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Alternatively, we could for instance count 60 + *145 ("AUGUST 13) = 60 + 225 = 285 (= 365 - 80):

JANUARY 19 (384) 20 21 (*306) 22 56
"NOVEMBER 20 21 (324 = 385 - 61) 22 (*245) 23
Gb7-1 Gb7-2 (183) Gb7-3 Gb7-4 (414)
Gb3-14 Gb3-15 (305) Gb3-16 Gb3-17 (78)
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)

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)
March 24 (*3) 25 (84) 26 (*370) 27 (451)
°March 20 (*364) 0h 22 (81) 23
'February 25 26 (57) 27 (*343) 28 (424)
"February 11 12 (43) 13 (*329) All Hearts' Day
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JULY 21 22 / 7 (*123) 23 24 (205)
"MAY 21 (*61) 22 23 24 (144)
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3) INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5) 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 = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)
September 23 (*186) 24 25 (268) 26
°September 19 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX
'August 27 28 (240) 29 30 (*162)
"August 13 14 (226) 15 (3.14) 16 (*148)
Ga5-12 Ga5-13 (123) Ga5-14 Ga5-15
60
OCTOBER 11 12 13 14 (*207) 15 (288)
"AUGUST 11 12 13 (*145) 14 15 (227)
Ga8-1 Ga8-2 Ga8-3 Ga8-4 Ga8-5 (208)
KELB ALRAI = β Ophiuchi, μ Arae (268.1), KEW HO (Nine Rivers) = μ Herculis (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), APOLLYON = ι Scorpii (268.9) MULIPHEN = γ Ophiuchi (269.0), BASANISMUS = G Scorpii (269.5), PHERKARD = δ Ursae Minoris (269.9) PTOLEMY CLUSTER = M7 Scorpii (270.5), GRUMIUM = ξ Draconis (270.9) RUKBALGETHI GENUBI = θ Herculis (271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5), ETAMIN =γ Draconis, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8) CAT'S EYE = NGC6543 Draconis (272.2), ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ Ophiuchi (272.9)
December 14 (*268) 15 16 (350) 17 18 (*272)
°December 10 (*264) 11 (345) 12 13 14 (*268)
'November 17 (*241) 18 19 20 (324) 21 (*245)
"November 3 4 Ruti 5 (*229) 6 (310) 7
NAKSHATRA DATES:
APRIL 12 13 (468) 4-14 (104) 15 (*390) 16 (*26)
"FEBRUARY 10 11 12 (408) 13 (*329) 2-14 (45)
 μ Columbae, SAIPH = κ Orionis (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) υ Aurigae (87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), WEZN (Weight) = β Columbae, δ Leporis (87.7), TZE (Son) = λ Columbae (87.9) Ardra-6 / ANA-VARU-8 (Pillar to sit by)

χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE = α Orionis (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (α Librae)

η Leporis (89.0), PRAJA-PĀTI (Lord of Created Beings) = δ Aurigae, MENKALINAN = β Aurigae, MAHASHIM = θ Aurigae, and γ COLUMBAE (89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7) μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5)
June 15 16 17 (168) 18 19 (*90)
°June 11 12 13 (164) 14 15 (*86)
'May 19 (*59) 20 21 (141) 22 23 (*63)
"May 5 6 7 (127) 8 9 (49)
Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25 Ga1-26

Or "FEBRUARY 12 (408) + 60 = 468 (APRIL 13). There are multiple possible readings. But preferably we should have 60 at the end rather than at the beginning, i.e. *145 ("AUGUST 13) + 60 = 225 + 60 = 285 (= 365 - 80), which would bring us 60 glyphs ahead of Ruti 5, to glyph number 37 on side b:

52 DECEMBER 7 8 9 10 11 (345) 12 (*266)
"OCTOBER 7 8 9 10 11 (*204) 12 (285)
Gb2-6 Gb2-7 Gb2-8 Gb2-9 (264) Gb2-10 Gb2-11 (37)
BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny) θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Oct. (330.7)
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11

TSIN = 36 Capricorni (325.2), ALPHIRK = β Cephei (325.7), SADALSUD (Luckiest of the Lucky) = 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 (Fortunate One) = 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 = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI =  δ Capricorni (329.8)

February 9 (40) 10 11 12 (408) 13 All Hearts' Day
°February 5 6 7 8 (*324) 9 (40) 10
'January 13 (378) 14 15 (*300) 16 17 18 (383)
"December 30 31 "January 1 2 3 (368) 4
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 7 (*78) 8 9 10 (161) 11 12
"APRIL 7 (96) 8 9 10 (100) 11 12
The Knot (Ukdah) Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)

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

VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)
Star-25 / ANA-HEU-HEU-PO-5 (Pillar where debates were held)

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

Al Tarf-7

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

A Hydrae (144.1)

VEGA (α Lyrae)

