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The following next page (from 'here') is the last one:
The page above is somewhat loose in its details. In G we should identify tagata in Gb6-26 as an important 'person'. He comes before Rogo, and indeed seems to generate him. The gesture with a closed fist is similar to that of manu rere in Ga4-16. But there the hanging down maro string says 'it is over':
Ga4-14--16 seem to belong together, once again a triplet ending with -14, -15, and -16. If the central glyph Ga4-15 (where 4 * 15 = 60) is what counts, then it is at positon 65 + 99 = 164 from Gb6-25. And 99 could allude to Venus. But no phase of Venus is close to being 164 days long.
Gb1-21 will be day 315 if we add 64 to 251 (which is counted from Gb8-30). Alternatively it will be day 315 by adding 65 to 250 (not counting Gb8-30 twice, but beginning with Gb6-25), which appears to be a more sound reading. Day 250 agrees with the day number for Hb3-4--6:
Day 165 at manu rere in Ga4-16, counted from winter solstice, means the next season will begin with day 166. 266 = 366 - 100. There are 265 days from Ga4-17 to Hanga Te Pau:
In other words, 65 is followed by 400 and another 65. Let us try to identify where glyph number 200 and 265 are located:
265 can, though, alternatively be 100 + 100 + 65, or 65 + 100 + 100:
I vote for this alternative, which has tapa mea vaha kai at Gb3-9:
Another advantage is 300 days in the center, which is reasonable if sun should have 300 days. 65 + 65 = 130 is half 260. Adding 65 to 300, we will have a kind of arm- and legless honu at Gb3-10 (in position 366 and maybe alluding to Hanga Te Pau). Counted from Gb8-30 (i.e. by the moon) the same glyph comes as day 301, one day outside the reach of the sun. 8 + 8 = 16 feathers are on the outside, as if the central figure is hiding the rays from the sun. The 100 days ending at Ca6-24 could be parallel with 100 days from Gb8-30 to Rei at Ga4-17, but only if we are allowed to add one day at the beginning:
Day number 66 will then be Ca3-14 respective Gb8-30, and we can identify the 'fists' held high in Ca3-14 as probably the same as those which are packed inside puo in Gb8-30:
The text on side a of C becomes 65 glyphs longer than that on side a of G by cause of the explanation above. 65 + 230 = 295 indicates that the end of side a in G is at Hua Reva (according to the moon). In C we also have Hua Reva at day 295:
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