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In the text on the C tablet the stars around glyph 408 are different from those in the G text, yet in a way they are the same - connected with the change from one year to the next:

Cb1-1 Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396)
°April 17 (107) 18 (*28) 19 rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua
°October 17 (290) 18 (*211) 19
April 21 (111) 22 (*32) 23
October 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23
'March 25 26 (85) 27
'September 24 25 (268) 26
"March 11 12 (71) 13
"September 10 11 (254) 12
Cb1-5 Cb1-6 (398) Cb1-7
no star listed (34) ξ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), ξ² CETI (35.9) σ Ceti (36.9)
ASELLUS PRIMUS = θ Bootis (217.8) τ Lupi, δ Oct. (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), HARIS = γ Bootis (219.7)
°April 20 21 (*31) 22 (112) 23
°October 20 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23
April 24 25 (*35) 26 (116) 27
October 24 25 (*218) 26 27 (300)
'March 28 29 30 31 (90)
'September 27 28 29 30 (273)
"March 14 (73) 15 16 17
"September 13 14 15 16 (259)
Cb1-8 Cb1-9 Cb1-10 (402) Cb1-11
ν CETI (37.9) ν ARIETIS (38.5), δ, ε Ceti (38.8) μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA = γ Ceti (39.8) π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9)
σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) ρ Lupi (221.0), TOLIMAN = α Centauri (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9) 31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)

Bharani-2 / Stomach-17

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

TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4) ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

DENEBOLA (β Leonis)

ºApril 24 (114 = 4 * 28.5) 25 26 (116 = 4 * 29)
Cb1-12 (404) Cb1-13 Cb1-14
manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi eaha te nuku erua koia kua huki
°October 24 25 26 (299)
Al Zubānā-14a / Visakha-16 / Root-3

ZUBEN ELGENUBI = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)

KOCHAB = 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 = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9)
MENKAR (Nose) = α Ceti (44.7) 3h (45.7)

GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei (45.1), ALGOL (Demon's Head) = β Persei (45.9)

ι Persei (46.1), MISAM = κ Persei (46.2), GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei (46.7), BOTEIN = δ Arietis (46.9)
ºApril 27 28 (118 = 408 - 290) 29
Cb1-15 Cb1-16 (408) Cb1-17
e niu tu ki te ariki - e ka hua ra tona rima koia kua iri i ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea
°October 27 (300) 28 29
ω Bootis (227.2), NEKKAR = β Bootis (227.3), σ Librae (227.5), π² Oct. (227.7),
NADLAT = 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)
ζ Arietis (47.7) ZIBAL = ζ Eridani (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9) τ Arietis (49.7)
ºApril 30 ºMay 1 (121) 2
Cb1-18 (410 = 27 + 383) Cb1-19 (411 = 121 + 290) Cb1-20
manu moe ra ki to mata e nuku mata
°October 30 31 (*224) °November 1
Al Zubānā-14b

χ Bootis (230.3), PRINCEPS = δ Bootis (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI = β Librae (230.8)

μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3), ο Librae (231.8) ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi (232.5), PHERKAD = γ Ursae Min. (232.6), ε Librae (232.7), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9)
ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

GIENAH (γ Corvi)

σ Persei (51.6) no star listed (52) ψ Persei (53.1)

ACRUX (α CRUCIS)

ºMay 3 4 5 (125) 6
Cb1-21 Cb1-22 Cb1-23 Cb1-24 (416)
hoea ko te rima kua oo ki te vai ma te ua
°November 2 3 (*227) 4 (308) 5 (*229)
ALKALUROPS = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH = ι Draconis (233.2) NUSAKAN = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9) θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9)

SIRRAH (α Andromedae)

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)
COR SERPENTIS TAU-ONO ALCYONE

The Fly (Musca Borealis, Bharani) arrived 15 days before Alcyone - and 11 days after Hamal (with Thuban close to the Full Moon in the preceding night).

Significantly Algol was at glyph 408 = 118 (ºApril 27) + 290, and 118 = 472 / 4 = 4 * 29½. According to Hevelius Algol was at the nose of the Demon's Head:

However, I have suggested the stars at the time when Easter Island was 'reborn' as San Carlos should be used when reading the C text:

... On the following day, 20 November 1770, Commander José Bustillo took formal possession of Easter Island 'in the name of the King and of Spain, our Lord and Master Don Carlos the third', renaming the island 'San Carlos'. Several hundred Rapanui - probably members of the Koro 'o 'Orongo tribe of the eastern 'Otu 'Iti - observed the ceremony not far from Poike's parasitic cones Parehe, Teatea, and Vai 'a Heva, on the tops of which the Spaniards had planted three crosses. Following three boisterous 'Viva el Rey!' for each cross, the land party let off three salvos of musketry, whereupon the two Spanish vessels San Lorenzo and Santa Rosalia responded with 21 cannon salutes. Spain's foremost historian of the Pacific, Francisco Mellén Blanco, has written of the event: 'The spectacle must have been awe-inspiring for the islanders. The parade of uniformed soldiers; the fluttering flags; the chaplains in their surplices chanting out the litany; the beating of drums, and the trilling of fifes must have left a lasting impression on all the natives who witnessed the procession' ...

