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The discovered technique to allude to ordinal numbers at other positions in time-space makes the rongorongo texts even more complicated. Let us hope Ab3-65--66 is an exception:

 
Ab3-58 Ab3-59 Ab3-60 Ab3-61 Ab3-62
Ab3-63 Ab3-64 Ab3-65 (944) Ab3-66 Ab3-67
Ab3-68 Ab3-69 Ab3-70 Ab3-71 Ab3-72

If we look at Ab3-54 (corresponding, maybe, to 354 = 12 * 29.5 = Hatinga Te Kohe) we find:

 
Ab3-48 Ab3-49 Ab3-50 Ab3-51 Ab3-52 Ab3-53 Ab3-54 (933) Ab3-55

Yes (unfortunately), we can see the 'break' (hati) - but it is a reverse Hatinga Te Kohe. The 'breaker' comes first (Ab3-49) and the 'wave' (Ab3-52) later. We can compare with the true Hatinga Te Kohe with haati glyphs in Aa8-68 and Aa8-81:

 
Aa8-67 Aa8-68 Aa8-69 Aa8-70 Aa8-71 Aa8-72
Aa8-73 Aa8-74 Aa8-75 Aa8-76 Aa8-77 Aa8-78 Aa8-79
Aa8-80 Aa8-81 (708) Aa8-82 Aa8-83 Aa8-84 Aa8-85

More similarities appear on closer look:

 

The 'missing link' in Aa8-80 has been restored in Ab3-50. (8 * 8 = 64 is the last square on the chess board.)

We must leave this new dimension for the moment. Instead I want to invest some precious time on the use of ihe tau:

 
Aa7-42 Aa7-43 Aa7-44 Aa7-45 Aa7-46 Aa7-47 Aa7-48 (590)
Aa7-49 Aa7-50 Aa7-51 Aa7-52

At Hua Reva (Aa7-48--49) one ihe tau was encountered, at Hanga Takaure two (though in a single glyph):

 
Ab3-63 Ab3-64 Ab3-65 (944) Ab3-66 Ab3-67

The distance between them is 944 - 590 = 354 = 12 * 29.5 - not very strange because Hanga Takaure is the 15th station and Hua Reva the 9th. 354 / 2 = 177 days = 6 kuhane stations.

I remember there is a third ihe tau 'station' of importance, arriving immediately after the 'calendar for the night':

 
Aa1-49 Aa1-50 (92) Aa1-51 Aa1-52 Aa1-53 Aa1-54 Aa1-55 Aa1-56

Logic tells me to count 944 + 354 = 1298 in hope of reaching these three ihe tau glyphs, but no - it is not enough. 42 + 670 (side a) + 586 = 1298. 664 (side b) - 84 (b8) = 580, i.e. Ab8-6 is the glyph:

 
Ab7-79 Ab7-80 Ab7-81 Ab7-82 Ab7-83
Ab7-84 Ab8-1 (1291) Ab8-2 Ab8-3
Ab8-4 Ab8-5
Ab8-6 (1298) Ab8-7
Ab8-8 Ab8-9 Ab8-10 Ab8-11 Ab8-12

1298 / 2 = 649 days = 22 kuhane stations. Hanga Takaure is number 15, and we must move 7 stations further:

 
15. Hanga Takaure 16. Poike
17. Pua Katiki 18. Maunga Teatea
19. Mahatua 20. Taharoa
21. Hanga Hoonu 22. Rangi Meamea
23. Peke Tau O Hiti 24. Mauga Hau Epa

1334 - 1298 = 36 may be a sign. With 2 kuhane stations left, it means 2 * 29.5 = 59 days = 118 glyphs in Tahua.

1298 + 118 = 1416 = 1334 + 82. 1334 is te pito (Ab8-43). We move 42 glyphs from there to the end of side b, and then another 40 glyphs from the beginning of side a:

 
Aa1-37 Aa1-38 Aa1-39 Aa1-40 (1416) Aa1-41 Aa1-42
Aa1-43 Aa1-44 Aa1-45 Aa1-46 Aa1-47 Aa1-48

I cannot see any sign of Mauga Hau Epa here. If we move back one station, to Peke Tau O Hiti, i.e. go back 29.5 * 2 = 59 glyphs, we are back on side b. 1416 - 59 = 1357.

 
Ab8-61 Ab8-62 Ab8-63 Ab8-64 Ab8-65 (1357) Ab8-66
Ab8-67 Ab8-68 Ab8-69 Ab8-70 Ab8-71 Ab8-72
Ab8-73 Ab8-74 Ab8-75 Ab8-76 Ab8-77 Ab8-78
Ab8-79 Ab8-80 Ab8-81 Ab8-82 Ab8-83 Ab8-84 (1376)

Maybe we should disregard Nga Kope Ririva (not on the island), Peke Tau O Hiti, and Maunga Hau Epa. The total measure could be 3 * 7 = 21 stations:

1. Nga Kope Ririva 2. Te Pu Mahore
3. Te Poko Uri 4. Te Manavai
5. Te Kioe Uri 6. Te Piringa Aniva
7. Te Pei 8. Te Pou
9. Hua Reva 10. Akahanga
11. Hatinga Te Kohe 12. Roto Iri Are
13. Tama 14. One Tea
15. Hanga Takaure 16. Poike
17. Pua Katiki 18. Maunga Teatea
19. Mahatua 20. Taharoa
21. Hanga Hoonu 22. Rangi Meamea
23. Peke Tau O Hiti 24. Mauga Hau Epa

The red-marked stations are 'red' (important stations of light), arriving as number 7 in the 'week' after a 'black' station (Te Pei, One Tea, and Hanga Hoonu).