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The creator of Tahua surely knew the pattern based on multiples of 29.5, and he may have used it several times in his text. He probably used the triplet 168, 177, and 192 (with 6 * 29.5 = 177 in a central position) when he designed the glyphs at these positions (as we have seen). We should therefore continue here with a table identifying which glyphs appear at the kuhane positions 236, 265.5 etc:
Perhaps these 4 * 8 = 32 glyphs are to be regarded as consisting of two groups: 18 (220-237) + 14 (238-251) = 32. The first group is possible to divide into 3 subgroups: 4 (220-223) + 7 (224-230) + 7 (231-237), the last of which has its eating (kai) person (tagata) in a final (en face) posture. 12 could indeed be a proper place for such a tagata glyph. But if so, then the 2nd of the two major groups will grow from 14 (238-251) to 20 (232-251). Aa3-61 will then be the 5th of these 20 glyphs. Manu rere in Aa3-57 has an unusual way of looking high up. He is the first of a quartet of such high-looking birds (cfr also Aa3-59 and Aa3-61--62). Manu rere in Aa3-55 does not belong to this group of high-looking birds. Therefore, the perception of Aa3-56 as being the last glyph in a group of 12 (220-231) is supported by the distribution of the high-looking birds. Instead of two major groups, 12 (220-231) + 20 (232-251), there could though be three (or more) major groups, for instance: 12 (220-231) + 6 (232-237) + 14 (238-251). Looking ahead, beyond Aa3-76, it becomes obvious that the last 5 glyphs (Aa3-72--76) must belong to the following glyphs (at least joining Aa4-1--3, see below). Therefore, only 32 - 5 = 27 glyphs should remain in the table above., and we can reorder the last 15 of them into the following structure:
Trying to interpret the first 6 (the sun number) glyphs, we immediately should notice the pau sign in Aa3-58. If this is Te Pei, then pau could here mean that the 1st half of the year has run out. But the high-looking birds all seem to have their forward wings formed like waning moon signs, which suggests that it is not a sun 'season' but a moon 'season' which has run out. The eye-catching forward arm in Aa3-58 may mean that in front lies a 'spooky' time down in the earth. In Aa3-60 the head of the sitting person has disappeared inside a 'hat' (mea ke). The identically drawn double-birds in Aa3-61--62 suggest the 2nd cycle (of the moon) has been reached. When classifying glyphs according to type - a long time ago - I did not recognize the elbow ornaments of these double-birds as signs of mea ke. Now that I can see this, I will immediately include Aa3-61--62 as mea ke glyphs. At the same time I will include also Aa4-45 (number 296, i.e. 236 + 60). The glyphs Aa3-45--Aa3-71 can be interpreted to mean that a season of 'eating' is ending (pau) at a time when the 'ruling person' is very high up in the sky. The change is abrupt and suddenly all light has gone away, and a new dark 'season' arrives at Aa3-57 (232), i.e. 4 glyphs before 8 * 29.5 = 236. This could mean we should count multiples of 29 instead of multiples of 29.5, and if so it may be evidence that the moon (not the sun) is the main character when counting 1 glyph per day.
From the experience at Te Pei above we should increase the number of glyphs from 4 * 8 = 32 to 5 (247-251) + 32 = 37. A first group with 5 (247-251) + 7 (252-258) = 12 glyphs will then be possible. But pure in Aa4-6 connects to pure in Aa4-12. Therefore a better idea would be to prolong the 12-glyph group to a group with 5 (247-251) + 6 (252-257) + 6 (258-263) = 17 glyphs. If so, then the next group could have 6 glyphs (Aa4-13--18). The 8 mea ke glyphs which follow seem to be different. 6 + 14 = 20. From 278 light has returned. And the sitting person in Aa4-27 returns later at Aa4-35, which implies we should move the 6 glyphs Aa4-27--32 to next table (Hua Reva). On the other hand, there is an earlier pure glyph (Aa3-70) which possibly connects to the two at Aa4-6 and Aa4-12. Rearranging to accommodate all the glyphs in line a3 beyond Aa3-62 (237) a structure with 26 (9 + 17) dark glyphs (Aa3-63--Aa3-71 respectively Aa3-72--Aa4-12) can be seen:
Beyond those 26 glyphs (Aa3-63--Aa4-12) there are 6 glyphs (Aa4-13--18) - among which 9 * 29.5 = 265.5 Te Pou should be - before the 8 mea ke glyphs complete the 9 + 17 + 6 + 8 = 40 glyph long sequence. 9 * 29 = 261 is located at Aa4-10, which presumably is a more suitable glyph type for the occasion, an interesting glyph with tagata and manu rere combined into one entity (with a special beak type). In Aa6-45 the same type of glyph returns:
But here tagata is en face and the beak of manu rere is normal - the strange beaks in Aa4-10 presumably identify the moon. Aa6-43 at 459 (with a pau sign) has an ominous position: 3 * 3 * 3 * 17 = 3 * 153. And then we are closing in on Te Pei counted with 2 glyphs per day:
With 16 * 29 = 464 the one-glyph-per night (moon) calendar is ending, it seems, just in time before the two-glyphs-per day (sun) calendar arrives at Te Pei. |
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