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Bb7.1

Glyph number 664 (= 656 + 8) could possibly have alluded to day number 66 * 4 = 264, i.e. to the day before the northern autumn equinox.

Bb6-29 Bb6-30 Bb6-31
ki te tagata mau - i to maro - e tagata mau huki - kua oho te tagata - mau veveke

Veveke, to hurry up, hasten, quicken. Websters.

March 18 19 (443 = 260 + 183) 20 (444 - 80 = *364)
HELIACAL STARS:

DZANEB (→ Deneb, Tail) = ω Piscium (362.4), γ² Oct. (362.8)

*362.4 - *41.4 = *321.0

η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9)

*322.0 = *363.4 - *41.4

θ Oct. (364.4)

*323.0 = *364.4 - *41.4
RIGHT ASCENSION DAYS AT THE FULL MOON:
Sept 16 17 (260) 18 (9 * 29)

PHEKDA ('Thigh') = γ Ursae Majoris, β Hydrae  (179.3), η Crateris (179.9) 

DENEB CYGNI (α Cygni)
No star listed (180) π Virginis (181.0), θ Crucis (181.5)
Bb6-32 (656 = 16 * 41) Bb6-33 (236 = 8 * 29½) Bb6-34
ko te maitaki kua rere te manu - mau i te poporo ko te manu kua mau i te poporo
March 21 (0h) 22 (81) 23
HELIACAL STARS:

Al Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)

0h (365.25)

CAPH (Hand) = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8)

Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 (2nd of the Blessed Feet) / Wall-14 (Porcupine)

ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8)

χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
RIGHT ASCENSION DAYS AT THE FULL MOON:
Sept 19 20 21 (264)

12h (182.6)

ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9)
Bb6-35 Bb6-36 Bb6-37 (240)
ka oho te tagata kua oho ki mua kia ia kai tae e oho
March 24 25 (84) 26
HELIACAL STARS:
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) No star listed (4)

ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

ALPHARD (α Hydrae)
RIGHT ASCENSION DAYS AT THE FULL MOON:
Sept 22 (Equinox) 23 (266) 24

Hasta-13 (Hand) / Chariot-28 (Worm)

GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis (185.9)

*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4

CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)

INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)

*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4
Bb6-38 Bb6-39 (242) Bb6-40 (664)
ka rere te manu ki te hakanohoga o te tahito koia
March 27 28 29 (88)
HELIACAL STARS:

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)

*6.4 - *41.4 = *147.0 - 182.0 =

- *35.0
ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7)

ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)

*8.4 - *41.4 = *149.0 - 182.0 =

- *33.0
RIGHT ASCENSION DAYS AT THE FULL MOON:
Sept 25 26 27 (270)
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)

α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)

664 - 264 (September 21) = 400 = 670 - 270 (September 27). And 664 + 670 = 1334 = 46 * 29.

... A great result from all these exercises is to here be able to locate the origin of 29 () in the B text - viz. the difference between the nakshatra day numbers at the Full Moon and the glyph numbers - for instance 450 (Bb1-29) - 29 = 421 (February 25).

On side a of the B tablet glyph number 29 was at Alhena (Twins of the Shepherd), which star significantly was observed at the right ascension line of the Full Moon when the Sun reached January 1 ().

Ba1-29

ihe tau

July 2 (183)

... And in the A text, we remember, number 29 was an integral key to the structure:

59 520 13 * 37 270
Ab1-1 Ab7-26 Aa5-7 Aa8-26
20 * 29 26 * 29

665 - 29 = 636 = 365 + 271 (September 28):

Bb7-1 (665) Bb7-2 (245) Bb7-3 (273 + 365 + 29)
Ku rere mai ki te manu e tagata hakanaganaga ia ra mai tae moe
March 30 31 April 1 (456 = 365 + 91)
"May 8 9 10 (50 = 91 - 41)
JAN 25 26 27 (392 = 91 - 64)
HELIACAL STARS:

ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)

*9.4 - *41.4 = *150.0 - 182.0 =

- *32.0

ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7

Legs-15 (Wolf)

ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)

*335.0 = *11.4 - *41.4
RIGHT ASCENSION DAYS AT THE FULL MOON:
Sept 28 (271) 29 (272 = 2 * 136) 30 (3 * 91)
"Aug 18 (230 = 271 - 41)

19

20

JULY 26 (207 = 271 - 64)

27 28

Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)

SOMBRERO GALAXY = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)

*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4
ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9) No star listed (193)

... Marija Gimbutas: 'To sleep within the Goddess's womb was to die and to come to life anew'. In a system of reincarnation the old one must die in order to be reborn, of course. At midsummer Sun comes to a standstill, and this must therefore be an occasion when the 'flame of life' had to be transported into a new body ...

Midsummer (June 21, 172) + 27 days inside = 199 (July 18) = 272 (September 29) - 73 (= 365 / 5). However this does fit with our own established pattern.

Which instead states 272 (September 29) - 64 (precessional depth down from the Fishes to the Bull) = 208 (JULY 27) = 181 (SIRIUS) + 27.

The beginning of the B text was evidently designed to be at Auriga (Mother Goat) instead of at Taurus (the Alpha Bull).