UKDAH = ι Hydrae (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), SUBRA = ο Leonis (145.8)
August 10 (222) 11 12 13 (*145) 14 15 (227)
°August 6 7 8 9 10 (222) 11 (*143)
'July 14 15 16 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
SIRIUS "July 1 2 3 (*104) 4 5 (186)
Ga3-19 (78) Ga3-20 Ga3-21 Ga3-22 Ga3-23 Ga3-24

Once upon a time there was an old homeland from where a ship formed like an almost completely submerged box, or a raft, went across the Sea to another Land:

... But Osiris's evil brother, Set, whose sister-wife was the goddess Nephtys, was mortally jealous both of his virtue and of his fame, and so, stealthily taking the measure of his good brother's body, he caused a beautifully decorated sarcophagus to be fashioned and on a certain occasion in the palace, when all were drinking and making merry, had it brought into the room and jestingly promised to give it to the one whom it should fit exactly. All tried, but, like the glass slipper of Cinderella, it fitted but one; and when Osiris, the last, laid himself within it, immediately a company of seventy-two conspirators with whom Set had contrived his plot dashed forward, nailed the lid upon the sarcophagus, soldered it with molten lead, and flung it into the Nile, down which it floated to the sea. Isis, overwhelmed with grief, sheared off her locks, donned mourning, and searched in vain, up and down the Nile; but the coffin had been carried by the tide to the coast of Phoenicia, where, at Byblos, it was cast ashore. A tamarisk immediately grew up around it, enclosing the precious object in its trunk, and the aroma of this tree then was so glorious that the local king, and queen, Melqart and Astarte - who were, of course, a divine king and queen themselves, the local representatives, in fact, of the common mythology of Damuzi and Inanna, Tammuz and Ishtar, Adonis and Aphrodite, Osiris and Isis - discovering and admiring its beauty, had the tree felled and fashioned into a pillar of their palace ...

The lid on this 'meat eater', sarcophagus, was evidently nailed fast at 72 places. Assuming a square (in order to correspond to the top of a cube-formed box in harmony with Saturn (Set), we can then count 72 / 4 = 18 (a Saturn number). I.e., the lid of the box containing Osiris (as the spirit of life) should measure (18 + 1) * (18 + 1) = 361 = 19² as a Sign for one day more than that of the regular Egyptian calendar. We should not bother about the 3rd dimension because at this time there was no such - it would not arrive until in the new Land where a tamarisk would grow upwards around it.

In daytime Shu (Air, Hercules) was reclining on the plain of Geb (Earth) and with his drawn up right knee he was illustrating the apex of light, the apex of the upper half of the octahedron (= the pyramid). But in the night his spirit of light (life) was not compatible with its Water, and therefore he had to be inside a protecting vessel (ship). Which appeared to be empty, but which in reality carried the breath of Shu (Air).

 

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.

Or he had to ride on top of the Water on a raft:

... Then he thought of seeking them in the realm of Death, Tuonela, but in vain. He escaped back to the world of the living only thanks to his potent magic. He was still missing his three runes. He was then told by a shepherd to search in the mouth of Antero Vipunen, the giant ogre. The road, he was told, went over swords and sharpened axes. Ilmarinen made shoes, shirt and gloves of iron for him, but warned him that he would find the great Vipunen dead. Nevertheless, the hero went. The giant lay underground, and trees grew over his head. Vainamoinen found his way to the giant's mouth, and planted his iron staff in it. The giant awoke and suddenly opened his huge mouth. Vainamoinen slipped into it and was swallowed. As soon as he reached the enormous stomach, he thought of getting out. He built himself a raft and floated on it up and down inside the giant. The giant felt tickled and told him in many and no uncertain words where he might go, but he did not yield any runes. Then Vainamoinen built a smithy and began to hammer his iron on an anvil, torturing the entrails of Vipunen, who howled out magic songs to curse him away. But Vainamoinen said, thank you, he was very comfortable and would not go unless he got the secret words. Then Vipunen at last unlocked the treasure of his powerful runes. Many days and nights he sang, and the sun and the moon and the waves of the sea and the waterfalls stood still to hear him. Vainamoinen treasured them all and finally agreed to come out. Vipunen opened his great jaws, and the hero issued forth to go and build his boat at last ...

In principle, then, we could expect a sequence with High Land - Sea - High Land, for instance as 300 + 60 + 300 = 660 days. On the Tahua (A) tablet there are 664 glyphs on side b, which possibly could correspond to a sequence with 300 + 64 + 300 days.

"FEBRUARY 12 (408) + 64 = 472 (number of date positions on the G tablet) = 365 + 107, where 107 could represent 80 (day number at 0h) + 27 (precessional depth down from the time of rongorongo to Roman times, to the First Point of Aries).

