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Aa8-84
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Ab1-53 |
Ab1-54 |
Ab1-55 |
Ab1-56
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Ab1-57 |
The importance
of Roto Iri Are can be quickly described by pointing
to number 13, because even we in the civilized world
understand that sign. It is a 'dark' month. Once there were
13 zodiacal signs, but one was eliminated - the Serpent (or,
more to the point,
Ophiuchus
- the 'Snake'-Bearer).
Raw nature cannot be tolerated, it
must be curbed. Recreation (now that old sun is dead and
buried) must take place in the dark (inside).
In Tahua, we can suspect, not only Hua Reva
but also Roto Iri Are should be at most just hinted
at. At Aa8-84 a great henua can be interpreted as a
way to ignore the dark and instead state that a new light is
beginning on day 355. Our 12 zodiacal signs leave no gap,
and instead of 13 * 28 = 364 days our calendar mixes 30 with
31 - yet has
February as a
conspicious exception, and there the leap day is located.
Fact is, though,
that the baby sun child comes in Tama, next month.
Somehow a 'snake' must be in action before that. In ancient
Egypt Isis gave birth to 5 gods during the 5 dark
intercalated days between the regular 360-day years. With a calendar
which is broken after 12 * 29.5 = 354 days, there must be a
gap to bridge before the next 354-day year can begin. The gap
functions like a leap day, only it stretches for a month or
so
(viz. Roto Iri Are). In Tahua, on the other
hand, the gap
seems to be hidden between the end of Akahanga and
the beginning of
Hatinga Te Kohe:
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Aa8-24 |
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In G the
approach is more straightforward, and the break is clearly
stated:
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Gb4-33 |
Gb5-1
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Gb5-29
illustrates a 'ghost' (no real 'person'), but already at
Gb6-1 the 'ghostly period' seems to be over. Maybe,
therefore, the counting should start from the last glyph on
side b (instead of from Ga1-1), because only then will the
secure foothold at 384 be reached at Gb6-1. As a consequence
glyph number 354 would then be Gb4-33 and all 29 glyphs in
line b5 would be in Roto Iri Are.
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The break of Hatinga Te Kohe would then be between the end of
Akahanga and the beginning of Hatinga Te Kohe, i.e. located as in
A. The glyphs in A and the glyphs in G suggest the same point.
Also, Hanga Te Pau, which we have found to be located as glyphs number
366 when counting from Gb8-30 - which we were forced to do from reading the
glyphs - would not be an exception.
At position 710 (Aa8-84), the first glyph of Roto Iri Are, one of the
greatest henua in Tahua is located. Once I compared all
henua glyphs with each other in some of the tablet texts, and at that
time I found these 7 glyphs to be of comparable dignity:
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Aa1-43 |
Aa4-38 |
Aa7-82 |
Aa8-84 |
Ab1-62 |
Ab2-1 |
Ab8-35 |
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330 |
623 |
710 |
773 |
794 |
1326 |
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294 |
381 |
444 |
465 |
997 |
381 (counted from Aa4-38) is not far from 383.5 (= 13 *
29.5), and the glyphs surrounding Aa4-38 are interesting:
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Aa4-31 |
Aa4-32 |
Aa4-33 |
Aa4-34 |
Aa4-35 |
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Aa4-36 |
Aa4-37 |
Aa4-38 |
Aa4-39 |
Aa4-40 |
Metoro said ki uta ki te pito o te henua at
Aa4-39, and the exceptional Aa4-34 should be compared with the similarly
exceptional Ab8-64:
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383 |
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304 |
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Aa4-34 |
Aa8-84 |
Ab8-35 |
Ab8-64 |
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710 |
1326 |
1355 |
It emerges that counting should start from Aa4-35, because
then Aa8-84 will be glyph number 384, i.e. the proper number for the first
glyph of Roto Iri Are. The last of the 7 great henua, Ab8-35,
has ordinal number 326 + 1000, which also indicates the importance of
Aa4-34. With counting beginning at 327, Ab8-64 will be glyph number
1029, and between Aa4-34 and Ab8-64 there will be 1028 glyphs. Possibly 1029
and 1028 refer to 10 months with 29 respectively 28 days in each.
Maybe counting 2 glyphs for the locations of the kuhane
stations is a method for the moon counting, and with 1 glyph we can count by
the sun. Aa8-84 is number 710 = 2 * (12 * 29.5 + 1) counted from
Ab8-44 (one glyph beyond pito). But it is also number 384 = 13 * 29.5
+ 0.5. By the moon we have 24 and 2, by the sun 13 and 0.5. The distance between the two pito glyphs must also be
counted:
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330 |
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1002 |
| Ab8-43 |
Aa4-39 |
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331 |
The numbers indicate Aa4-39 cannot be the pito which Metoro
referred to, and indeed I have not been able to ascertain which glyph he
meant. If we tell by the numbers, Aa4-36 will be the choice, because 4 * 36
= 12 * 12 = 144, and because of the right 'foot' which resembles the similar
sign in Ab8-43.
But to get 1000 glyphs between the two pito, Aa4-41 should be the
choice:
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Aa4-32 |
Aa4-33 |
Aa4-34 |
Aa4-35 |
| ki te tagata amo hia |
i te henua |
ko te tagata kua ui |
i tona henua |
kua moe ia kua huru ia |
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| Aa4-36 |
Aa4-37 |
Aa4-38 |
Aa4-39 |
Aa4-40 |
| i tona henua - kua oho
te vae - ku totohu - i tona henua - e mai tae kake hia - ki te henua -
ki uta ki te pito o te henua |
ko te henua - ma to rima |
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| Aa4-41 |
Aa4-42 |
Aa4-43 |
Aa4-44 |
Aa4-45 |
Aa4-46 |
Aa4-47 |
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| Aa4-48 |
Aa4-49 |
Aa4-50 |
Aa4-51 |
Aa4-52 |
Aa4-53 |
Aa4-54 |
A number play combines
330 (the distance between pito in Ab8-43 and Aa4-39) with 331 (the
ordinal number of Aa4-39) and then with 332 (the distance between pito
and Aa4-41) with 333 (the ordinal number of the rising poporo fish in
Aa4-41), and as a grand final we have pito with ordinal number 334 + 1000:
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332 |
| Aa4-41 |
Ab8-43 |
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1334 |
