TRANSLATIONS
To conclude (at least for the moment) the subject of the rising fish (reva ika), we should notice that such occur only at the beginning and end of the G text:
There must be something in common between ihe tau, henua and tao. Next page is the last of those describing a 'year' with 496 days:
Is it possible to draw a total map, which is also including the measure 192 from hua reva to 488?
Let us try. First an overview of the terrain:
236 = 8 * 29.5 obviously is the center of the text, because 2 * 236 = 472 = 16 * 29.5. But equally clear Gb1-14 (with ordinal number 14) indicates a central position (together with Gb1-15, both of which have a vertical line). 2 * 244 = 488:
While 12 * 29½ gives 354, 12 * 30½ gives 366, and we suddenly can see the light:
There are 12 glyphs (days) between Hatinga Te Kohe and Hanga Te Pau. To reach 12 * 30 = 360 we ought to have a center at Gb1-10, and the glyphs seem to confirm:
So far we have mapped three years, based on 29.5 (354), 30 (360) and 30.5 (366). But there is a longer period than a year, we should continue to 16 * 29.5 = 472, to 16 * 30 = 480, and to 16 * 30.5 = 488. Our grand map should include also 480:
The rising fish in Ga1-8 illustrates the end at 16 * 30, 180 days after day number 300 (= 10 * 30). Hua Reva is also a time of rising fish, and to complicate matters we can ideed equate 10 * 29.5 + 1 with 16 * 18.5:
It seems to be Gb3-5 which is the 'real' hua reva glyph, not glyph nunmber 295. Number 18½ may represent the maximum before the ominous 19 comes. We must try to map also the year based on 18½. It should end at 12 * 18½ = 222, and the halfway station is 111:
Certainly we are on the right track. The declining top of henua in Ga4-27 is here explained. |