TRANSLATIONS

TRANSLATIONS

Day number 466 is special, a curious bird is finished and his season is 230 days:

	228
Gb1-7 (inverted)		Gb8-24 (466)
230

Moon is fading away at top right, and Gb1-7 is defined by the moon (8 * 29.5 + 1). With 6 glyphs remaining on side b, they possibly connect with 6 glyphs at the beginning of side a:


Gb8-25	Gb8-26	Gb8-27	Gb8-28	Gb8-29	Gb8-30

Ga1-1	Ga1-2	Ga1-3	Ga1-4	Ga1-5	Ga1-6

Maybe 472 = 13 + 229 + 230:

	11			227			228
Gb8-25		Ga1-6	Ga1-7		Gb1-6	Gb1-7 (237)		Gb8-24 (466)
13			229			230

46 is a major number in Tahua, where 1334 = 46 * 29. But with 2 glyphs per day it means 23 * 29 = 667 days. Or rather - with 2 added glyphs - 668 days. 66 and 8 resembles 4 and 66, but the order is reversed.

In G the following pattern could be basic, with 66 days at high summer and initiated by a 2nd viri (which maybe negates the effects of the 1st viri):

	260		94		48		64
Gb1-7		Ga1-26		Ga5-11		Ga7-1		Gb1-6
*261 = 9 29**		*144 = 96 + 48 = 12 12**				66

261 dark nights are followed by a reemergence (Ga1-26), and then there are 7 months à 30 days. 9 * 29 + 7 * 30 = 16 * 29.5 - 1 = 471.

96 = 2 * 48 and we must locate where the 1st 48 days end. 27 (Ga1-26) + 47 = 74 (47 reversed):


Ga3-10	Ga3-11	Ga3-12	Ga3-13	Ga3-14 (74)	Ga3-15	Ga3-16

2. The month June has been translated, at some time, as He Maro. Such a connection can be explained by referring to summer solstice north of the equator. But on Easter Island He Maro (June) is the month of winter solstice, and the sky roof is very low.

Sun light has left and it is as if sun had been covered up in a loin-cloth (maro).

... Manuscript E locates Hanga Te Pau indirectly to He Maro, by letting the canoe of Ira touch ground there on the first day of that month ...

But maro also means a banner of bird feathers tied to a stick, a proper gift to the king in the darkest of times (especially as the chickens develop much feathers at that time of the year). Feathers are like fire, and both sun and king need to be supported with new energy.

Furthermore, maro sticks were used to mark the border lines of the king:

... Nuku Keku was ... in charge of the feather garlands (maro), which served to mark the boundaries of the royal residence. He had pounded (the staffs with the feather garlands) into the ground.

The middle (te tini) was located in front of the bay of Hanga Rua. The feather garlands went up, continued, and reached Puku Parari. They went up again and reached Puku O Heha. From Puku O Heha they formed (a line) to the side, to Aro Huri. From Aro Huri they turned again toward the sea and reached Maunga Koua, went down, went their way, and reached Hira Moko. (He) made a second line (? he rua taupa) of feather garlands ...

The month He Maro marks the beginning of the boundary for the new sun (year).

Maybe a single strand of maro signifies 'boundary', e.g.:

25			350
25	Ha1-26	Ha1-27	350	Ha7-34 (378)

7 * 34 = 238, but maybe we should reduce with 1 day because Ha1-1--3 is needed to raise 63 on side b to the wished for 64. Ha7-34 could then allude to Gb1-7:


Ha7-34 (375)	Gb1-7 (237)
375 / 3 = 125	Gb1-7 (237)

3 feathers indicate the limit of high summer. Twice 4 feathers (Ha1-26--27) mark the end of the season of the moon.