TRANSLATIONS
In A we have earlier seen that Te Pei covers only half the expected number of glyphs:
Aa6-55 is here counted from Ab8-30. Otherwise it would have been number 471 (= the number of glyphs in G). The number of glyphs on side a in A is 670, which means there are 200 glyphs from Aa6-55 to the end of side a. New facts emerge constantly:
Then comes the special calendar in line Aa7-1, which rather is connected with Te Pou, than with Te Pei. Let us see if we can discern a first half of Te Pei which arrives before Aa6-55. That would be logical if Te Pei is the 'navel' from which two cycles emerge in contrary directions:
These 30 glyphs could very well belong to Te Pei, I think. Aa6-47 connects to Aa6-56, for example. And with 2 glyphs per day we must have Aa6-54 as the first part of day number 236. Lots of interesting signs appear. E.g. is pau (finished) evident in Aa6-43, which seems to say that the first cycle has reached its end. 460 / 2 = 230. 7 * 29.5 = 206.5, and 2 * 206.5 = 413. 460 - 413 = 47 = 23.5 * 2. But the preceding glyphs are not evidently belonging to any different season. Maybe we have to move all the way to Aa6-1 to reach a break:
Glyph line Aa5 ends with special glyphs:
Aa5-72 indicates by its numbers a cardinal point: 5 * 72 = 360. And 14 * 29 = 406. At the end of side a in G we find Nga Kope Ririva, at position 6 * 29.5 = 177. Translated to A we get 2 * 177 = 354. If Nga Kope Ririva covers 29.5 days, we can add 59 to 354 and reach 413 at Aa5-80. From Aa5-81 and forward to Aa7-1 there are 3 + 84 = 87 glyphs:
A standard kuhane station length is 29.5 * 2 = 59 glyphs. 87 - 59 = 28, equal to 14 days. ... If we count each cycle as 182 days, we can easily find 7 * 24 = 168 of them, but then comes 14 (not the expected 12). Hina is needed to find those 14 ... But is really Nga Kope Ririva at position 2 * 177 = 354 in A? We must take a careful look:
To make the long glyph sequence complete, we should also add the glyphs beyond Aa5-31 and up to Aa5-68:
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