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Beyond glyph number 366 (counted from Ha1-1) a new time should begin:

Ha7-5 Ha7-6 (350) Ha7-7 Ha7-8 Ha7-9 Ha7-10 (354)
217 218
...
Ha7-11 Ha7-12 Ha7-13 (357) Ha7-14 Ha7-15 Ha7-16 (360)
219 220
... ...
Ha7-17 Ha7-18 *Ha7-19 *Ha7-20 (364) *Ha7-21 *Ha7-22 (366)
221 222

Let us look at the following glyphs, moving slowly forward according to plan:

*Ha7-23 (367) *Ha7-24 *Ha7-25 *Ha7-26 (370) *Ha7-27 *Ha7-28
223 224
*Ha7-29 *Ha7-30 *Ha7-31 (375) *Ha7-32 *Ha7-33 (377) *Ha7-34
225 226

Number 367 can be read either as 36 * 7 = 252 = 14 * 18 or as 3 * 67 = 201 ('one more' than 10 * 20). This will be true whichever rongorongo text we are counting on and irrespective of whether we take one glyph at a time or jump to group together triplets of glyphs or other groups representing a day each.

At the back of the head (at the left) in Ha7-23 a reversed kai sign can be imagined, which could mean 'no growth' (i.e., no light).

In Ha7-24 we have a variant of marama at left. This variant was presented at Ha7-7:

6
Ha7-5 Ha7-6 Ha7-7 (351) *Ha7-23 *Ha7-24 (368) *Ha7-25
217 223

Only these two glyphs of this variant exist in H (and none in G). But a slightly different variant comes in duplicate on side b, obviously connected not only visually but also by the numbers:

354 363
Ha7-24 (368) Hb2-24 (723) Hb9-27 (1087)
364

723 / 3 = 241, to which we should add 100 and reach to day 341 (= 11 * 31) beyond winter solstice. Hb2-24 is located at an important place we can read from the following double Rei (the only such in H except Ha3-12 at 120, i.e. at day 140 from winter solstice):

Hb2-22 Hb2-23 Hb2-24 (723) Hb2-25 Hb2-26 Hb2-27
341 342
Hb2-28 Hb2-29 Hb2-30 Hb2-31 Hb2-32 Hb2-33
343 344
Hb2-34 Hb2-35 Hb2-36 Hb2-37 Hb2-38 Hb2-39
345 346
Hb2-40 Hb2-41 Hb2-42 Hb2-43 Hb2-44 Hb2-45
347 348
Hb2-46 Hb2-47 Hb2-48 Hb3-1 Hb3-2 Hb3-3
349 350
Hb3-4 Hb3-5 Hb3-6 (753) Hb3-7 Hb3-8 Hb3-9
351 352
Hb3-10 Hb3-11 Hb3-12 Hb3-13 Hb3-14 Hb3-15
353 354

Once, now along time ago, I saw a break in time (equal to that at new year) between Hb3-5 and Hb3-6. This is even more probable now, because we can see a little hipu sign in a central position in Hb3-6.

This crucial glyph comes 30 glyphs beyond our marama variant (Hb2-24), which does not necessarily imply we still should count glyphs as days - we could equally well say that the two glyphs are 10 days apart.

But if we count with 3 glyphs per day we should be able to explain 351. It means 'one more', so much is clear, and 35 = 5 * 7 as if we were following the 'fire' (sun) along his nightside journey (there are 7 days in a week).

The double Rei glyphs measure out 201 days between them:

Ha3-7 Ha3-8 Ha3-9 Ha3-10 Ha3-11 Ha3-12 (120)
139 140
Hb2-22 Hb2-23 Hb2-24 Hb2-25 (724) Hb2-26 Hb2-27
341 342

Or, we can count the other way, from Hb2-25 up to and including Ha3-12: 1296 / 3 = 432 days for the whole H text, and 432 - 201 = 231, equal to the day number for Gb1-1.

Hb9-27 we immediately recognize, it is the full moon glyph in Monday, in a calendar 'of the week' with 7 * 6 = 42 glyphs = 14 days:

Hb9-17 Hb9-18 Hb9-19 Hb9-20 (1080) Hb9-21 Hb9-22
Hb9-23 Hb9-24 Hb9-25 Hb9-26 Hb9-27 (1087) Hb9-28
Hb9-29 Hb9-30 Hb9-31 Hb9-32 Hb9-33 Hb9-34
Hb9-35 Hb9-36 (1096) Hb9-37 Hb9-38 (1098) Hb9-39 Hb9-40
Hb9-41 Hb9-42 Hb9-43 Hb9-44 Hb9-45 Hb9-46
Hb9-47 Hb9-48 Hb9-49 Hb9-50 Hb9-51 Hb9-52
Hb9-53 Hb9-54 Hb9-55 Hb9-56 Hb9-57 Hb9-58 (1118)

One of our corner stones is shifting, can the building stand up? First we must notice that our triple-glyph count is out of tune. Hb9-19 is number 1079 which is not a multiple of 3, but 359⅔. But then we find manu rere (the spirit of the sun rising up beyond 'noon') to be positioned exactly right, viz. at the beginning of day 360. Though that is counted from Ha1-1. We have to add 100 days to get the order from winter solstice: 360 + 100 = 460 (equal to ten times 46, an essential number in Tahua). Hb9-36, where the crack (koti) is occurring, is located at 1096 = 3 * 365⅓, and at 3 * 366 we have reached mama.

Then we must remember our task at hand. We must return.