I have
tried to list most of Bayer's Greek lettered
stars (and a few other stars too) and then to put
them where they should be
in the text according to their heliacal
locations
at the time of rongorongo - and counted
their day positions from
March 21 (the northern sping equinox
according to Gregory XIII):
|
MARCH 21 (80) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (EQUINOX) |
175 = 7
* 25 |
|
no glyph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
|
HYADUM
II = δ¹ Tauri
(64.2) |
AIN
(Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
no star
listed (66) |
no star
listed (67) |
ALDEBARAN = α Tauri
(68.2),
THEEMIN = υ² Eridani
(68.5) |
|
May 24
(80 + 64) |
25
(290
/ 2) |
26
(146) |
27 |
28 |
|
SEPTEMBER 17 |
18 (261) |
(182 +
80) |
|
20 |
21 (264) |
22
(EQUINOX) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga7-11 |
Ga7-12 |
Ga7-13
(182) |
Ga7-14
(183) |
Ga7-15 |
Ga7-16 |
|
ψ
Scorpii (244.6),
LESATH =
ν Scorpii
(244.8) |
χ
Scorpii (245.1),
YED
PRIOR = δ Ophiuchi,
δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) |
YED
POSTERIOR = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI = τ
Herculis
(246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8) |
HEART (5) |
ρ
Ophiuchi (248.1),
KAJAM =
ω Herculis
(248.3),
χ Ophiuchi (248.5),
SHE LOW
(Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi,
Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
ANTARES
= α Scorpii
(249.1),
MARFIK =
λ Ophiuchi,
φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
|
σ
Scorpii
(247.0),
HEJIAN = γ Herculis
(247.2),
ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) |
|
November
20 (324) |
21 (261
+ 64) |
22
(64 + 182 + 80) |
23
(327) |
24
(328 = 80 + 248) |
25
(144 + 185) |
|
SEPTEMBER 23 |
24 |
25
(268) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga7-17 |
Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 (188) |
|
γ
Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr.
(250.6),
τ
Scorpii
(250.7) |
HAN
= ζ Ophiuchi
(251.0) |
ζ
Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β
Apodis (252.5) |
|
November 26 |
27 |
28 (332) |
I have also colourmarked such stars which
could have been known under their proper names or which otherwise
could be
interesting.
A few right ascension days (glyphs) had no prominent star but most days had more than one such.
Half a year from the beginning of the
text - ca 365¼ / 2 days
counted from MARCH 21 - is illustrated in my tables
above with a gap between glyph 182 and glyph 183.
The Chinese pointed at σ Scorpii as the star which
marked their 5th
lunar station (sieu). Its name was Heart and they
gave Fox as a
further explanation:
|
1 |
Horn |
α
Virginis (Spica) |
Crocodile |
(202.7) |
Oct
9 (282) |
|
2 |
Neck |
κ
Virginis |
Dragon |
(214.8) |
Oct
21 (294) |
|
3 |
Root |
α
Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) |
Badger |
(224.2) |
Oct
31 (304) |
|
4 |
Room |
π
Scorpii (Vrischika) |
Hare |
(241.3) |
Nov
17 (321) |
|
5 |
Heart |
σ
Scorpii |
Fox |
(247.0) |
Nov
23 (327) |
|
6 |
Tail |
μ
Scorpii (Denebakrab) |
Tiger |
(254.7) |
Nov
30 (334) |
|
7 |
Winnowing Basket |
γ
Sagittarii (Nash) |
Leopard |
(273.7) |
Dec
19 (353) |
Without this and
other such well-ordered (cosmic) structures it would be
much harder to determine which star (or stars) of several rising
together in the same day we should take special notice of.
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