more like in my
prototype for
hura.
What
time is it? In *Ra3-5 the right one of the double birds (which form
a single'person') has a sign of Rogo imprinted on his wing in
front. We seem still to be in midwinter. Rogo should be the
first glyph of the new year and the double-bird in *Ra3-5 is located
in a Sun day.
54 +
5 = 59, and 472 - 59 = 413. Maybe the Moon toga will set the limit
for Sun in *Ra3-6. Or
else at midnight in day 63 + 5 = 68 (*Ra3-13).
Mars
in *Ra3-7 is still 'imprisoned':
*Ra3-1
*Ra3-2
*Ra3-3 (52)
*Ra3-4
*Ra3-5
*Ra3-6
*Ra3-7
*Ra3-8
*Ra3-9
*Ra3-10 (59)
*Ra3-11
*Ra3-12
*Ra3-13
Rima aueue indicates 'end', for instance of Sun in Gb5-5:
Gb5-5
Gb5-6
Gb5-7
Gb5-8
Gb5-9
Gb5-10
359
360
361
362
363
364
The
end of the 'imprisonment' (not literally of course because the
egg-form in *Ra3-7 is not drawn with a closed perimeter) is behind
the corner.
In H
there is a hura at the beginning of side b which exhibits the
same enormous 'balls' as hura in *Ra3-3 and therefore it must be a sign:
Hb1-1
Hb1-2
Hb1-3
Hb1-4
We should look closer.
Both
Fischer and Barthel indicate in their reproductions of Small
Washington Tablet (RR16 respectively R) an empty space at the
beginning of line a3.
However, if we look at the photo of side a in Fischer it is obvious that there cannot have been any glyph space available for
the creator of the rongorongo text. The 'face' of side a
does not stretch to the left of the pair in Ra3-1--2. We can
eliminate the uncertainty marked by asterisks:
