Where does such a year begin and
end? 450 = 5 * 90 is equal to 15 / 12 * 360. 4 * 19 = 76 = 380 / 5. 360 = 20 *
18, and 380 = 20 * 19.
20 = 4 * 5, means a cycle possible
to divide into 20 parts also can be divided either into 4 parts or 5 parts.
Maybe Aa6-63 is expressing a cycle with 5 parts? It has ordinal number 480
counted from Ab8-84:
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Aa6-56 |
Aa6-57 |
Aa6-58 |
Aa6-59 |
Aa6-60 |
Aa6-61 |
Aa6-62 |
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Aa6-63 (480) |
Aa6-64 |
Aa6-65 |
Aa6-66 |
Aa6-67 |
Aa6-68 |
Aa6-69 |
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Aa6-70 |
Aa6-71 |
Aa6-72 |
Aa6-73 |
Aa6-74 |
Aa6-75 |
Aa6-76 |
480 / 5 = 96 = 4 * 24.
1,334 / 5 = 266.8 which is rather
close to 9 * 29.5 = 265.5. But it is also rather close to 268. 1,334 / 20 =
66.7, which is close to 68.
The last two pages of the
excursion:
The idea of vaha kai at
Gb5-10 meaning 'the end' also implies it should indicate a new beginning. I
have listed the following glyphs from the Santiago Staff as vaha kai:
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I1-25 |
I1-60 |
I3-119 |
I3-154 |
I3-156 |
I3-166 |
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I4-58 |
I4-59 |
I4-99 |
I4-125 |
I5-95 |
I6-204 |
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I7-186 |
I8-143 |
I9-195 |
I10-183 |
I10-208 |
I11-124 |
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I11-168 |
I11-198 |
I11-212 |
I12-116 |
I12-131 |
I13-201 |
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I14-109 |
I14-114 |
I14-186 |
The first three examples possibly
illustrate 'death followed by a new beginning'. But I3-156 is not far from
I3-119, and the 'new beginning' may therefore have a sign with undulation at
the bottom end. From the bottom growth must come.
If so, then the undulation at the
top end (e.g. in Gb2-13 and Gb2-15) indicates 'the end', which means Sirius
presumably announces both the close and the new beginning.
Once (at rima in the glyph
dictionary) it has earlier been noted that counting should begin with
Ga1-22:
There are
two natural points from which to begin counting, viz. at the
beginning of the text (Ga1-1) or at Ga1-26. In the latter
case we should probably count from Gb1-6 as regards Gb5-25.
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The results are though not quite satisfactory.
We must have missed something:
Ga1-1 |
1 |
Ga1-1 |
1 |
Ga1-26 |
1 |
Gb1-6 |
1 |
Ga7-19 |
188 |
Gb5-25 |
378 |
Ga7-19 |
164 |
Gb5-25 |
144 |
188 =
4
* 47 |
378 = 9 * 42 |
164 =
4
* 41 |
144 =
4
* 36 |
4
is a number which probably must be included. Not
only because it appears in 3 out of 4 places,
but foremost because a 'year' ought to be
possible to divide into 'quarters. A cycle is
like a wheel turning and there necessarily must
be 4 quarters.
378 = 4 * 94.5 is not a good number, while 144
obviously is good.
And
a
better number than 164 would be 4 * 42 = 168.
But to reach it we must begin counting at Ga1-22
instead of at Ga1-26:
Ga1-22 |
1 |
Gb1-6 |
1 |
Ga7-19 |
168 |
Gb5-25 |
144 |
168 = 4 * 42 |
144 = 4 * 36 |
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