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Ba9.2

Once again. The beginning should have the Tail of the Goat at the back side, and this idea was evidently transmitted down through the millenia:

BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS:
26 Mahar sha hi-na Shahū Western One in the Tail of the Goat γ (Nashira) Capricorni 328.0 Febr 12 (43)
27 Arkat sha hi-na Shahū Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat δ (Deneb Algiedi) Capricorni 329.8 Febr 13 (44)
 
0  1-iku Field measure  τ (Anunitum) Piscium 16.5 April 6 (96)
 
1 Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku Front of the Head of Ku β (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) Arietis 27.4 April 17 (107)
2 Arku-sha-rishu-ku Back of the Head of Ku α (Hamal) Arietis 30.5 April 20 (110)
 
3 Temennu Foundation Stone η (Alcyone) Tauri 56.1 May 16 (136)
4 Pidnu-sha-Shame Furrow of Heaven α (Aldebaran) Tauri 68.2 May 28 (148)
5 Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu Star in the Bull towards the north β (El Nath) Tauri 80.9 June 9 (160)
6 Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū Star in the Bull towards the south ζ (Heavenly Gate) Tauri 84.0 June 13 (164)

But in the B text Nashira followed by Algiedi did not arrive until Ba2-25 (alluding to the preceding day 225 = August 13 = 4 Ahaw 8 Kumk'u):

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

no glyph

HAEDUS I

*74

June 3 (154)

71

 ε LEONIS

*146

Aug 14 (226)

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:

Ba2-25

CUJAM

*256

Dec 3 (337)

71

NASHIRA

*328

Febr 12 (408)

Febr 12 (365 + 43 = 408) = June 3 (154) + 254 = June 3 (154) - 111.

Here Metoro said we should count (hia). Following his advice I have now updated and corrected my earlier presentation.

Ba2-25 (254 - 182) Ba2-26 (73) Ba2-27 → π Ba2-28 Ba2-29 Ba2-30 (78 - 1)
ku hukahuka hia ia - ki to maro ko te marama o te nuku kua haú i te haú o te nuku kua tuu i te hau o te heu E tagata ere e, ka uga koe ki to maitaki

... ku hú á te huka-huka, ku herohero á i roto i te ahi, burning wood shows red in the fire ...

225 (August 13) - 64 = 161 (JUNE 10): Midsummer is the flowering season of the oak, which is the tree of endurance and triumph, and like the ash is said to 'court the lightning flash'. Its roots are believed to extend as deep underground as its branches rise in the air - Virgil mentions this - which makes it emblematic of a god whose law runs both in Heaven and in the Underworld ... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

Kere. To moor, to make fast. Kerekere, black, dark, blue, obscure, gloom; niho kerekere, blackened teeth. Hakakerekere, to blacken. P Pau.: kerekere, black, dark, somber. Mgv.: kerekere, blue, dark blue almost black, the color of the deep ocean, black, somber, darkness. Mq.: kerekere, keékeé, black, somber, livid; ere, blue, azure. Ta.: ereere, black. Churchill.

Uga. 1. To send, to descpatch, to exhort, to deegate, to excite, to admit, to expel (huga); huga mai, to bring in; hakauga, to instigate, to intrigue, to conduct, to bring, to congratulate. T Mgv.: uga, to send, to despatch. Mq.: una, uka, to send a message, to urge. Ta.: ua, to expel, to chase. 2. Ugamoa, thin, leanness (hugamoa). 3. (Ugauaga) Hakaugauga, relaxed. Churchill.

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
JUNE 11 (162)

12 (227 - 64)

13 14 15 16

5 Imix 9 Kumk'u

Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)

ψ Leonis (146.4), RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis (146.6)

*105.0 = *146.4 - *41.4
VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)

υ¹ Hydrae (148.4), RAS ELASET BOREALIS (Northern Head of the Lion) = μ Leonis (148.7)

*107.0 = *148.4 - *41.4
TSEEN KE (Heaven's Record) = φ Velorum (149.9) ν Leonis (150.1), π Leonis (150.6) υ² Hydrae (151.8)
Aug 14 (*146) 15 (227 → π) 16 17 18 19
"July 4 (*105)

5 (186 = 227 - 41)

