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We will now move on to Tahua, where I have assembled only 6 (possible) tahana glyphs:

Aa5-31 Aa5-41 Aa6-10 Ab3-15 Ab5-23 Ab7-51

Without parallel text sequences it would have been difficult to ascertain that such glyphs as e.g. Ab5-23 really are tahana:

Ab5-21 Ab5-22 Ab5-23 Ab5-24 Ab5-25 (1019) Ab5-26

If we begin counting ordinal numbers for the glyphs from te pito (Ab8-42), we have 1019 + 42 = 1061 at Ab5-25 (which seems to be important because 5 * 25 = 125, the cube of 'fire'). Dividing 1061 by 4 (to look for a 'square') we find 265.25 - a number very close to Te Pou (at 9 * 29.5 = 265.5).

The proper glyph to count to should therefore presumably be Ab5-26, where 1020 / 4 = 265.5 and where we can read 5 in combination with 26 as a possible allusion to the last residence of the sun king (at Hanga Moria One). The number of maro feathers in the 6-glyph sequence ending with Ab5-26 are 5 + 6 + 6 + 5 = 22, maybe telling by way of the formula 7 * π = 22 that a cycle has been completed.

In the internal parallel π seems to be more directly pointed at - by way of 3-14, which has the same position in the sequence as Ab5-22 ('fire finished'):

Ab3-13 Ab3-14 Ab3-15 Ab3-16 (183) Ab3-17 Ab3-18 Ab3-19

The number of maro feathers are the same, but they are distributed differently: 5 + 5 + 6 + 6 = 22. Possibly this distribution indicates midsummer (and 5 + 6 + 6 + 5 a quarter later). At Ab3-16 we can see a short vertical straight line, which probably means we should measure at that glyph. If we count from the beginning of side b we will find 183, i.e. the midpoint of 365.

Hetuu in Ab3-18 is assymmetric with a thick flame at top left (suggesting spring sun), and at the apex there is a sign looking like that in p.m.:

Aa1-28 Aa1-29 Aa1-30 Aa1-31

We can guess that the big sun in Ab5-25 primarily is not Sirius (Te Pou) but the old sun (which grows bigger when he comes close to the horizon in the west).

The number of glyphs from Ab3-16 to Ab5-26 is 125 (= 5 * 25):

122
Ab3-15 Ab3-16 Ab5-23 Ab5-24 Ab5-25
125 = 5 * 25

As to the meaning of the tahana glyph type, it is fairly obvious that tahana at Ab3-15 and Ab5-23 stand immediately after sun cycles have been finished (at 3-14 respectively 5-22). The fish-like shape is going down, and it ought to mean that sun is departing.

 

At first I had intended to continue with this concluding piece:

... In Ab3-15 the 'tail' looks like sun (hetuu) flames, in Ab5-23 something else is depicted, maybe waxing, full, and waning moon. The central 'apex' is identical with that in Ab5-25, which rises the question if possibly also the moon can be referred to by a hetuu glyph. If sun goes away at midsummer but moon is staying with us, then the p.m. hetuu glyphs in the daylight calendars could refer to the moon.

But I changed my mind, it would complicate matters more than necessary. The main point is that old sun is taking farewell at Ab5-25 and that in the following glyph we have reached the number of Sirius. Does it mean that Sirius is the incarnation of sun in the night sky?

If Ab5-23 refers to the moon, then it should be more natural to count to Ab5-26, to the most brilliant star in the domain of the moon:

122
Ab3-15 Ab3-16 Ab5-23 Ab5-24 Ab5-25 Ab5-26
126 = 7 * 18

The problem (not mentioned in the dictionary page above) of why there is 'vapour' rising at right in Ab5-24 would find a solution: it is not the 'steam' generated from the heat of the sun, because at left we see the moon (2 'feathers' at left on the head). Moon generates another sort of vapour than the sun, a cool mist.

