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Next page together with the page from 'Aa8-80':

 

For Tahua I have listed as koti only 3 glyphs in the catalogue:

Aa6-23 Aa8-80 Ab4-36

Aa8-80 has been discussed several times earlier, and Ab4-36 we discovered when hanau glyphs were in focus. But Aa6-23 we have not looked at before. It exemplifies how a henua glyph can be vertically divided (cfr Omotohi where another type of henua division was used):

Aa6-16 Aa6-17 Aa6-18 Aa6-19 Aa6-20 Aa6-21
Aa6-22 Aa6-23 (439) Aa6-24 Aa6-25 Aa6-26 Aa6-27
Aa6-28 Aa6-29 Aa6-30 Aa6-31 Aa6-32 Aa6-33

From the visual cues it seems possible that Aa6-22--24 constitute a triplet. At left is a henua whole and intact, in the center another henua is not only divided but leaning forward, at right ariga erua could say that the 'face of sun' is present in his full stature.

Metoro here said: te henua - no te koti pu - ko te tagata ariga hakaganagana erua. He seems to have seen a hole (pu) in Aa6-23.

A discussion of the meaning of Aa6-23 follows here.

 

 

Te Pei

8 * 29.5 = 236
Gb1-6 (236) Gb1-7 Aa6-12 Aa6-13 (472) Aa6-14 Aa6-15
Te Pou

9 * 29.5 = 265.5
Gb2-10 (266) Gb2-11 Aa6-70 Aa6-71 (531) Aa6-72 Aa6-73
Hatinga Te Kohe

12 * 29.5 = 354
Gb4-33 (354) Gb5-1 Aa8-79 Aa8-80 (708) Aa8-81 Aa8-82

In order to accomplish a structure which is parallel with G I have here revised the counting in A to begin neither from pito (Ab8-43) nor from ihe tau (Ab8-44) but from the combination of niu with haś:

Ab8-39 Ab8-40 Ab8-41 Ab8-42
Ab8-43 Ab8-44 Ab8-45 (1) Ab8-46
Ab8-47 Ab8-48 Ab8-49 Ab8-50

8 * 45 = 360.

Aa8-80 (where 8 * 8 = 64) is not of the standard koti type because, I suggest, because 354 (= 708 / 2) is a lunar calendar measure.

 

Haś at Ab8-45 has 5 feathers at left and 5 at right. Hau tea at Ab8-48 is diminishing towards right, and 8 * 48 = 384 (= 2 * 192). At Ab8-50 (hanau) number 400 probably is alluded to.

The page to which 'here' leads:

 

We can try to put in days, using 2 glyphs per day:

Aa6-17 Aa6-18 Aa6-19 Aa6-20 Aa6-21 Aa6-22
217 218 219
Aa6-23 (439) Aa6-24 Aa6-25 Aa6-26 Aa6-27 Aa6-28
440 / 2 = 220 221 222
Aa6-29 Aa6-30 Aa6-31 Aa6-32 Aa6-33 Aa6-34
223 224 225

I have chosen to begin these 9 days with Aa6-17 because there is a sign '6-17' which indicates beginning:

468
Ab8-45 Ab8-46 Aa6-15 Aa6-16 (432) Aa6-17 Aa6-18
day 1 234 day 236 = 432 / 2 + 20 day 237

There are 84 glyphs in line b8, and therefore the ordinal numbers counted from Aa1-1 must be raised with 40 (= 20 days) in order to reach the kuhane stations.

Koti at Aa6-23 is located at the first half of day 220 + 20 = 240, and we can compare with the parallel (in time) Gb1-10, which also has a 'pu' (in addition to a lost head at right):

Gb1-7 (237) Gb1-8 Gb1-9 Gb1-10 (240)

Ariga erua at Aa6-24 seems to allude by way of the numbers to what is happening, sun (6) has reached to his end (day 240 according to the lunar calendar). Also in the numbers of Gb1-10 is this message possibly embedded, the end (10) of sun (1).