6 7 8 9
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
DEC 10 (344) 11 (409 - 64) 12 LUCIA 14 (348 = 12 * 29) 15

Mahar sha hi-na Shahū-26 (Western One in the Tail of the Goat)

NASHIRA = γ Capricorni (328.0), ν Oct. (328.3),  AZELFAFAGE = π¹ Cygni, κ Capricorni (328.7)

Arkat sha hi-na Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat)

ENIF (The Nose) = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (the Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI =  δ Capricorni (329.8)

*288.0 = *329.4 - *41.4
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Oct. (330.7) KUH (Weeping) = μ Capricorni (331.4), γ Gruis (331.5)

*290.0 = *331.4 - *41.4

No star listed (300 + 32)

η Piscis Austrini (333.4)

*292.0 = *333.4 - *41.4

Febr 12 (408)

13 (365 + 44) All Hearts' Day 15 (80 + 331) 16 (365 + 31 + 16) 17 (14 * 29½)
"Jan 2 (43 - 41) 3 (368) 4

5 (80 + 290)

6 7

... Even the Maori custom of weeping over friends when they arrive instead of when they depart has a certain logic that is not beyond our comprehension ...

The figure in Ba2-29 presumably meant a new season was arriving, because here Metoro began with a new Capital (Head).

Half a year (182 glyphs) later (72 + 182 = 254) we ought once again to find Nashira and Algiedi, but this time visible close to the Full Moon. February 12 (43) + 182 = 225 (August 13). Also here I have updated my previous presentation:

Ba6-44

Ba7-1

Ba7-2 Ba7-3 (254)

Ba7-4

Ba7-5
e tagata hoko ki te kea e kua rere te manu ki ruga o te tagata - koia kua vaha mea ko te tao kua mau - i te ika eko te tao - kua here ki te ika

7 2

Ba6-35 (242 = ⅔ * 363)

Ba6-43 (324 - 74 = 250) Ba6-44 Ba7-3 (254)

μ Aquarii (*316.0)

Jan 31 (396) = 213 + 183

e tagata mau - i te vaha mea

Febr 8 (39 = 404)

Aug 9 (404 - 183 = 221)

SADALSUD (*325)

Febr 9 (40 = 405)

NASHIRA (*328)
Febr 12 (43)

Aug 1 (213 = 265 - 52) = 396 - 183

LUGHNASADH

Febr 10 (40 + 182 = 222)

AL-PHARD → Das Pferd

Aug 13 (225)

ι Hydrae (*145)

θ Pyxidis (141.5), MARKAB VELORUM = κ Velorum (141.5), AL MINHAR AL ASAD (The Nose of the Lion) = κ Leonis (141.6), λ Pyxidis (141.9) UKDAH (THE KNOT)

... The orbit of the Earth around the Sun had remarkably not been designed to be a perfect circle. ... It rained for 40 days and 40 nights, and 40 + 40 = 80 (0h) ... 288 (Tangaroa Uri 15) - Hora Nui 2 (245) = 43 ... The topknot was the most sacred part of a person, and only men had them ...

Tao. 1. To cook in an oven, to sacrifice. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: tao, to cook in an oven. 2. To carry away. 3. Abscess, bubo, scrofula, boil, gangrene, ulcer, inflammation, sore. Mgv.: taotaovere, small red spots showing the approach of death. Mq.: toopuku, toopuu, boil, wart, tumor. Ta.: taapu, taapuu, scrofula on neck and chin. 4. Mgv.: a lance, spear. Ta.: tao, id. Sa.: tao, id. Ma.: tao, id. 5. Mgv.: taotaoama, a fish. Sa.:  taotaoama, id. 6. Ta.: taoa, property, possessions. Ma.: taonga, property, treasure. Churchill. Sa.: tao, to bake; taofono, taona'i, to bake food the day before it is used; tau, the leaves used to cover an oven. To.: tao, to cook food in a oven, to bake. Fu.: taò, to put in an oven, to cook. Niuē: tao, to bake. Uvea: tao, to cook, to bake. Ma., Rapanui: tao, to bake or cook in a native oven, properly to steam, to boil with steam. Ta.: tao, the rocks and leaves with which a pig is covered when cooking; baked, boiled, cooked. Mq., Mgv., Mg., Tongareva: tao, to bake in an oven ... The word refers to the specific manner of cookery which involves the pit oven. The suggestion in the Maori, therefore, does not mean a different method; it is but an attempt more precisely to describe the kitchen method, a very tasty cookery, be it said. The suggestion of boiling is found only in Tahiti, yet in his dictionary Bishop Jaussen does not record it under the word bouillir; boiling was little known to the Polynesians before the European introduction of pottery and other fire-resisting utensils ... Churchill 2. Kao-kao, v. Haw., be red. Root and primary meaning obsolete in Haw. Sam., tao, to bake. Marqu., tao, bake, roast, sacrifice. Tah., tao, baked, boiled, cooked. Greek, καιω, Old Att. καω, to light, kindle, burn, scorch. According to Liddell and Scott, Pott refers καιω to Sanskrit çush, be dry, but Curtius rejects this. In Dravid. (Tamil) kay, to be hot, burn. Fornander.

