TRANSLATIONS
The second page of the 'explanation':
When we have turned the tablet and arrived where moon rules, shouldn't we change our system of counting and start from zero at summer solstice instead of at winter solstice? Rogo at Hanga Hoonu (*Qb5-17) will then not be at day 360. First we eliminate 64 and arrive at day 296. Then we can identify the glyph of summer solstice as number twice (184 - 64) = 240 counted from Qa1-1, i.e. at Qa6-35:
Certainly we have here summer solstice. Rogo in day 360 will accordingly be in day 360 - 183 = 177 counted from the birth of the 'moon half year'. In Qa6-34 the figure sitting down is drawn without arms, or possibly with them at the back. 177 is equal to 6 * 29.5 and with day 184 = day zero, Rogo will be in the 177th day (with 176 whole days in the past counted from the end of day 183):
177 + 183 = 360. Nuku in day 327 will be in day 327 - 183 = 144 counted from summer solstice, a square of 12. The subpage 'Day number 300':
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