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TRANSLATIONS
It rained for 40 days and 40 nights, it was the deluge. We can now guess why it had to be 40, because in a year based on 400 nights the natural number of subdivisions would be 10, each with 40 nights. Tama is the 14th kuhane station and 14 * 29.5 = 413. I.e., 13 nights beyond the end of the old year the new one will arrive. Yet, old sun disappears from sight already after 295 days, the consequence of combining 10 with the lunar month. From observations it can be determined that in reality sun disappears about 270 days beyond winter solstice, i.e. after 9 solar months. Combining this 9 with the old 40-night measure gives 360. 6 * 40 = 240 will then appear to be the natural number for midsummer:
And 3 * 40 = 120 should be at spring equinox:
The sun year will begin with Ha1-1 as day number 1, and at 354 it will be 'midnight' (= 10 * 29.5):
If we throw Occam's razor out through the window it will be more easy to understand the text. The dark patch of time covers about 4 days, tamaiti comes a quarter after autumn equinox (7 * 13 = 91), beyond the change of rule indicated by the united twins in Ha7-12. The twins in Ha7-12 has no hatchmarked henua at right, the dark time is not in front. In G, on the other hand, the same twins in Ga8-25 have autumn in front:
Here we have for the first time joined the pieces from two different puzzles into a meaningful whole. Unless it is a coincidence it is 'proof' of a basic common view of the time cosmos. 18 weeks result in 126 nights, a short autumn.
Honu in Ha7-5 (where 7 * 5 = 35 could allude to the following maitaki glyph) is coming to a 'recycling station' (Ha7-8) at 352 - maybe as in 3rd 52 (meaning the end of the 3rd quarter). The outstanding pare glyphs must have an important role to play in this game:
Ha3-11 announces the arrival of spring equinox (at 3 * 40 = 120). Then comes 413 days from spring equinox to next pare, and it should refer to the measure of Tama (14 * 29.5 = 413). Ha10-31 will in this reading be announcing the spring equinox of next year. But it cannot be a true picture, because the solar year is shorter than 413 nights. This could explain why the circumference of pare in Ha10-31 is not closed - it is just a 'yoke'. Counting beyond day 366, we find 166:
If we instead count with 3 glyphs per day and beginning at winter solstice, there is no obvious way - it seems - to explain the distances and numbers.
140 days from winter solstice is not at spring equinox, but the glyphs 128 days later clearly refer to autumn equinox.
504 at Ha10-2 should be a cardinal point according to the calendar. 14 * 36 = 504. The double tamaiti glyphs (Ha10-5--6) are without 'eyes', meaning it is a dark time which is coming. A little hipu at bottom right in Ha9-53 (where 9 * 53 = 477) should be similar in meaning to that at Hanga Te Pau:
We are slowly arriving at the conclusion that it is possible to read the text of H in more than one way. Also in G this is evident: Against a background of moon oriented flow of 16 * 29.5 = 472 glyphs it is possible to count from the beginning of the text with 1 glyph per day following the path of the sun. Likewise in H: Against a background flow of 1296 glyphs defining days by the rule of 3 glyphs per day it is possible to follow the sun with 1 glyph per day. This does not exclude the possibility of following the sun also by counting with 3 glyphs per day, beginning at winter solstice instead of at Ha1-1:
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