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TRANSLATIONS
In H there appears to be a break in time between Thursday and Friday, presumably alluded to by koti (in form of the separated morning and evening stars aspects of Venus):
The cycle of light in the text of H must begin with Ha1-4 in order to achieve 64 (= 8 * 8) as a square in the absolute darkness at the beginning of time. 1293 (the number of the last glyph on side b if we count from Ha1-4) - 1104 (manu rere at Hb9-47) = 189 = 3 * 63:
There are 186 glyphs beyond Venus to the end of side b. Twice 186 = 372 = 472 - 100 = 6 * 31 Our attention should focus on the day number for Friday, which is not the expected 368 (as in G). Considering 368 as a number, we can see 36 * 8 = 288 - which in turn can be read as 28 * 8 = 224, which in turn can be read as 22 * 4 = 88. Both 36, 28, and 22 all indicate measures for light, and 8 is the perfect number. 368 is therefore a suitable day number for the completion of a cycle, suitable for the last day of Jupiter. By comparing with G we realize that changing from Gb8-30 to Ga1-1 as day number 1 will not help, because Gb5-14 will then be number 367:
In order to increase from 368 to 369 it seems we have to move once more past Gb8-30 in order to count it twice. The cycle of Venus is 584 days, and possibly it could be done. On the other hand, other considerations may have guided the creator of the G text. In H mauga (Hb9-49) comes before the morning and evening stars. First there was darkness, then came light. 9 * 49 = 441 ('one more' than 20 * 22) = 7 * 63, as if to allude to how there are 63 days left from Friday to the end of side b. 5 * 14 (in Gb5-14) = 70, and 70 is also the number of Ga3-11 on side a:
Let us search in H for the glyphs which should correspond to the dark 8 nights beyond then end of the evening star:
Suppose Ga1-1 is parallel with Ha1-4--6. We then need to add 69 * 3 = 207 glyphs to reach to the last glyph of the evening star. Counting from Ha1-1 we should find glyph number 207 + 6 = 213, viz. Ha4-53 (a suitable number for the end of light):
Several mea ke signs tell about darkness, likewise several vae signs indicate 'going away'. In Ha5-6 we recognize a type of glyph combination from G:
7-5 appears to have been planned at glyph number 175 (from Gb8-30), and 175 = 7 * 25 (= 5 * 35). In Ha5-5 we can read 5 * 5 = 25. 31 is the last period, and at Ga7-7 henua ora (with 8 + 8 feathers, possibly alluding to those 8 * 8 = 64 incredibly dark nights at the very beginning of creation) the day number is equal to 6 * 29.5 - spring sun seems to be finished (there is also an ihe tau sign at top right inside henua ora). Ariki at Ga7-6 has his right 'arm' cut straight off:
From this evidence it is clear that information regarding the sun also must be of the dark sort. In H time has not advanced as far as in G. Ha5-6 is number 222 from Ha1-1. Taking a triplet of glyphs at a time to count days, day number (222 - 3) / 3 = 73 is 'one more' than 72 = 360 / 5. On the other hand, there is no indication in the glyph signs of a new one arriving here. Therefore we should presumably instead think: 73 = 365 / 5. The signs in the next day, can be read as 'one more':
At Ha5-7 we remember hakaariki (to make a king). The old one is finished (cfr Ga7-6), and the new one is returning to us what he has been 'sucking up' earlier. In summary, we cannot (yet) from the glyphs in H with certainty see that Venus as evening star is going down here (at day 70). |
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