Hb1-1	Hb1-2	Hb1-3
223 (217)

Glyph line Hb1 apparently is a continuation of the front side (similar to how line b1 in G evidently 'continues' from the front side, cfr at rona), such is the verdict after a quick look. The first line on side b can be regarded as line number 13 of the front side. This number we can see also in Hb1-3.

Division by 3 in order to find the number of days also continues to give reasonable results in line Hb1. Earlier I guessed the number of glyphs in this line was 52, but the probable number is instead 51 (= 17 days). 17 is 'one more' than 16 and 13 is 'one more' than 12, and both 17 and 13 are 'sinister' in character (are on the 'wrong side'). Changing from 52 to 51 will change the total number of glyphs from 1314 to 666 + 647 = 1313, and once again 13 appears, but this time twice, creating the even sum 26.

2 refers to 'the other one' and 1313 ought to indicate the 'other' (ké) last month, possibly meaning the last month of Moon instead of Sun. And the double 'great balls' in Hb1-3 ought to be related to the single such at the beginning of day number 459 / 3 = 153 (= 3 * 51):

The day colours are the same. 459 alludes to 4 * 59 = 236. But we should rather count 45 * 9 / 3 = 135 as an indication of 13 (months) for Sun (5). 9-10 ought to be used at the end of a quarter (and 4 is a quarter of 16).

Venus at Hb1-3 has ordinal number 648 + 3 = 651 or 666 + 3 = 669. If we subtract 459 from 651 it becomes 192 (= 8 * 24). And 669 - 459 = 210 (= 7 * 30). Expressed in days it becomes 217 - 153 = 64 respectively 223 - 153 = 70. Here I prefer not to count those 18 imaginary glyphs:

63 is the mirror image of 36. But the season seems to stretch for 5 * 13 = 65 days, beginning with 'hura poporo' and ending with hura in Hb1-3.

Maybe these 'great balls' refer to Venus. Also hura in *Ra3-3 is located in a Friday:

*Ra3-1	*Ra3-2	*Ra3-3	*Ra3-4 (53)	*Ra3-5	*Ra3-6

*Ra3-7	*Ra3-8	*Ra3-9	*Ra3-10 (59)	*Ra3-11	*Ra3-12	*Ra3-13

And a connection with Moon seems to be hinted at with marama in position 59.

The parallel text in Tahua can now be presented. Here hura is combined with ihe tau in a single glyph:

Ea9-25	Ea9-26	Ea9-27	Ea9-28	Ea9-29 (319)

326 - 36 = 290 is the number of glyphs from Ea1-1 to the end of line Ea8. Adding 29 to 290 results in 319 at hura in Ea9-29, a day of Mercury, where significantly 9 and 29 are numbers 'without light' (the feeble 'son of Sun' having like Phaethon carelessly raced the 'sun-chariot' down into the sea).

This important point in the text forces us to also count 92 * 9 = 828 = 2 * 414, maybe implying that 828 is to be understood as 826 + 2 = 2 * (413 + 1), based on a fundamental cycle of 14 * 29.5 = 413 nights.

From this I imagine hura in Ea9-29 could refer to a pair of 'one more', like a pair of interconnected eggs. The top one is circular in form but the bottom one is slightly oval (like a drop). This pair of 'eggs' possibly represents the 2 cycles of the year, one for the front side (high up like midsummer sun) and one for the back side (the low 'drop'). Of course I have been influenced by the Taranaki storhouse (though it has only one egg):

What happens with these interconnected 'eggs'? They seem to go down into the 'earth', become 'hilled up', we can read from puo in Ea9-30:

Ea9-30 (320)	Ea9-31	Ea9-32	Ea9-33	Ea9-34	Ea9-35	Ea9-36 (326)

After that 'the visibility' (eyes are formed like eggs) cannot be as before for a while (cfr the empty space to the right of the egg in the picture above).

But in Ea9-33 we can see a whole fish. 93 * 3 = 279 = 31 * 9 which connects it with hura in Ea9-29 (with ordinal number 319). The preceding Saturn glyph holds another complete fish in front, and 8 * 36 = 288 is equal to 9 * 32. Presumably we should, however, rather count 93 * 2 = 186 (= 366 - 180). The 2 fishes are leaning slightly away from each other, a sign which should indicate end (looking back) respectively new beginning (looking forward):

Ea9-30	Ea9-31	Ea9-32 (322)

Ea9-33	Ea9-34	Ea9-35	Ea9-36 (326)

If this is a correct interpretation then we should regard the 4 glyphs Ea9-33--36 as the beginning of the next cycle, and 4 + 302 = 306 = 17 * 18. More interesting, though, is the possible reading 30 * 6 = 180 = 366 - 93 * 2.

We turn the tablet and continue to read on side b. It begins with a glyph similar to that in Ca1-26, but the 'head' in Eb1-1 is in a high position (like maitaki in Eb1-7) and it has no 'eye' at left. Maybe the left 'eye' has been 'hilled up', which also could explain the high positions of Eb1-1 and Eb1-7):

Ca1-26	Eb1-1	Eb1-2	Eb1-3	Eb1-4	Eb1-5	Eb1-6	Eb1-7	Eb1-8

The beginning of the front side of Mamari exhibits glyphs which resemble what we have read at the end of side a of Keiti:

Ca1-1	Ca1-2	Ca1-3	Ca1-4	Ca1-5	Ca1-6

Ea9-25	Ea9-26	Ea9-27	Ea9-28	Ea9-29 (319)	Ea9-30 (320)	Ea9-31

The 'melody' is the same but the 'song text' is different. For instance is henua ora in Ea9-27 narrow and straight while henua ora in Ca1-3 is broad and curved (a sign of the expansion, horahora, inherent in spring). The same contrasting signs characterize the following hau tea glyphs.

In Ea9-25 an empty hand is the major sign, which probably indicates the 'fire' in the sky (Spring Sun) is 'finished'. In Ca1-1 we instead can see ragi (the night sky) without any sign of the light from Moon. Moon has 2 'faces' and there are 2 irregular 'balls' hanging down in front in Ca1-3. The sign between henua ora and these 'hanging balls' is an odd variant of haga rave - also Venus has her 'harbours', I think.

Metoro said haga i te mea ke at Saturday in Ca1-4, just as he did at hura in Ca5-14 (kua haga te mea ke), which 'proves' that he was able to understand at least some parts of the Mamari text:

This is also the place to mention the strange behaviour of Metoro when he began to read backwards on side b of Keiti. For this we need an extra page.