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Now we are ready to look closer on glyph line Qb2, which by several measures apparently is the place Hua Reva (where sun's 10 months are ending):

 
144 452
*Qb5-17 (1) *Qb5-18 Qb2-15 Qb2-16 (454)
300 days
138 448
*Qb5-23 (1) *Qb5-24 Qb2-11 Qb2-12 (462)
462 / 2 + 64 = 231 + 64 = 295 days
126 460
*Qb5-35 (1) *Qb5-36 Qb2-23 Qb2-24 (462)
295 days

In G we have learned to add 64 days from the end of side b to the beginning of side a in order to find the distance from winter solstice. Here 64 days are also added. If they are not added, 295 will be 231. Ika hiku in Qb2-24 is therefore located 5 days before the ending of the lunar month Te Pei.

Adding 64 days will shift its position to Hua Reva. In Qb2-12 the koti sign apparently is meant to be read as the break after 10 months have been reached.

The beginning of glyph line Qb2 is described here.

 

If both the end of 10 sun months and 8 moon months are to be described in the same glyph line, how can that be accomplished? Ordinal numbers can have been used, for instance -18, -24, and -36.

Ika hiku in Qb2-24 will then be referring to the sun. Therefore also ika hiku in Qb2-15 should be so, because they are identical.

Maybe the Q text describes events by way of a solar calendar, in contrast to G which describes them by way of a lunar calendar.

The beginning of glyph line Qb2:

Qb2-1 Qb2-2 (440) Qb2-3 Qb2-4 Qb2-5 Qb2-6
220 + 64 = 284 285 286
Qb2-7 Qb2-8 Qb2-9 Qb2-10 (448) Qb2-11 Qb2-12
287 288 289 = 225 + 64
Qb2-13 Qb2-14 Qb2-15 (453) Qb2-16 Qb2-17 Qb2-18
290 291 = 227 + 64 292
Qb2-19 Qb2-20 Qb2-21 Qb2-22 Qb2-23 Qb2-24 (462)
293 294 295 = 231 + 64

At top right in Qb2-3 the is an ua sign turned into a horizontal position. The legs of the two ika hiku glyphs could allude to this sign.

In Qb2-10 there is a Rogo with head in full visibility, but with its lower front half invisible. 4 days later a variant of ragi has its top front part invisible:

 
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Qb2-10 3 Qb2-17

Ordinal number -17 could mean a new season is beginning. The day number, 292, is 100 more than 192 (at the end of the first half of a year measuring 384 days). Perhaps 292 is to be understood as a 'second 192', this time ruled by the moon. Ragi indicates the night.

If so, then there are 8 days (284-291) at the beginning of glyph line Qb2 to the final in day 300:

 
144 452
*Qb5-17 (1) *Qb5-18 Qb2-15 Qb2-16 (454)
300 days

The 3 days between Rogo in Qb2-10 and the likewise only partially visible ragi glyph ought to have a special meaning, i.e. those 8 days from the beginning of the glyph line are 5 + 3 days. Day 291 has just been explained as the last day of 300, and therefore the first of the 3 should be put into focus. And we know its function:

 
138 448
*Qb5-23 (1) *Qb5-24 Qb2-11 Qb2-12 (462)
462 / 2 + 64 = 231 + 64 = 295 days

The koti glyph seems to express that day 231 counted from eyeless ariga erua has arrived. The fat tail and empty hand of mago probably means the autumn has ended (the back side of the year which is beginning with day 231). Also the rising fish in Qb2-12 has a fat tail. The 'cup' is formed in a way which possibly alludes to the shape of the moon.

There are 10 lunar months dominated by spring sun counted from *Qb5-23 to Qb2-13:

 
Qb2-13 Qb2-14 (452)
290 = 226 + 64

Manu rere has its downwards left wing exceptionally long and this sign is in Qb2-14 contrasted by the exceptionally long upraised right 'wing' of tagata. The meaning presumably is to illustrate the rising of the moon season (autumn). In G the same day is illustrated by ragi at the top end and with an upside down head at the bottom:

 
Ga8-22 (226)

9 days beyond another important station arrives, the lunar station Te Pei. The first 8 * 29.5 = 236 days of the lunar calendar have ended. Day 236 is the last day of the first half of the lunar calendar and also the last day of 300 for the sun:

