TRANSLATIONS
I realize that the tail-fish (ika hiku) is seen also in Aa6-67, and update the glyph catalogue accordingly:
Beyond will come another season, and in Aa6-66 we can see that it is the season of water. Aa6-65 makes clear that it is a celestial matter, related to the sun. Sun is turning (cfr Aa6-69) to become a rainy character. In Aa6-68 the light is heavily at left, sparsely at right. The head of the sun fish is engulfed by ika hiku. Aa6-67 must stand at a numerically recognizable point. Should we count from Ab1-1, from Aa1-1 or from some other starting point? Experience from G and K says we should think 16 or 8:
Probably we should adjust the number of glyphs from 1334 to 1344 - resulting in 84 respectively 168. We have adjusted 471 to 472 in G and did so by using Gb8-30 also as the first glyph on side a. Therefore, we should try to begin counting 10 glyphs earlier than from Ab1-1 or Aa1-1. The glyphs at the end of side a are promising:
At the end of side b we have:
Counting from Ab8-75 the ordinal number for Aa6-67 will be 416 + 67 + 10 = 493. Counting from Aa8-76 the number will be 10 + 664 + 416 + 67 = 1157:
8 * 0.625 = 5, which suggests we should reduce 493 and 1157 to 488 respectively 1152:
488 / 4 = 122, and 1152 / 4 = 288 glyphs. Translated into days, 61 respectively 144 (= 12 * 12). Both alternatives are reasonable. We cannot move the starting points 5 glyphs forward (to Ab8-80 respectively to Aa8-81), because that would destroy 84 respectively 168 (as multiples of 8 for the total number of glyphs in the text).
But 488 for Aa6-67 requires we start counting from Ab8-80, and if we then count also the 5 glyphs at the end of side a twice, we will reach 1344. Alternatively we change focus from Aa6-67 ot Aa6-62. We have earlier found Aa6-67 to be the 13th glyph counted from Aa6-55:
8 * 29.5 = 236 is the day which defines the beginning of Te Pei. 2 * 236 = 472 is the corresponding glyph in A. Counted from Aa1-1 the first glyph, Aa6-55, will have ordinal number 471 (= the number of glyphs in G). It suggests we possibly should count not from Aa1-1 but from Ab8-84. Aa6-78 has a henua covered by 6 marks, and to the right a sign which resembles that in Gb5-5:
Aa6-63 resembles half Gb5-10. Aa6-63 has ordinal number 9 suggesting a final. 472 + 9 = 481 (= 13 * 37), but 480 = 8 * 60. Counted in days, a first sun cycle apparently could be equal to 8 * 30 = 240, covering 2/3 of 360 days.
1344 - 480 = 864 = 500 + 364 (= 250 + 182 days). 10 glyphs (5 days) earlier than the beginning of Te Pei we find Aa6-45:
We recognize the constellation tagata + manu rere from earlier (Gb7-7):
The first sun cycle should not, however, cover more than 180 days. 240 - 180 = 60 days, which maybe are located before spring equinox. |