Once agan. The G text can be said to begin on side a of
the tablet and not at heliacal Antares but 4 days earlier, at Ain
(the Eye), and I guess this was because the creator of the text
wished to illustrate what stars were connected with the days of
the Gregorian calendar.
The difference between the star dates at the
time of the Bull and the dates according to the Gregorian
calendar was 144 - 80 = 64 days and
64 = 8 * 8 was presumably an important Sign for people living on the 8th island (the
position of Easter Island according to Manuscript E):
... Easter Island
(te pito o te kainga) is the last of all known
islands. Seven lands lie before it, but these do not
recommend themselves for settlement. Easter Island is the
'eighth land' (te varu kainga). Actually, we are
dealing here with a figure of speech because 'seven' and
'eight' used as qualifying quantities play a traditional
role in Oceania (Barthel 1962a). While the number seven is
known as a topos in MQS., HAW., and MAO., the topos of the
number eight goes far beyond eastern Polynesia (MQS., HAW.,
TAH.). In TON., the number eight is 'a conventional term
signifying many or a well-balanced number' (McKern 1929:17),
and on Malaita in the southern Solomon Islands, the physical
world in its entirety is referred to as 'eight islands' (wālu
malau) (Ivens 1927:400).
The number eight
not only means 'many' but also denotes perfection. Thus,
when Easter Island was called 'an eighth land', the
expression contained first of all the idea of a 'last'
island - an island farthest away from the rest of the
islands that make up the oceanic world. At the same time,
the expression indicated a special position among the other
islands. The idea of groups of seven, which are surpassed by
an eight element, seems to belong to the cosmology of Asian
high cultures. For example, there are seven planets circling
the world axis, which represents the eighth, and therefore
central, position ...
Among the 'proofs' I have presented
is the pair of fish-hooks in the text, one on side a of the tablet and
the other on side b (the back side). They ought to have
marked the positions
of heliacal respective of nakshatra Sirus - the latter,
though, with its
position in Roman times:
|
201 |
NAKSHATRA VIEW: |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb1-15 |
Gb1-16 |
Gb1-17 |
Gb1-18 (247) |
|
χ Cancri (125.2),
BRIGHT FIRE =
λ Cancri (125.4) |
AVIOR
= ε Carinae (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο
URSAE MAJORIS
(127.4) |
υ Cancri (128.1),
θ
CANCRI
(128.2) |
|
July 24 |
25 |
26 (*127) |
27 (208) |
|
'June 27 |
28 |
29 (*100) |
SIRIUS |
From heliacal July 4 (185) to nakshatra July
27 (208) there were (208 - 185) + 183 = 23 + 183 = 206 days
= 247 (Gb1-18) - 41 (Ga2-11).
... 378 - 366 = 12 and 378 could refer to 12
days after the Tail of the Horse (Ma Wei, δ Centauri) =
*JULY 14 (*115 = 183 - 68) + 12, i.e. at Cor Caroli in *127
(*JULY 26) = *JANUARY 25 (390) - 183 - 80 ...
|
*JULY 23
(204) |
24 |
25 |
26 (*127) |
27 |
28 |
|
Sept 29
(272) |
30
(*193) |
October
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
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
(Fat Tail) = ε
Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8) |
MINELAUVA = δ
Virginis (195.1),
COR CAROLI
= α Canum Ven.
(195.3) |
δ Muscae (196.5),
VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer)
= ε Virginis (196.8) |
13h
(197.8)
ξ¹ Centauri
(197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
*Ca14-12 |
*Ca14-13 |
*Ca14-14 |
*Ca14-15
(378) |
*Ca14-16 |
*Ca14-17 |
| te
kihikihi |
o
te henua - kua haga hia |
kua
pua |
te
vero |
te
henua |
kiore - te henua |
|
March 30 |
31 (*10) |
April 1 |
2 (92 =
*378 - 366 + 80) |
3 |
4 |
|
ξ
Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1),
DENEB
KAITOS
= β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4),
AL
NITHĀM (String of Pearls)
= φ¹ Ceti (9.6) |
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) |
CIH
(Whip)
= γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ
Andromedae (12.8) |
φ4 Ceti
(13.2) |
no star
listed (14) |
|
*JANUARY
22 |
(388 =
392 - 4) |
24 |
25 (14 * 15 + 180) |
26 |
27 (392) |
At the star time of the Bull day 127 after 0h
had been at Cor Caroli (the Liver - highest point - of the Lion) and 68 (= 195
- 127) right ascension days later precession had moved this
day to the star ο (o-micron) - cfr Gb1-17) - at the nose of Ursa Major, the Great
She
Bear who was looking back - or ahead if she was
walking withershins.