Here. 1. To catch eels in a snare of sliding knots; pole used in this manner of fishing, with a perforation for the line. 2. To tie, to fasten, to lash; rasp made of a piece of obsidian with one rough side; cable, tie; figuratively: pact, treatise. Vanaga. 1. To lash, to belay, to knot the end of a cord, to lace, to tie, to fasten, to knot; to catch in a noose, to strangle, to garrote; here pepe, to saddle; moa herea, a trussed fowl; hehere, collar, necklet; herega, bond, ligament; heregao, scarf, cravat. 2. Hakahere. To buy, to sell, to barter, to part with, to pay for, to do business, to compensate, to owe, to disburse, to expiate, to indemnify, to rent out, to hire, to traffic, to bargain, to bribe; merchant, trader, business, revenge; tagata hakahere, merchant, trader; hakahere ki te ika, to avenge; hakaherega, ransom, redemption; hakahererua, to exchange, to avenge. 3. Here ei hoiho, incense. Churchill. Hereke, festering wound, cracked skin. Barthel 2.

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
DEC 7 8 9 (7 * 7 * 7) 10 (344) 11 12

Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 (Luckiest of the Lucky) / Emptiness-11 (Rat)

TSIN = 36 Capricorni (325.2), ALPHIRK (The Flock) = β Cephei (325.7), SADALSUD = β Aquarii, ξ Gruis (325.9)
No star listed (326)

CASTRA = ε Capricorni (327.2), BUNDA = ξ Aquarii (327.5)

SIRIUS (α Canis Majoris)

Mahar sha hi-na Shahū-26 (Western One in the Tail of the Goat)

NASHIRA = γ Capricorni (328.0), ν Oct. (328.3),  AZELFAFAGE = π¹ Cygni, κ Capricorni (328.7)

Arkat sha hi-na Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat)

ENIF (The Nose) = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (the Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI (Tail of the Goat)  =  δ Capricorni (329.8)

*288.0 = *329.4 - *41.4
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Oct. (330.7)
BUNDA (THE FOUNDATION)

... In China, with Capricornus, Pisces, and a part of Sagittarius, it [Aquarius] constituted the early Serpent, or Turtle, Tien Yuen; and later was known as Hiuen Ying, the Dark Warrior and Hero, or Darkly Flourishing One, the Hiuen Wu, or Hiuen Heaou, of the Han dynasty, which Dupuis gave as Hiven Mao. It was a symbol of the emperor Tchoun Hin, in whose reign was a great deluge; but after the Jesuits came in it became Paou Ping, the Precious Vase. It contained three of the sieu, and headed the list of zodiac signs as the Rat, which in the far East was the ideograph for 'water', and still so remains in the almanacs of Central Asia, Cochin China, and Japan ...

Febr 9 (40) 10

11

12 (408) 13 All Hearts' Day

... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars. The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe. The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...

