6. Once the Gemini constellation must have dominated the time of the June solstice. And in rongorongo times Rei in Ka2-10 presumably was at the day after 'June 21, when the first star (η) of the pair at Castor's left foot rose heliacally. His left foot coincided with the days of St John:
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| Ka3-1 |
Ka3-2 |
Ka3-3 (*108) |
Ka3-4 |
| Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8) |
Wezen (107.1) |
θ Gemini (107.6) |
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| 'July 5 (186) |
'6 |
'7 |
'8 |
| Al Tuwaibe' 10 |
11 |
12 (52) |
13 |
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| Ka3-5 (46) |
Ka3-6 |
Ka3-7 |
Ka3-8 |
| Wasat (109.8), Mekbuda (110.5) |
Aludra, Propus (111.1) |
Gomeisa (111.6), ρ Gemini (112.1), τ Gemini (112.3) |
Castor (113.4) |
| 'July 9 |
'10 |
'11 |
'12 (193) |
| Heka 1 (54) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Atlas - Castor |
58 days |
227 (π) |
355 |
365 |
| 'July 13 (194) |
| Procyon - Vega |
168 days |
| - Altair |
18 days |
128 |
| - Menkar |
110 days |
| - Atlas |
10 days |
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(80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) |
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Day of culmination |
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| Atlas |
'May 16 (136) |
228 |
'December 31 (365) |
135 |
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56 |
-3 |
53 |
+3 |
| Castor |
'July 12 (193) |
225 |
'February 23 (419) |
138 |
| New year (?) |
The pure elbow ornament at τ Gemini (112.3) maybe primarily illustrates how here (where 13 * 29½ / 2 = 191¾) the lunar synodic cycle is divided in 2 halves like a pair of empty sea-shells (where only the whispers of its former inhabitant can be heard).
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Cowrie (Cypraea caput draconis); pure vaka, another type of cowrie, which can float on the sea like a diminutive boat (vaka). Vanaga.
1. To pray, to supplicate, invocation, prayer; hare pure, church, chapel; tae pure, irreverence; purega, prayer P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: pure, to pray. In Samoa, Tonga, Niuē, Futuna, Uvea, pule means to command. 2. A shell T. P Pau.: hakapurepure, to dye, to color. Mq.: pué, the porcelain shell. Ta.: pure, a mark. Purepure, spotted, dappled; ragi purepure, dappled sky. Purepurea, spotted. P Pau.: hakapurepure, to dye, to color. Mgv.: purepure, printed cloth; akapurepure, to paint in different colors. Mq.: puépué, covered with pale scars. Ta.: purepure, spotted, dappled. Churchill.
Pureva, rock, stone (small enough to be thrown by hand). Vanaga. Pureva, to throw a stone. Ta.: Pureva, to be on the eve of going. Ha.: puleva, to float here and there. Churchill.
Pau.: Pure-hiva, a butterfly. Mgv.: pure-rehue, id. Ta.: pure-hua, a moth. Mq.: pure-hua, id. Ma.: pure-hua, id. Churchill. |
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| Ka3-9 (50) |
Ka3-10 (*115) |
| λ Gemini (114.0) |
Markab Puppis (114.7), Procyon (114.9) |
| 'July 13 |
'14 (195) |
| Heka 5 (58) |
6 |
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| Ka3-15 (*120) |
Ka3-16 |
Ka3-17 |
Ka3-18 (59) |
Ka3-19 (*124) |
| χ Carinae (119.9) |
Jīxīn (120.7), Naos (121.3) |
π Gemini (121.5), Heap of Fuel (122.1) |
φ Gemini (123.0), Tegmine (123.3) |
Al Tarf (124.3) |
| 'July 19 (200) |
'20 |
'8h (121.7) |
'22 |
'23 (204) |
| Heka 11 (64) |
12 |
13 |
Alhena 1 |
2 (68) |
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| Ka3-20 |
Ka3-21 |
Ka4-1 |
Ka4-2 (64) |
Ka4-3 |
| Bright Fire (125.4) |
χ Gemini (125.6), Avior (126.4) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
θ Cancri (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
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| 'July 24 |
'25 |
'26 |
'27 (208) |
'28 |
| Alhena 3 |
4 (70) |
5 |
6 (72) |
7 |
The last Gemini star (χ) rose heliacally at the end of line Ka3. I think glyphs, stars, and dates fit so well together that we ought to formulate a hypothesis:
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Firm evidence, from Rei in Ka2-10 ('June 22) to the end of line Ka3, indicates we should add 64 to the glyph numbers in K in order to reach the RA dates.
There is also evidence 64 should be used earlier, at least from 'June 6 in Gregorian day 157 (= 314 / 2):
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(4) |
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(1) |
| Ka1-11 (*75) |
Ka1-12 |
*Ka1-17 (13) |
*Ka1-18 (14) |
| Almaaz (74.7), Haedus I (74.8) |
Haedus II (75.9), ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4) |
λ Eridani (76.7) |
μ Leporis (77.6), ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4) |
| 'June 4 |
'5h (76.1) |
'June 6 (157) |
'7 |
| Pleione 5 |
6 (20) |
Pleione 7 |
8 (22) |
Only visible glyphs should be counted.
The simplest hypothesis is then to say this rule of 64 governs not only all the glyphs on the K tablet, but that we should also add 64 when counting RA days for the glyphs on the G tablet (and then not to count the glyph numbers from Gb8-30 but from Ga1-1). |
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