First the Gregorian calendar could have been used to arrange the stars in parallel with the dates as it had been in 1582 AD, i.e. 3 precessional days earlier than 1770 AD. Then in the period from 1582 to 1770 the positions of the stars would have advanced in the calendar year and for instance was heliacal Hamal therefore not in ºApril 17 (107) but in April 17 (107) = 0h + 27 + 3 = *30:

no glyph 22 365
Ca1-1 Ca1-2 Ca1-25 Ca1-26 Ca2-1 (27)
March 21 22 (81) 23 April 15 16 17 (107)
*3

*186

ACRUX (*187) ANKAA (*5) ALGORAB *28

*211

ALRISHA THUBAN HAMAL (*30)
September 20 21 (264) 22 October 15 16 17 (290)
28
7
Cb1-1 Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396)
April 17 (107) 18 19 20
HAMAL κ Virginis ARCTURUS MIRA (*33)
October 17 (290) 18 19 20
Cb1-12 (404) Cb1-13 Cb1-14
April 28 (118) 29 30 (*40)
BHARANI (*41) ZUBEN ELGENUBI (*224)  
October 28 (301) 29 (*222) 30
Cb1-15 Cb1-16 (408 = 118 + 290) Cb1-17
May 1 2 (*42) 3 (123)
MENKAR (*44) ALGOL (*45)  ZUBEN HAKRABIM (*228)
October 31 (*224) November 1 2 (306)
Cb1-18 (410 = 27 + 383) (411 = 121 + 290) Cb1-20
May 4 5 (125) 6 (*46)
  ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (*230)  
November 3 (*227) 4 (308) 5

In the middle of the week as defined from nakshatra α and β Librae (Zuben Elgenubi respectively Elschemali) was heliacal Algol, the Head of the Demon.

According to the round zodiac in the ceiling of the Dendera Temple the Sun Child (Horus) balanced on the Beam of Libra when the Wedjat Sun Eye was at Bharani:

Rutua te pahu - the drums were sounding - when the sky was moving (rutua te maeva). Question is with how much the sky was moving.

... In China, every year about the beginning of April, certain officials called Sz'hüen used of old to go about the country armed with wooden clappers. Their business was to summon the people and command them to put out every fire. This was the beginning of the season called Han-shih-tsieh, or 'eating of cold food'. For three days all household fires remained extinct as a preparation for the solemn renewal of the fire, which took place on the fifth or sixth day after the winter solstice [Sic!] ...

If 'the beginning of April' was the time for wooden clappers (probably equivalent to rutua te pahu), then the stars which once upon a time had told about the winter solstice must have moved ahead with around 365 + 91 (April 1) - 355 (December solstice) = 101 precessional days, an incredibly long stretch of time. Instead the explanation could rather be a change of the definition of where the year was beginning - for instance a change from winter solstice to the northern spring equinox.

Maeva

T. 1. Move. Rangi-maeva = Moving Sky (name of a marae). 2. Greet, greeting. Henry.

Pahu

Drum. Pahu-rutu-roa = Long-beating-drum. Barthel. M. Pahū. Tree gong. Starzecka.

Pahu uma, coffin; in modern usage, any sort of jar. Pahupahu = To dig a hole. Vanaga. A trough, barrel, cask, cradle, drum, chest, box; pahu nui, a kettle; pahu oka, a drawer; pahu papaku, coffin; pahu rikiriki, sheath; pahu viriviri, hogshead. Pahupahu, box. Churchill.

A trough, barrel, cask, cradle, drum, chest, box; pahu nui, a kettle; pahu oka, a drawer; pahu papaku, coffin; pahu rikiriki, sheath; pahu viriviri, hogshead; pahupahu, box. P Mgv., Ta.: pahu, a drum. Mq.: pahu, a drum, a large cylindrical container. (To.: bahu, a hollow tree set in water as a filter.) Sa.: pusa, a box. To.: buha, id. Fu.: pusa, id. Niue: puha, id. Pau.: puha, id. Pahuahi, lantern, beacon. Paukumi, closet, cupboard. Pahupopo, a mould; pahupopokai, cupboard for food. Pahure: 1. To sweep everything away. 2. To wound, to lacerate, scar, bruise, lesion, sore; pahurehure, to wound, to scratch; hakapahure, to wound. T Pau.: pahure, to be skinned; pahore, to peel off, to scale. Mgv.: pahore, to cut off, to chop, to slice. Ta.: pahore, to flay, to skin. Churchill 2.