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By
counting with two glyphs per day in the text of Tahua (and
beginning with Aa1-1 as glyph number 1), we arrive at Aa1-37, in the
central figure of which is a hanau sign:
|
Hatinga Te
Kohe |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ab1-35 |
Ab1-36 |
Ab1-37 (707) |
Ab1-38 |
Ab1-39 |
Ab1-40 |
|
353 |
12 * 29.5 =
354 |
355 |
Time is split up at
Hatinga Te Kohe
(the breaking of the bamboo). The rule of sun (symbolized by a
bamboo staff or walking stick) is finished -
ihe tau
is at left. At right is a reversed
ihe tau,
which means the opposite of death, viz. birth.
The new 'fish' is rising in Ab1-38, as if released from the
interior of the staff. In Ab1-39 a
moe
with curved neck announces the new season (henua
in Ab1-40) when moon will rule. Ab1-40 together with the same
sign in Ab1-35 function like a frame around day number 354.
A
careful scrutiny reveals that 'breaking' is illustrated at left
in ihe tau, and also at left in ragi. First comes
the 'breaking', then comes the new 'ruler' (a word which denotes
a straight stick). But to distinguish the moon 'ruler' from the
sun 'ruler' the henua signs in Ab1-35 and Ab1-40 are thin and
bent. Number 1 refers to the sun and 2 to the moon (waxing and waning),
therefore there are two henua glyphs. The single sun
'ruler' is seen at left in ragi.
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The vertical
straight line inside ragi probably also indicates the
'measuring string' (GD122 - I have no Polynesian name
for the sign yet). Neither have I so far classified
Ab1-36 (and similar ragi glyphs) as also GD122.
In Ab1-38 the
bottom part of the internal Y could also be such a
measuring string. It divides the rising fish into a
broad left and a narrow right part. If the fish is the
moon, then the broad left side could represent waxing
and the narrow right side waning.
Ab1-35 and
Ab1-40 are both convex to the right. This seems to be
the norm, and the few henua which are concave to
the right probably are reversals. In contrast the
marama glyphs are normally concave to the right.
The moe
figure in Ab1-39 seems to have a reversal in Ab4-52:
|
7 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ab4-48 |
Ab4-49 |
Ab4-50 |
Ab4-51 |
Ab4-52 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ab4-53 |
Ab4-54 |
Ab4-55 |
Ab4-56 |
Ab4-57 |
It is the 5th
of the 10 glyphs in the 7th of the 8 henua
periods, and at top right in Ab4-21 it could be the same
hook sign:
|
1 |
 |
 |
6 |
5 |
 |
 |
10 |
|
Ab4-15 |
Ab4-20 |
Ab4-33 |
Ab4-42 |
|
2 |
 |
 |
3 |
6 |
 |
 |
5 |
|
Ab4-21 |
Ab4-23 |
Ab4-43 |
Ab4-47 |
|
3 |
 |
 |
5 |
7 |
|
|
10 |
|
Ab4-24 |
Ab4-28 |
Ab4-48 |
Ab4-57 |
|
4 |
 |
 |
4 |
8 |
 |
 |
5 |
|
Ab4-29 |
Ab4-32 |
Ab4-58 |
Ab4-62 |
|
sum |
18 |
sum |
30 |
The sums of
numbers of glyphs (18, 30, and 48) in
this important table suggest a relationship with sun.
The distance
between the two moe glyphs is 256 (presumably 4 *
32 days):
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256 |
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Ab1-39 (39) |
Ab4-52 (296) |