4. Time has come to see if the current right ascension numbers of Caph and Cih could be of any help when trying to read the G text.
First we can notice that Caph is positioned exactly where we have found Sirrah (α Andromedae) to be:
... With α Andromedae [Sirrah] and γ Pegasi ... as the Three Guides, it [Caph] marks the equinoctial colure, itself exceedingly close to that great circle; and, being located on the same side of the pole as is Polaris, it always affords an approximate indication of the latter's position with respect to that point ... Cih is rising later and glyph number 13 counted from Gb6-26 is a strongly drawn rising fish with its tail drawn down markedly in front - it is very dark:
Achird (η Cassiopeiae) is located 419.7 glyphs from puo in Gb8-30:
This is also the position of Regulus (Achir, α Leonis) if we should count from the previous winter solstice: ... it is a remarkable fact that if we add 266 + 153.7 for Regulus his position will be in day number 419.7 counted from the previous winter solstice. I.e., it could very well be the body of Regulus which is depicted as hidden in Gb7-8--9 ...
420 is a significant number and Achird ought to be located there. And Regulus (Achir) should rise heliacally in day number 154 counted from spring equinox north of the equator, because then there would remain 266 days to day 420. His 'life-span' could perhaps be alluded to as 266 days (the number of days to autumn equinox), because 266 = ⅔ * 399 (the synodical cycle of Jupiter). But the number of glyphs from Ga4-6 (where 4 * 6 = 24) to the reversal at number 420 is not 266:
My table is, though, hardly a description of what was in the mind of the creator of the G text. I think we have to count to 192 from the beginning of side b:
Then a new season will begin, stretching for 472 - 192 = 280 days:
Caph is at the beginning of W and Cih (from Chinese Tsih for whip) is at the end of the first V in W.
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