 
Qb2-17 Qb2-18 Qb2-19 Qb2-20 Qb2-21 Qb2-22
292 293 294
Qb2-23 Qb2-24 (462) Qb2-25 Qb2-26 (464) Qb2-27 Qb2-28
295 = 231 + 64 296 297
Qb2-29 Qb2-30 Qb2-31 Qb2-32 Qb2-33 Qb2-34 (472)
298 299 300 = 236 + 64
Qb2-35 Qb2-36 Qb2-37 Qb2-38 Qb2-39 Qb2-40
301 302 303

A tamaiti (Qb2-31) confirms a new season has been born. It is a moon type of tamaiti - there are two of them.

The curious variant of honu in Qb2-2 is presumably of decisive importance. It may be a hakaua ('rain maker'):

Qb2-2 (440) hakaua

The sign across its lower body cannot be legs, it is only a 'joke'. The sign may be a variant of haga rave, in which case it is turned upside down. This is no place for rest, rather the opposite. With rain vegetation suddenly bursts into action again. We can guess that the lunar month Te Pei is beginning with day 220.

When moon is reaching her midstation (Te Pei), we should expect a 'bay of rest and recreation' also for her. The upside down haga rave across honu presumably is such a bay. The pair of ika hiku glyphs from this perspective appears to be highly alive and relating to the moon rather than to the sun. Why not regard them as shark egg cases?

 

If Te Pei is beginning with day 220, then day 16 of Te Pei will mark the end of growth and day 17 the beginning of waning:

Ga8-16 (220) Ga8-17 Ga8-18 Ga8-19 Ga8-20
Ga8-21 Ga8-22 (226) Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25
Ga8-26 Gb1-1 Gb1-2 Gb1-3 Gb1-4
Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (236) Gb1-7 Gb1-8 Gb1-9

Evidence is with us. Glyph number 220 is Ga8-16, where we now can read '8th month of the moon, the 16th night'. I decide to convey this important information by way of adding a page:

The sign across its lower body cannot be legs, it is only a 'joke'. The sign may be a variant of haga rave, in which case it is turned upside down. This is no place for rest, rather the opposite. With rain vegetation suddenly bursts into action again. We can guess that the lunar month Te Pei is beginning with day 220.

 

If Te Pei is beginning with day 220, then day 16 could mark the end of growth and day 17 the beginning of waning:

Te Pei
Ga8-16 (0) Ga8-17 Ga8-18 Ga8-19 Ga8-20
Ga8-21 Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25
Ga8-26 Gb1-1 Gb1-2 Gb1-3 Gb1-4
Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (16) Gb1-7 (17) Gb1-8 Gb1-9

Evidence is with us. Glyph number 220 is Ga8-16, where we now are able to read '8th month of the moon, the 16th night' (is in front).

 

Consequences come. First, where does Te Pei end? The glyphs suggest with Gb1-19 (day 249):

Gb1-10 (20) Gb1-11 Gb1-12 Gb1-13 Gb1-14 Gb1-15
Gb1-16 (26) Gb1-17 Gb1-18 Gb1-19 (29)
Gb1-20 (0) Gb1-21 Gb1-22 Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25

Then, we should maybe find a glyph at the end of side b which is the first day of the first lunar month?

472 - 16 = 456 (= 19 * 24):

Gb8-6 Gb8-7 Gb8-8 Gb8-9 Gb8-10
Gb8-11 Gb8-12 Gb8-13 Gb8-14 (456) Gb8-15
Gb8-16 Gb8-17 Gb8-18 Gb8-19 Gb8-20
Gb8-21 Gb8-22 Gb8-23 Gb8-24 Gb8-25
Gb8-26 Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (472)

Gb8-14 is day number 'zero' of the first lunar month, given that Gb8-30 should be day number 16 (and also day number 17). We have seen this glyph earlier (at maitaki):

 

Ure signs come before the last glyphs, presumably indicating that the end is used to generate next phase:

 
Gb8-14 Gb8-15 Gb2-29 Gb2-30

The pair at the end of the full cycle have no mouths, but their necks are straight, while the pair at the end of the first part of the cycle are 'wilting' with open mouths ...