2. South of the equator the summer 'year' is brought by Ana-mua, which with the present right ascension 16h 26m comes late in autumn north of the equator - (16 * 60 + 26) / (24 * 60) * 365¼ = day 250 counted from spring equinox:
Antares is currently at day number 330 - 266 = 64 counted from autumn equinox north of the equator, equal to the number of glyphs from Rogo in Gb6-26 to the end of side b:
South of the equator we could calculate with an ideal 182 days long 'year' and reduce the measure 250 days for Antares (counted from autumn equinox) in order to find an ideal day number counted from spring equinox. 250 - 182 = 68 = 64 + 4 is the distance from Rogo in Gb6-26 to vaha mea in Ga1-4. If we put Antares at day 68, a kind of ideal position, then the following could be the result.
My ideal day numbers are counted from autumn equinox respectively from spring equinox (there probably were 2 'years' south of the equator). For Antares I have changed 64 to 68 by cause of the equation 250 - 182. Summer solstice then follows the lead of Antares and comes 26 days later (= 276 - 250). Number 26, we have come to understand, is associated with the ruling Sun king. According to this method of counting the sum of the day numbers for the solstices will be 92 + 94 = 186, a number which could allude to 266 - 80, i.e. the distance from spring equinox to autumn equinox north of the equator. South of the equator the number of days from spring equinox to autumn equinox is (177 - 87) + (266 - 177) = 90 + 89 = 179 days - summer is shorter south of the equator. From autumn equinox to winter solstice I suggest we should count either to 92 (reflecting the situation north of the equator) or to 94 (reflecting how Antares comes 26 days before summer solstice):
64 combines beautifully with 26 in order to reach a quarter of 360. I here suggest the front side of the G text is beginning already at autumn equinox. Sirrah (if she is there) is the 'chained Moon lady' at the final of the old year (stretching between the equinoxes): "Alpheratz, Alpherat, and Sirrah are from the Arabians' Al Surrat al Faras, the Horse's Navel, as this star formerly was associated with Pegasus, whence it was transferred to the Woman's hair; and some one has strangely called it Umbilicus Andromedae. But in all late Arabian astronomy taken from Ptolemy it was described as Al Rās al Mar'ah al Musalsalah, the Head of the Woman in Chains." (Star Names) The head (Al Rās) means the beginning, as for instance in Ras Hammel: ... The equinoxes are currently in the constellations of Pisces and Virgo. In sidereal astrology (notably Hindu astrology), by contrast, the first point of Aries remains aligned with Ras Hammel 'the head of the ram', i.e. the Aries constellation ... In this sense it was probably used in the myth about Ure Honu, where it is said to represent the last part. But the last part is where we will find the first part: ... Another year passed, and a man by the name of Ure Honu went to work in his banana plantation. He went and came to the last part, to the 'head' (i.e., the upper part of the banana plantation), to the end of the banana plantation. The sun was standing just right for Ure Honu to clean out the weeds from the banana plantation ... The navel is the point of origin, and appropriately the 16 glyphs which are beginning with number 400 ought to be a description of the end followed by a new beginning:
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