TRANSLATIONS

TRANSLATIONS

The joints between the seasons should not be counted. Therefore this alternative is possible:

	84	115		104		9	93
Gb6-5 (388)			Ga5-5 (116)		Ga8-17 (221)			Gb4-3 (324)
*200 = 8 25**			0	*208 = 8 26**

	57
Gb4-4	57	Gb5-29	Gb6-1 (384)	Gb6-2	Gb6-3	Gb6-4 (387)
59			*384 = 6 64**	0

472 = 468 + 4. Beyond 3 black days (385--387) light arrives again, first 200 days with sun in the sky, then a contact with the earth, then 208 days with sun working on earth.

Then comes the moon. 325 (= 13 * 25) is the first glyph beyond 9 / 10 of 360, and Akahanga (the resting place of the sun) is at 11 * 29.5 = 324.5.

60 days later (Gb6-1) sun has passed 360 and the other days of Hatinga Te Kohe. The halfway station to 60 lies at 354 = 12 * 29.5.

Gb6-1 is located at Roto Iri Are, a place for recreation. 13 * 29.5 = 383.5 and then follow 3 black nights. 387 = 9 * 43.

We can now add side a to the picture:

side b with 664 glyphs = 332 days
260					400
260	Ab4-17	Ab4-18	Ab4-19	Ab4-20	400
130	days 131-132				200

side a with 670 glyphs = 335 days
480			188
	Aa6-65	Aa6-66 (1146)
240	day 573		94
	95

332 days on side b together with 240 days before vai at Aa6-65 sums up to 572 days (maybe alluding to 5 * 72 = 360). But 572 is also = 22 * 26.

95 (5 * 19) days remain at the end of side a.

572 maybe is alluding to 5 * 72 as in 360, and 472 to 4 * 72 = 288 = 12 * 24.

572 is a natural boundary, beyond which we should start from the beginning again. Let us assume that day zero is at Aa6-65--66:

		188	260
Aa6-65	Aa6-66 (1146)
day 0		94	130
		*224 = 8 28**

188 glyphs follow to the end of side a and then we can add 260 more before niu at Ab4-17. There is room for 224 = 8 months.

We can interpret it to mean that moon has the end of side a and the beginning of side b.

Sun will then have 442 days at the end of side b and at the beginning of side a:

				400	480
Ab4-17	Ab4-18	Ab4-19	Ab4-20	400	480
days 131-132				200	240
*442 = 17 26**

We should recognize 442 as close to 15 * 29.5 = 442.5, i.e. One Tea. If we count from Ga1-1 glyph number 442 becomes Gb8-1:


Gb8-1 (442)	Gb8-2	Gb8-3	Gb8-4	Gb8-5

8 * 28 = 224 and if we add those days to 236 (at Gb1-6), we reach 460 at Gb8-18 (3 glyphs beyond the Janus tagata):


Gb8-6	Gb8-7	Gb8-8	Gb8-9	Gb8-10

Gb8-11	Gb8-12	Gb8-13	Gb8-14	Gb8-15

Gb8-16	Gb8-17	Gb8-18 (460)	Gb8-19	Gb8-20

Gb8-21	Gb8-22	Gb8-23	Gb8-24	Gb8-25

Gb8-26	Gb8-27	Gb8-28	Gb8-29	Gb8-30

If we do not count the black Gb6-2--4, we arrive at Gb8-15 (where 8 * 15 = 120). If Gb8-15 is regarded as 460, then tagata at Gb8-9 will be 454 (= 354 + 100).

The last page of the excursion:

As a final for this excursion we should notice Aa6-63 at day 572:


Aa6-63	Aa6-64	Aa6-65	Aa6-66 (1146)
day 572		day 0

The glyph resembles Gb5-10:


Gb5-6 (360)	Gb5-7	Gb5-8	Gb5-9	Gb5-10

Presumably the idea is to illustrate the open mouth (vaha kai) at the western horizon ready to swallow the old season. If we count from Ga1-1, the ordinal number will be 363 for Gb5-10, a number looking quite similar to 663.

The final lies at the western horizon. But what time is it? Counting from Ga1-1 the day will be number 363, counting from Gb8-30 it will be day 364.

6-63 is no powerful argument for asserting that we should count from Ga1-1, because 6-64 is the time after noon and is more suitable as end glyph.

The glyph vaha kai is, it seems the opposite of vai:


Aa6-63	Aa6-64
day 572


Aa6-65	Aa6-66 (1146)
day 0

The peculiar arrangement of this glyph quartet can also be interpreted to mean that moa is the opposite of the 'dragon' - moa announcing a new 'day' and the dragon a new 'night'.

6 * 64 = 384, which is close to 13 * 29.5 = 383.5 (Roto Iri Are). Does it mean that Aa6-64 must be a moa? Roto Iri Are is beginning with Aa6-64 (½ a day before day 384.

With 2 glyphs per day it necessitates that also Aa6-65 should be a positive glyph.

In G the problem with ½ a day apparently has been solved by depicting Gb5-29 as only half a 'person':

	57
Gb4-4	57	Gb5-29	Gb6-1 (384)	Gb6-2	Gb6-3	Gb6-4 (387)
59			*384 = 6 64**	0

There is a parallel between B and H which should be noticed:


Ba9-27	Ba9-28	Ba9-29	Ba9-30 (876)	Ba9-31	Ba9-32

Hb10-62	Hb10-63	Hb10-64	Hb10-65 (1200)	Hb10-66	Hb10-67

Ba9-30 (maybe indicating 9 months à 30 days) has ordinal number 876 = 12 * 73, counted from Bb1-1. Hb10-65 has ordinal number 12 * 100 (counted from Ha1-1).

9 * 29 = 261, and 9 * 32 = 288 = 12 * 24.