TRANSLATIONS
Next page is the last one of all those which relate to the honui glyphs in H:
264 looks as if it is an allusion to 364 (which is 4 * 91), a way to indicate the path of sun over the year (as if we had not already too many such). Here we can, though, also read 8 * 11 days (which necessitates 264 glyphs). Honui in Hb12-24 has at right henua, which I associated with the spring season when the 'bamboo staff' quickly will be growing tall again. If the new year sun baby is the one who is growing quickly, then it is reasonable to read 8 * 11, because 11 means the one generated as a baby from the old year - who is at left according to the decimal system (in 10, where the hole lies before 11). 5 * 11 = 55, is here the unit of measure for the whole new year.
Ha5-22 initiates the 80th day counted from Ha1-1. Possibly we should not count from Hb12-24, because there is a ua glyph in Hb12-23, and in Hb12-12 a moe says a new season is in view - it should not be a season with spring sun present:
We should also extend the table of honui ragi, and we will try to go forward in time:
The 'egg' is hatching in Hb12-21 (where -21 is the reverse of -12) and a new ragi comes forth. Then a new season (ua) begins (we have already noted). Reversals appear also in 1269 contra 1296 and 423 contra 432. It presumably means that the ua season stretches from Hb12-22 to the end of side b (but not longer). One wonders if there will always be a ua season after a 'watery hole', where a cycle is completed. 42 is the number of glyphs from Hb12-10 (1255) to the end of side b. 1255 / 5 = 251, one more than 5 * 50. And 432 = 8 * 55. Honui ragi at Ha10-9 ought to be the beginning of a season ending with Hb12-21:
Our assumption is confirmed by 12 * 21 (cfr Hb12-21). Presumably glyph number 1266 indicates where the reversal takes place (12-21). Once again 266 apperas (here as 1000 + 266). |