"Dec 30 (364) 31 "Jan 1 2 3

4

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
JUNE 7 8 9 (224 - 64) 10 (161) 11 12

Star-25 (Horse) / ANA-HEU-HEU-PO-5 (Pillar where debates were held)

ALPHARD (The Horse) = α Hydrae (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7)

Al Tarf-7 (The End)

ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF = λ Leonis, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)

*102.0 = *143.4 - *41.4

A Hydrae (144.1)

VEGA (α Lyrae)

Creation of our present world

UKDAH (Knot) = ι Hydrae (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), SUBRA = ο Leonis (145.8)

ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA

*104.0 = *145.4 - *41.4

5 Imix 9 Kumk'u

Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)

ψ Leonis (146.4), RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis (146.6)

*105.0 = *146.4 - *41.4

 

VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)
UKDAH (THE KNOT)
Aug 10 (40 + 182) 11 12 (224) 13 (408 - 183) 14 15 (227 π)
"June 30 "July 1 2 (183) 3 4 5

Day number 408 can be regarded as the sum of 365 and 43:

BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS:
26 Mahar sha hi-na Shahū Western One in the Tail of the Goat γ (Nashira) Capricorni 328.0 Febr 12 (408)
27 Arkat sha hi-na Shahū Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat δ (Deneb Algiedi) Capricorni 329.8 Febr 13 (409)
 
0  1-iku Field measure  τ (Anunitum) Piscium 16.5 April 6 (461)
 
1 Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku Front of the Head of Ku β (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) Arietis 27.4 April 17 (16 * 29½)
2 Arku-sha-rishu-ku Back of the Head of Ku α (Hamal) Arietis 30.5 April 20

Ba9-1 (341) will then follow 87 (= 3 * 29) days after Nashira at the Full Moon in day 408 (February 12). 43 + 87 = 130 (May 10) = 495 - 365.

73
Ba8-36 (256 + 74) Ba8-37 Ba8-38 Ba8-39 (333)
ki ruga o te ragi o te hetu eko te tagata rima oho mai tae atu i te tagata vero i te puoko kua ka ko te Raa

Ka. Particle of the affirmative imperative, of cardinal numerals, of independent ordinal numerals, and of emphatic exclamation, e.g. ka-maitaki! how nice! Vanaga. . 1. To light a fire in order to cook in the earth oven (see umu): he-ká i te umu, he-ká i te kai. 2. Figuratively: to fire up the soul. To put oneself in a fury (with manava): ku-ká-á toona manava he has become furious. Vanaga. 1. Of T. 2. Imperative sign; ka oho, ka tere, ka ea, begone!; ka ko iha, a greeting T; ka mou, hush; ka oho, goodbye. 3. Infinitive sign; mea meitaki ka rava, a thing good to take; ka harai kia mea, to accompany. 4. A prefix which forms ordinals from cardinals. 5. The dawning of the day. 6. Different (? ke). Churchill.

Raa. Sun; day; i te raá nei, today; raá îka, good day for fishing. Vanaga. 1. Sun. 2. Day. 3. Time. 4. Name of sub-tribe. Fischer. Te manu i te raá = comet. Barthel. '... The substitution of the sun for the sail, both of which are called ra or raa in Polynesia, is a remarkable feature in Easter Island art ... ' Heyerdahl 3. 1. The sun; raa ea mai, raa puneki, sunrise; raa tini, raa toa, noon. P Mgv., Ta.: ra, the sun. Mq.: a, id. 2. Day, date; a raa nei a, to-day, now; raa i mua, day before. P Mgv., Ta.: ra, a day. Mq.: a, id. Churchill. '... The chief thus makes his appearance at Lakeba from the sea, as a stranger to the land. Disembarking at the capital village of Tubou, he is led first to the chiefly house (vale levu) and next day to the central ceremonial ground (raaraa) of the island ...' (Islands of History) Ta.: toraaraa, to raise up. Churchill 2

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
AUG 25 (237) 26 (120 + 118) 239 = 223 - 64 + 80 224 + 16 = 240
ρ Lupi (221.0), TOLIMAN = α Centauri (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9)

(*180)

31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)

Al Zubānā-14a (Claws) / Visakha-16 (Forked) / Root-3 (Badger)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (Southern Claw) = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
Oct 28 (301) 29 30 31
"Sept 17 (260) 18 19 20
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
(346 + 74 = 420) FEBR 25 26 (57) 27
*79 + *325 - *39 = *365

μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA (Part of a Hand) = γ Ceti, θ Persei (39.8)