Using what we know from G, it is evident that Gb1-10 is not day 300 from winter solstice (240 + 64 = 304). We must count from Gb7-2 (the toppling forward hau tea with 'eyes' both ways) in order to reach 300:

Gb6-25 Gb6-26 (1) Gb6-27 Gb6-28
Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (300) Gb1-7 (237) Gb1-8
Gb7-1 Gb7-2 (1) Gb7-3 Gb7-4
Gb1-9 Gb1-10 (300) Gb1-11 Gb1-12

Maybe Gb6-26 is the first day of winter solstice and Gb7-2 its last day. Or maybe we should count from tamaiti (Gb7-3) and in day 299 recognize a sign which explains the event.

Metoro correctly identified a hole (pu) between the upper and lower parts of the divided henua glyph (Aa6-23) - which is 'proven' by the hole (vaha kai) in Gb1-10.

 

This is how far I have come with this page. But questions remain. 299 (Gb1-10 measured from Gb7-3) could possibly be interpreted as 29 * 9 = 261, in which case we will knwo there are 9 dark months ahead.

Counting in G from Gb1-11 - at 241 from Gb8-30, which implies 240 could be referring to Gb8-30 (respectively to Ab8-45) - day 261 will be at day 500. We have to turn the tablet once more in order to look at Ga1-28 with surroundings:

Ga1-26 Ga1-27 Ga1-28 (29) Ga1-29 Ga1-30
499 500 472 + 29 = 501 502 503
259 260 261 = 9 * 29 262 263

Counting by the moon (multiples of 29.5), and beginning from Gb8-30, the 1st station will arrive between Ga1-28 and Ga1-29. Counting by multiples of 29, and beginning with Gb1-11 (number 299 from tamaiti at Gb7-3) the day will be day number 261.

It would be reasonable if the creator of G tried to synchronize at the beginning of side a the different types of measurements. The last of the digits will be the same (e.g. 501 and 261) because the difference between the ordinal numbers depends on a difference of 240 in starting point.

The visual impressions connect Ga1-27 with Ga1-28. The numbers say that 500 (respectively 260) marks the end, i.e. from Ga1-28 something new is coming.

Counting from Ga1-28 instead of from Gb8-30 will mean reducing the ordinal numbers by 28.

A good solution for G would be if we could coordinate Ga1-26 with day 260 (and 500):

Ga1-26 Ga1-27 Ga1-28 Ga1-29 Ga1-30
500 501 502 503 504
260 261 = 9 * 29 262 263 264

Ga1-26 will first be number 27 (counted from Gb8-30). Gb8-30 will next turn be encountered as glyph number 472. Counting it twice will turn 472 into 473. Moving on to Ga1-26 we will find it to be number 473 + 26 = 499. It is not possible to reach 500 (nor 260) - at least not without some additional 'trick'.

Let us then try to work with Tahua in the same manner.

261 * 2 = 522 is to be counted from Aa6-25 (at 442). 522 + 442 = 964:

468
Ab8-45 Ab8-46 Aa6-15 Aa6-16 (432)
day 1 234 day 236 = 432 / 2 + 20
4
Aa6-17 Aa6-18 Aa6-23 (439) Aa6-24
day 237 2 240 = 440 / 2 + 20
516
Aa6-25 Aa6-26 (442) Ab4-47 Ab4-48 Ab4-49 Ab4-50 (964)
 day 1 = 442 / 2 + 20 - 240 258 260 261

We can try to correlate Ab4-50 and surroundings with G:

Ab4-42 Ab4-43 Ab4-45 Ab4-46 Ab4-47 Ab4-48
258 259 260 (500)
Ab4-49 Ab4-50 Ab4-51 Ab4-52 Ab4-53 Ab4-54
261 262 263
Ab4-55 Ab4-56 Ab4-57 Ab4-58 Ab4-59 Ab4-60
264 265 266

We have been here before.