Beyond the 'Sun' day at the end of line a7 the beginning of the following (upside down of course) line a8 is quite interesting. First comes a repetition of the end of line a7:
Then follows 4 only partially visible glyphs (as if the light source has begun to sink below the horizon in the west). In their center (between Ea8-4 and *Ea8-5) there is a wormhole in the tablet, which motivates my asterisks at the following glyph labels in line a8. This wormhole has a significant location - it is immediately beyond glyph number 260. Counting time, though, means day number 260 is a zero day. Light disappears already during the 259th day (Ea8-3). Anyhow, Sun seems to be crawling down through this wormhole at the end of his 'daytime' journey. He goes into limbo. |