 *363.0 = *39.4 - *41.4
π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR (Bend in the River) = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9)

Bharani-2 (Yoni) / Stomach-17 (Pheasant)

π Arietis (41.2), MIRAM (Next to the Pleiades) = η Persei (41.3), BHARANI = 41 Arietis (41.4), τ² Eridani, σ Arietis (41.7)

*365.0 = 0h

TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4)

 *1.0 = *42.4 - *41.4
April 29 (237 - 118) 30 (120 = 360 / 3) Beltane May 2 (366 / 3)
"March 19 20 21 (80) 22
Ba8-40 Ba8-41 Ba8-42 (336) Ba8-43 Ba8-44 Ba8-45 Ba8-46
kua haga i tona mea ke mai tae hua ia kua rere ko te manu ki te tagata - tanu ki te tau moko e manu pure ïa ki tona henua kua vero hia ïa mai

Tanu. To cover something in the ground with stones or soil; to bury a corpse; tanu kopú, to bury completely; this expression is mostly used figuratively: ka-tanu kopú te vânaga tuai era, ina ekó mana'u hakaou, forget those old stories, don't think of them again. Vanaga. To bury, to plant, to sow seed, to inter, to implant, to conceal; tagata tanukai, farmer; tanuaga, burial; tanuaga papaku, funeral; tanuga, plantation; tanuhaga, funeral, tomb. P Pau.: tanu, to cultivate. Mgv.: tanu, to plant, to bury. Mq.: tanu, to plant, to sow. Ta.: tanu, to plant, to sow, to bury. Churchill.

... A une certaine saison, on amassait des vivres, on faisait fête On emmaillotait un corail, pierre de défunt lezard, on l'enterrait, tanu. Cette cérémonie était un point de départ pour beacoup d'affaires, notamment de vacances pour le chant des tablettes ou de la priére, tanu i te tau moko o tana pure, enterrer la pierre sépulcrale de lézard de sa prière ...

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
AUG 29 30 (242) 31 SEPT 1 2 3 4
KOCHAB (Kakkab) = β Ursae Min.(225.0), ξ Librae (225.7) KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI (Claw of the Scorpion) = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9) ω Bootis (227.2), NEKKAR (Herdsman) = β Bootis (227.3), σ Librae (227.5), π² Oct. (227.7), NADLAT (Mean Little Ones) = ψ Bootis (227.8), π Lupi (227.9)

15h (228.3)

ZUBEN HAKRABIM = ν Librae (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9)
ω Oct. (229.3), ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8)

Al Zubānā-14b (Claws)

χ Bootis (230.3), PRINCEPS = δ Bootis (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (Northern Claw) = β Librae (230.8)
μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3), ο Librae (231.8)
Nov 1 2 3 4 (308) 5 6 7
"Sept 21 (264) Equinox 23 24 25 26 27
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
FEBR 28 (59) MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 (65)

ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR (End of the River) = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

DENEBOLA (β Leonis)
MENKAR (The Nose) = α Ceti (44.7)

3h (45.7)

GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei (45.1), ALGOL (The Demon) = β Persei (45.9)
ι Persei (46.1), MISAM (Next to the Pleiades) = κ Persei (46.2), GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei (46.7), BOTEIN (Pair of Bellies) = δ Arietis (46.9) ζ Arietis (47.7) ZIBAL (Young Ostriches) = ζ Eridani (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9) τ Arietis (49.7)
May 3 4 (125 = 61 + 64) 6 (126) 7 8 9 (129)
"March 23 24 (84 = 125 - 41) 26 (85) 27 28 29 (88)

At a certain time in the year they buried (tanu) the 'dead lizard'. This custom seems to have originated somewhere north of the equator, presumably when it had been the day after the Julian spring equinox according to the era of Bharani (in "March 25, 3-25) - which was in the day after the Sun had risen together with the Medusa star (Algol). There were 126 days (→ May 6) from the last item (= the Virgin's Girdle = Spica) in the Babylonian list of Ecliptic Constellations to Nashira at the beginning of the list.

And south of the equator (on Easter Island) the event ought currently to have taken place in November 4, i.e. in the day after the Medusa Head had been at the Full Moon.