TRANSLATIONS
It is a difficult task to map Tahua. Before moving on let us therefore here list what has been discovered so far - as related to the kuhane stations. A good point to begin with is the last page in the excursion at vae kore in the glyph dictionary:
Since then we have changed the 1st glyph from Ab8-43 to Ab8-44, which will move the stations listed above one glyph ahead. We can make a new table:
I have expanded to 4 glyphs corresponding to the 2 in G. The broader perspective is useful and obviously meant to be observed - e.g. should Aa6-72 be read together with Aa6-74 and Gb4-33 together with Gb5-1. We have now adjusted the summary at vae kore. Then we went on to Hua Reva at 10 * 29.5 = 295, the first station without definite article. Disappointingly Tahua was found to be busy with another calendar at this place.
The discussion centered on Aa4-48 (instead of the correct 590 glyph Aa7-49). It was stated that ihe tau in Aa7-48 was the 4th and last of its kind in the special calendar occupying glyph line Aa7, which still is relevant because both Aa7-48 and Aa4-49 represent day number 295. Then there was a reflection of 10 contra 8 worth remembering: ... 7-48 in (Aa7-48) can be regarded as 14 * 24 = 336. If we count only the kuhane stations on the island, Hua Reva is the 8th and 8 * 29.5 = 236. 8 * 48 = 16 * 24 = 384 could be a way to count across the 'gap' between the years, a way to 'leap'. In G the 16th kuhane station (16 * 29.5 = 472) accomplishes such a 'leap' ... As to Aa7-49 we can compare it with a few similar glyphs in the surroundings:
Aa7-8 and Aa7-11 has the same type of headgear, in contrast with the headgears of Aa7-27 and Aa4-49 (which evidently belong together). But that probably has nothing to do with Hua Reva. Possibly, though, the oval elbow ornament in Aa7-49 indicates how the cycle of the sun is completed. And in Aa7-27 there is an allusion (or illusion) that the squared ball is hanging down from the elbow, but it is rather a knee ornament, maybe marking the cardinal point reached at a 4th quarter. The special calendar in the 7th glyph line on side a may here be interwoven with Hua Reva in the greater calendar. Also the vai oval in Gb3-5 could be meant to illustrate a full cycle. It is assymmetric, with the takaure 'eye' and right 'arm' making contact with the oval. The glyph has certainly not yet been read in full. |