I at first arranged the glyphs on side a of the C tablet so that Acrux would be close to the Full Moon in March 25 (84) and with 0h at a perceived empty glyph space ('sarcophagus') at the beginning of the text, i.e. in the same pattern as (I had concluded) there had to be an empty position at the beginning of side a on the G tablet - for which text it had been necessary to add 1 to 471 (= 314 * 1½) in order to reach 472 = 16 * 29½:

(364) Al Fargh al Thāni-25

0h (365.25)

CAPH = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8)
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14

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

χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
21 (0h) 22 (81) 23
Ca1-1 Ca1-2
koia ki te hoea
September 19 20 21 (264) EQUINOX
(182) ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) PÁLIDA = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 

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

σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) no star listed (4)
March 24 EQUINOX (84)
Ca1-3 Ca1-4
ki te henua te rima te hau tea
September 23 (266) 24
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3) INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)
ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

ALPHARD (α Hydrae)

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7) ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR =α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
March 26 27 28 29
Ca1-5 Ca1-6 Ca1-7 Ca1-8
haga i te mea ke ki te henua - tagata honui te ika te honu
September 25 (268) 26 27 28
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 = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION = 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)

Al Áwwā'-11

Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)

The number of glyphs on side a of the C tablet is 392, which could be a Sign explaining the precessional depth down to the First Point of Aries - because 392 - 365 = 27.

On side b of the G tablet a similar measure can be read from the pair of fish-hooks:

182
Ga2-11 (41) Gb1-18 (247 = 41 + 183 + 23)
ºJune 30 (181) 'December 30 (364)
ºDecember 30 (364) 'June 30 (181)
23 = precessional depth from the time of Gregory XIII down to Roman times

And according to Manuscript E the Explorers spent 27 days where the Earth Turtle was destined to break the spine of Kuukuu:

... The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!' They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in the cave and let him rest there. They stayed there, rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could never abandon you!' They stayed there twenty-seven days in Oromanga ...

JUNE 28 29 (180) SIRIUS JULY 1 (*102) 24
"APRIL 28 (118) 29 30  MAY 1 (*41)
Ga4-16 Ga4-17 Ga4-18 (101) Ga4-19
ν Hydrae (163.1) no star listed (164)

ALTAIR (α Aquilae)

Wings-27

η Oct. (165.4), ALKES = α Crateris (165.6)

ANA-TIPU-4 (Upper-side-pillar - where the guards stood)

MERAK = β Ursae Majoris (166.2), DUBHE = α Ursae Majoris (166.7)

August 31 September 1 2 (*165) 3 (246)
°August 27 28 29 (*161) 30 (242)
'August 4 (216) 5 (*137) 6 7
"July 21 (202) 22 / 7 Anakena 23 24 (*125)
JULY 26 27 (208) 28 29 30 (*131)
"MAY 26 (*66) 27 28 (148) 29 30
Ga5-17 Ga5-18 (128) Ga5-19 Ga5-20 Ga5-21
Al Áwwā'-11 / 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)

ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9) no star listed (193) κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8) MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3)
September 28 29 (*192) 30 (273) October 1 2
°September 24 25 (*188) 26 27 (270) 28
'September 1 2 (*165) 3 4 5 (248)
"August 18 (*150) 19 (231) Hora Iti 20 21 22

... The Babylonian ecliptic stations in a way ended with Porrima and with Spica mentioned at the end only to indicate what eventually could happen later:

13 Rishu A. Head of the Lion ε (Ras Elaset Australis) Leonis 146.6 Aug 14 (226)
14 Sharru King α (Regulus) Leonis 152.7 Aug 20 (232)
15 Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru 4th Son behind the King ρ (Shir) Leonis 158.9 Aug 26 (238)
16 Zibbat A. Tail of the Lion β (Denebola) Leonis 178.3 Sept 15 (258)
17 Shēpu-arkū sha-A Hind Leg of the Lion β (Alaraph) Virginis 178.6 Sept 15 (258)
18 Shur-mahrū-shirū Front or West Shur (?) γ (Porrima) Virginis 191.5 Sept 28 (271)
 
19 Sa-Sha-Shirū Virgin's Girdle α (Spica) Virginis 202.7 Oct 9 (282)

... There is a couple residing in one place named Kui [Tui, the belt stars of Orion] and Fakataka. After the couple stay together for a while Fakataka [Completing a Cycle] is pregnant. So they go away because they wish to go to another place - they go. The canoe goes and goes, the wind roars, the sea churns, the canoe sinks. Kui expires while Fakataka swims. Fakataka swims and swims, reaching another land. She goes there and stays on the upraised reef in the freshwater pools on the reef, and there delivers her child, a boy child. She gives him the name Taetagaloa [Not Tagaroa]. When the baby is born a golden plover flies over and alights upon the reef. (Kua fanau lā te pepe kae lele mai te tuli oi tū mai i te papa). And so the woman thus names various parts of the child beginning with the name 'the plover' (tuli): neck (tuliulu), elbow (tulilima), knee (tulivae) ...