I change my mind once more - this is too important to miss - and the final versin of the dictionary page will therefore have this ending:

In Ab3-15 the 'tail' looks like sun (hetuu) flames, in Ab5-23 something else is depicted, maybe waxing, full, and waning moon. The central 'apex' is identical with that in Ab5-25, which rises the question if possibly also the moon can be referred to by a hetuu glyph. If sun goes away at midsummer but moon is staying with us, then the p.m. hetuu glyphs in the daylight calendars could refer to the moon.

Furthermore, the enigmatic 'vapour' rising at right in Ab5-24 cannot be the steam generated by the hot spring sun, it must be the cool mist of the night generated by the moon. Hakaturou has at top left 2 'feathers', which confirms this interpretation - it is a moon hakaturou. Ab3-16 is also such a variant of hakaturou, characterized - it seems - by a very slender 'neck'.

If Ab5-23 refers to the moon, then it should be more natural to count to Ab5-26, to the most brilliant star (Sirius) in the domain of the moon:

122
Ab3-15 Ab3-16 Ab5-23 Ab5-24 Ab5-25 Ab5-26
126 = 7 * 18

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First we should notice that Ab5-23 is one of a pair, with the other one coming earlier in the text:

Ab3-13 Ab3-14 Ab3-15 Ab3-16 Ab3-17 Ab3-18 Ab3-19
Ab5-21 Ab5-22 Ab5-23 Ab5-24 Ab5-25 Ab5-26

Then we can compare with the parallels in H, P, and Q (where the corresponding twin tahana glyphs are close to each other):

Ha3-38 Ha3-39 Ha3-40 Ha3-41 Ha3-42 Ha3-43
Ha3-44 Ha3-45 Ha3-46 Ha3-47 Ha3-48
Pa3-29 Pa3-30 Pa3-31 Pa3-32 Pa3-33 Pa3-34
Pa3-35 Pa3-36 Pa3-37 Pa3-38 Pa3-39
Qa3-25 Qa3-26 Qa3-27 Qa3-28 Qa3-29 Qa3-30
Qa3-31 Qa3-32 Qa3-33 Qa3-34 Qa3-35

 

In addition to the equation 22 = 7 * π as a possible interpretation of what number 22 could symbolize, there are other alternatives.

11 can be understood as 'one more' (than 10), i.e. as a sign for when the basic 'cycle' of counting on the fingers is exceeded. 22 will then be twice as much. With two cycles in a year ('leaf' and 'straw'), 22 could be used to indicate that the 2nd half-year is completed. If the year is beginning at midsummer, then 22 can be read as the end of a year (where Polyphemus dwelt).

Another alternative is based on the remarkable equation 22 * 29.5 = 648 + 1. We know that on both sides of the H tablet there are 648 glyphs. The parallel P text is somewhat shorter, only 599 + 559 = 1158 glyphs long. The end of the P text:

*Pb11-55 *Pb11-56 *Pb11-57 *Pb11-58 *Pb11-59 *Pb11-60

648 = 8 * 81, a suitable number to end the text with, because 8 is a picture of one cycle (the bottom 'zero') ending and another (the top 'zero') 'taking over', and 81 is the square of 9 (the 'last' number possible to indicate with a single digit). And 6 + 4 + 8 = 18 (as in 36 / 2). And 6 * 4 * 8 = 192 the total number in the text of K. Etc.

In P, instead, the last glyph on side b can be counted as 11 * 60 = 360 + 300. It is saying 'one more' (11), because 1 (old) year is followed by 1 (newborn) year.

And 11-59 can be read as  11 * 59 = 648 + 1, i.e. the change from one year to the next will happen after 22 lunar months.

The idea of 11 = 10 + 1 can serve as a model for higher numbers, e.g. can 192 be read as 22 / 7 * (60 + 1). And 261 (= 260 + 1) indicates a dark day - equal to (8 + 1) * (28 + 1). Etc.