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TRANSLATIONS
Next page is the one after having returned from the numerical excursion ('271') and going forward one more page. It is also the last page following the link 'a preliminary map for the vaha mea glyphs':
There is a problem. Ha12-3 is at postion 630 (counted from Ha1-1), and with 3 glyphs per day it means day number 210, which is a number fitting better with the end of the spring half year and summer solstice. And side a ought to be the side of the sun, not the moon. 648 glyphs on side a ought to be equal to 648 / 3 = 216 days. We must define the global map of H. One possible point to begin with is the set of 8 hua poporo glyphs:
Hb2-4, Hb2-8 and Hb2-13 look identical. 4 + 8 + 13 = 25, and 2 * 25 = 50.
The ordinal number counted from Ha1-1 is 707 for Hb2-8. Divided by 3 it becomes 235⅔. Day 236 should come with Hb2-9:
If we dare to rely on the summary at honui it could be midwinter, Hb2-7 has double heads and a central hole :
But if midwinter is defined at Hb7-38 (which has been stated), then Hb2-7 cannot be midwinter. It must be midsummer, and the two figures are face to face (another sign of midsummer). Hb2-7 is the last in a quartet:
Furthermore, we have 236 at Ha5-20 if we count 1 glyph per day:
The distance to midwinter hardly should be counted with 1 glyph per day, it would be too long a period:
237 (at Ha5-21) / 3 = 79 days. 79 + 252 = 331. Where does Hb2-7 fit in this mystery? First we can indeed find Ha5-22 to indicate day number 180 if we begin to count with Hb7-40 (cfr a bit further down):
In a way this is reassuring, but alarming is the fact that we at honui established a 'grand map' for H which differs:
A firm foothold seems to be given by the two pare glyphs:
Counting each day as 3 glyphs and beginning with Ha1-1 sun will fade away in day 178. With midsummer at Ha5-24 it is necessary to define Ha1-1 as ca 100 days from midwinter. 1296 / 3 = 432 days, more than a year. Counting from Hb7-38 (number 994 from Ha1-1) there will be 1296 - 993 = 303 glyphs to the end of side b, which means 101 days. Hua poporo in Hb2-8 clearly lies before midwinter, and equally clearly in late autumn. Its ordinal number counted from Ha1-1 is 707, and we can add 303 which gives 1010 or 336⅔ days counted from Hb7-38. If we add 5 glyphs (counting from hanau in Hb7-33 instead), Hb2-8 will be in day 1015 / 3 = 338. But we must hesitate here, because the text has room for 432 days, and we must locate the extra days. It has already been done (at honui):
432 - 66 = 366, and Hb2-8 falls among these 198 glyphs.
We can eliminate 7 (redmarked) hua poporo from the ordinal calendar:
Ha9-8 (ordinal number 457 = day 152⅓ counted from Ha1-1) is in the ordinary calendar, and likewise Hb2-34, indeed the very first beyond those 66 days. It has ordinal number 733 counted from Ha1-1, but we must reduce 733 with 3 * 66 = 198, and then its number becomes 733 - 198 = 535 = day 178⅓ counted from Ha1-1. But we should raise their ordinal numbers with 308 (from hanau at Hb7-33 to the end of side b): 457 + 308 = 765 = day 255 from new year respectively 535 + 308 = 843 = day 281 from new year. 255 is in Te Pei (at 8 * 29.5 = 236) and 281 in Te Pou (at 9 * 29.5 = 265.5), i.e. beyond midsummer. But if we regard midwinter to be around Hb7-33, then we will have hua poporo glyphs also among the 100 days at the end of side b:
This part of the H text comes beyond the final of the parallel Q text and may for this reason be 'outside' the regular calendar, beyond Hb6-26--32. |
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