The suggestion of a final connected with the mama pair seems to be supported from the open henua in Ga5-3 (as in 53), which sign - I guess - means 'its life has fled':
In Ga4-27 the top of henua is tapering off, maybe to indicate 'its life' in front is short. Henua in Ga4-25 (where we can count 4 * 25 = 100) is of the same sort as henua in Ga5-2 (where 5 * 2 = 10). Yet, the change from glyph line a4 to line a5 ought to be significant, and the distribution of this type of henua is noteworthy, there are 10 of them on the front side of the tablet and Ga4-25 is number 3 of them:
Our suspicion of a connection with the 10 months of Sun is confirmed by 2 (or 3 if we count also the giant henua in Gb7-6). 10 + 3 = 13:
A closer examination reveals that none of these 3 conforms to the standard on side a. Henua in Gb2-3 and Gb2-5 are shorter, and henua in Gb2-5 has a flat bottom end. Even if we can count to 12 (or 13 months) in a year, only 10 months should be the correct measure. Consequently there ought to be a Sun calendar on side a, and the pair of mama is probably connected with the 3rd such Sun month. Furthermore, this Sun calendar apparently is beginning in line Ga4 and ending in line Ga6:
The calendar covers 18 (= 24 - 6) of the 31 periods. The rest is 6 + 7 = 13 periods, which suggests they 'belong to Moon' (the dark 'half' of the year). This 'winter' should be divided in 2 parts by the new year (cfr at niu how Marduk, Morning Sun, divided Tiamat into 'sky' and 'earth'). In the excursion at haga rave was discussed the possibility of Ga4-1--2 corresponding to Hanga Takaure, the end station of 'winter'. Later, at henua, a more sophisticated study was done, resulting in for instance this suggested distribution of the season of Takaure:
(Puo in Gb8-30 is here counted only once.) |
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