TRANSLATIONS
From One Tea in G we go forward 29.5 glyphs and return to the point of beginning, Hanga Takaure:
The cycle is completed. The white sands of One Tea presumably represents full moon, and then another cycle will begin, that of waning moon. In A One Tea is finished with a manu kake glyph showing the 'downfall' of waxing moon:
The resemblance to Te Pei, the halfway station of the cycle, could mean it is at this point waning moon should 'fall':
But the cycle of the moon cannot be finished at One Tea, because only at Hanga Takaure will another 236 glyphs have been used up. Furthermore, Gb1-6 has 9 + 9 = 18 feathers and also other evidence - most of all the tall figure with light at the top - indicates summer solstice rather than a black new moon. On the other hand, 'full sun' and 'no moon' go hand in hand. In Aa6-14 the little knob at bottom has a horizontal line behind, which suggests solstice. We must postpone judgment until we know more about the stations on side a of G and the corresponding ones in A. My guess is that waxing sun inhabits side a of G rather than waning moon. Side b seems at first refer to waning sun, later on to young moon. In A we count 2 * 472 = 944. 944 - 41 = 903. 903 - 670 = 233. In lines b1 and b2 there are 82 respectively 85 glyphs. 233 - 82 - 85 = 66. The last of the two searched for glyphs is Ab3-66
The cycle from Te Pei to Hanga Takaure can now be listed in full. I have divided the table in two parts, up to Hanga Te Pau and beyond:
We cannot stop here. We must reiterate also the kuhane stations on side a and put them together with the corresponding A glyphs. To avoid possible problems with the reversed kuhane order on side a of G, we can begin with Te Puoko Uri, which was not necessary to move and which, we have discovered, presumably occupies a cardinal point:
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