|
Egyptian eye |
 |
Phoenician ayin |
 |
Greek omicron |
Ο (ο) |
|
... The
letter name is derived from
Proto-Semitic
*‘ayn-,
eye, and the Phoenician letter had an
eye-shape, ultimately derived from the
jr hieroglyph ... To this day,
‘ayin in Hebrew,
Arabic and Maltese means 'eye' and
'spring' (‘ayno
in Neo-Aramaic). |
... Bayer said that 'the Barbarians'
called this [ο] Muscida,
a word apparently coined in the Middle Ages for the
muzzle of an animal, the feature of the Bear, that the
star marks ...
π¹, 3.2, and π²,
Binary, 4.8 and 9.5, flushed white and sapphire, with ο,
π, ρ, A, d, and some others in the eyes, ears,
and muzzle of the Bear, were the asterism that Kazwini
knew as Al Thibā', the Gazelle
...
The precessional depth down to Roman
times was 27 (= 3 * 3 * 3) days and therefore the Nose of Ursa Major
would at that time have risen 100 days after 0h.
Perhaps it could have inspired some rongorongo
writers to assign the time of this beast
to where the
text would continue on to the back side of the tablet.
The C text has heliacal Sheratan at the first
glyph on side b, which at the star time of the Bull had been at *FEBRUARY 8
(*324) - when the summer half of the year still had been on the other side
of the equator. But in Roman times Sheratan (and Mesarthim,
γ Arietis) would have risen
together with the Sun at 0h:
|
*JULY 12 |
13 |
14 (*115) |
15 |
16 |
17 (*186 - 68) |
|
September 18 (9
* 29) |
19 |
20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
Equinox |
23 |
|
π Virginis
(181.0), θ Crucis (181.5) |
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
(Nose) =
ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
PÁLIDA (Pale)
= δ Crucis (184.6),
MEGREZ (Root of the Tail)
= δ Ursae Majoris (184.9) |
Hasta-13 /
Chariot-28
GIENAH (Wing)
= γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ
Crucis (185.4),
ZANIAH (Corner)
= η Virginis (185.9) |
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank)
= ζ Corvi (186.3) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
*Ca14-1 |
*Ca14-2 |
*Ca14-3 (366) |
*Ca14-4 |
*Ca14-5 |
*Ca14-6 |
|
Kua tupu te ata i te henua |
kua ruku te manu |
|
March 19 (78) |
20 |
21 (0h) |
22 (81 + 366) |
23 (*368) |
24 (449) |
|
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32
Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε
Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9) |
θ Oct. (364.4) |
Al
Fargh al Thāni (Rear Spout) -25
0h (365.25)
CAPH (Hand)
= 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) |
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae
(3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) |
|
*JANUARY 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
|
23 |
*AUGUST 10 (222) |
11 |
12
(*144 = *212 - 68) |
13 |
|
October 17 (*210 = *27 + 183) |
18 |
19
(292) |
20 |
|
'September 20 (*183) |
21
(264) |
Equinox |
23 |
|
Muphrid (210.1), ζ
Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0),
υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ
Virginis (211.9) |
Agena (212.1), θ
Apodis (212.5),
THUBAN
(212.8) |
14h (213.1)
χ Centauri (213.0),
Menkent (213.1) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
ki te
henua - te maro |
|
April 17 (107) |
18 (473) |
19
(*29 = *330 + 64 - 365) |
20 |
|
'March 21 (39 + 41) |
22
(*1) |
23 |
24 |
|
Al
Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
ι
Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
ALRISHA,
χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
2h (30.4)
κ Arietis
(30.3),
HAMAL
(30.5)
Alkes
|
|
*FEBRUARY 8 (*324) |
9
(40) |
10
(*29 - 68 = *326) |
11 (407 = 42 + 365) |
Should we move 27 days backwards in the
text on the G tablet, from nakshatra Sirius in Roman
times and to the time of rongorongo, we
could go from nakshatra July 27 (208) at the fishhook in Gb1-18 to 181 (nakshatra June 30), when
Sirius would have been together with the Full Moon at the time of rongorongo. 247 (Gb1-18) - 27 = 220 (Ga8-17):
|
*OCTOBER 22 (295) |
23 (*216) |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga8-16 |
Ga8-17 (220) |
Ga8-18 |
Ga8-19 |
Ga8-20 |
Ga8-21 |
|
ζ Pavonis
(283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE
DOUBLE = ε Lyrae
(283.7),
ζ Lyrae (283.8) |
South Dipper-8
Φ SAGITTARII
(284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor.
