5. Glyph number 266, which probably marks autumn equinox, is Gb2-10. We can imagine a sign 210 meaning 7 solar months (counted from manu kake in Ga3-1):
If number 210 is referred to by Gb2-10, then it could be 'midstation' of a cycle with 420 days. But counting by Sun there are 4 days remaining to the end of 9 months, 75 % of a cycle of 360 days. Undulations at bottom followed by a raised up ure in Gb2-9 is contrasted in Gb2-13 by undulations at the top end followed by a slackened neck hanging straight down. Although Gb2-13 basically is a moe glyph there is also a suggestion of kara etahi:
Closer examination reveals several other signs. Likewise are Gb2-14--16 complex glyphs. Experience from the pair Tropus and Canopus should make us look for more than one star also where the great flow is beginning, and we should first of all consider Sadalmelek:
However, it is so close in right ascension to Alnair as to intrude upon it:
Maybe after autumn equinox there should be pairs of stars (corresponding to the 2 faces of Moon)- Sadalmelek means Al Sa'd al Malik, the Lucky One of the King, according to Allen. Maybe he is lucky because he has survived a vero attack at autumn equinox. Line b2 is number 10 counted from a1:
What other prominent stars are rising here, close to autumn equinox? I decide to list in time order all prominent stars (in my elementary astronomy book) rising from 21h up to Fomalhaut:
I have redmarked Enif and Azelfafage because they are close to day number 266 + 64 = 330. There is no star in my list at day number 270 + 64 = 334. Azelfafage is a star high up (50º 58' N) in Cygnus, the Swan. It could correspond to Eagle & Dead Man:
It looks as if someone has been mortally hit by a spear (vero) at autumn equinox followed by his living spirit rising upwards along the Milky Way. Flamsteed pictured a bird seen from below (in a way upside because we can see its feet):
Azelfafage (π1) is behind the tail of the Swan, the upper of the pair of stars. The lower (π2) Sama al Azrak (according to Wikipedia) is slightly more bright and has a somewhat higher right ascension. I have converted to day number 331.0 by using 329.7 as point of reference:
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