R (Small
Washington Tablet)
40. We should remember that I once upon a very long time ago had classified the peculiar figure depicted in Cb14-18 as a possible case of the glyph type I had named rona:
... 'How many are you?' He answered, 'There are two of us.' Ira continued asking, 'Where is he (the other)?' To that he answered, 'The one died.' Again Ira asked, 'Who has died?' He replied, 'That was Te Ohiro A Te Runu.' Ira asked anew, 'And who are your?' He answered, 'Nga Tavake A Te Rona.' [E:46 ] After this, the emissaries and Nga Tavake went to the yam plantation ...
Tavake, sea bird, white, with rosy tail; its feathers were used to decorate hats and belts.
... Thus Nga Tavake A te Rona (Sign) could have referred to Pollux (Polydeuces), whereas the existence of the mortal Castor (Beaver) could have been only inferred ...
And we should presumably count the days from Cb8-3 to Cb14-18 because they look alike like twins. And 2 * 173 = 346:
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