Austr.,
θ Pavonis
(284.8) |
SHELIAK = β Lyrae,
ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5).
λ Pavonis
(285.7)
ATLAS (27 Tauri)
|
χ Oct. (286.0),
AIN AL RAMI
= ν Sagittarii (286.2),
υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3),
κ Pavonis (286.5),
ALYA = θ Serpentis (286.6) |
ξ Sagittarii (287.1),
ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor.
Austr.,
SULAPHAT = γ Lyrae (287.4), λ
Lyrae (287.7),
ASCELLA
= ζ Sagittarii,
BERED = i Aquilae (Ant.) (287.9) |
Al Na'ām-18 /
Uttara Ashadha-21
NUNKI
= σ Sagittarii
(288.4),
ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5),
MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii (288.8), ζ Aquilae
(288.9) |
|
December 29 |
30 (*284) |
31 |
January 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
|
°December 25 |
26 (*280) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
|
NAKSHATRA VIEW - as extrapolated backwards from side
b of the tablet: |
|
ψ4 Aurigae
(100.5), MEBSUTA = ε Gemini (100.7) |
SIRIUS
= α Canis Majoris
(101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini
(101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7) |
τ Puppis
(102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) |
Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-9 (Twins of the
Shepherd ?)
θ Gemini
(103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2),
ALHENA
= γ Gemini (103.8),
ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) |
ADARA (Virgins)
= ε Canis
Majoris (104.8) |
ω Gemini
(105.4),
ALZIRR
(Button) = ξ Gemini (105.7),
MULIPHEIN = γ Canis Majoris (105.8),
MEKBUDA = ζ Gemini
(105.9) |
|
June 29 (180) |
SIRIUS |
July 1 |
2 |
3 (*104) |
4 |
|
°June 25 (176) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (*100) |
SIRIUS |
|
*APRIL 12 (112) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 (*36) |
17 |
|
Here my rule of adding 183 to a heliacal day
in order to find its nakshatra day has to be
'tured upside down', with for instance *101
(nakshatra Sirius) + 183 = *284 (December
30) instead of heliacal Sirius (June 30) +
183 = 364 (December 30). |
However, the text had still not run
out
on the front side of the tablet, and therefore the
Full Moon
view ought to be kept in the background. We have
earlier found out that the center had been defined
from Wasat:
|
NOVEMBER 1 |
2 (306) |
3 (*227) |
4 |
5 |
|
*OCTOBER 28 |
29 (*222) |
30 |
31 (304) |
*NOVEMBER 1 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23 |
Ga8-24 (227) |
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 |
|
19h (289.2)
λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ
Cor. Austr (289.3),
τ Sagittarii
(289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr.
(289.8) |
Al Baldah-19
AL BALDAH = π Sagittarii,
ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr.
(290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
ALADFAR = η Lyrae (291.1),
NODUS
II = δ Draconis
(291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis
(291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
ω
Aquilae (292.1),
ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii
(292.7) |
π Draconis,
ARKAB PRIOR
= β¹ Sagittarii
(293.0),
ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii,
ALRAMI
= α Sagittarii (293.2),
χ Sagittarii (293.6) |
|
January 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
8 |
|
°December 31 |
°January 1 |
2 (*287) |
3 (368) |
4 |
|
'December 8 |
9 |
10 (*264) |
11 (345) |
12 |
|
"November 24 |
25 (329) |
26 (*250) |
27 |
28 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
MAY 3 (123) |
4 |
5 (*45) |
6 |
7 |
|
*APRIL 29 |
30 (120) |
*MAY 1
(*41) |
2 |
3 |
|
WEZEN (Weight) = δ Canis Majoris
(107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis
(107.9) |
no star listed
(108) |
λ Gemini
(109.4),
WASAT
(Middle)
=
δ Gemini (109.8) |
no star listed
(110) |
ALUDRA
(Virgins) = η Canis Majoris
(111.1),
PROPUS = ι Gemini (111.4),
GOMEISA = β Canis Minoris
(111.6) |
|
July 6 (*107) |
7 |
8 |
9 (190) |
10 |
|
°July 2 (183) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
'June 9 |
10 (161) |
11 |
12 |
13 (*84) |
|
"May 26 |
27 |
28 (148) |
29 |
30 (*70) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-13 |
Ga2-14 |
Ga2-15 (45) |
Ga2-16 |
Ga2-17 |
|
