8. The back side of the K text is not beginning with Raven, first there is the last week of 'August and then another 3 weeks to equinox:
On Easter Island Raven does not come in autumn but in spring. Possibly the 3 feathers low down in front in *Kb2-6 could refer to spring equinox south of the equator. A balance between winter and summer seems to be illustrated in Kb2-2:
There are 4 * 29½ = 118 days from 'May 25 to '12h. Counting from Ka1-3 there are 4 * 29 = 116 days:
Perhaps Moon time was counted in synodic double months (59 nights) and Sun time counted in single months with 29 nights. Raven could not come at the beginning of side b, because the K tablet was not large enough for that. Counting a quarter (of 464 or 472 nights) from the beginning of the text means there is a need for 116 or 118 glyphs. Therefore Raven must come later than at Kb1-1. Had the K tablet been somewhat larger, then side b could have begun with Raven. Had the K tablet been somewhat smaller side b could have begun with π Cancri:
From 'August 7 up to and including 'September 21 there are 45 days which resembles the position of Raven in the Babylonian zodiac (where the new baby is born at the bottom of the Milky Way V):
Abyss and Field are 'squares', probably referring to the 'Square Earth' in the sky, i.e. the form in time defined by the equinox and solstice corners. This 'Earth' was evidently oriented with its corners offset ca 45º from the cardinal directions in space (left, right, up, down). We can compare with Ogotemmêli's 'Granary':
Its circular ground is probably meant to be our earth in space and its square top could be 'earth' in time (as defined in the sky above). We can see this 'earth' is 'uplifted' by Y letters, 4 of them:
"The oldest direct ancestor of the English letter Y was the Semitic letter waw, from which also come F, U, V, and W ... Vav literally means 'hook/peg/spear'." (Wikipedia) ... All was now ready for departure except that there was no fire in the smithy. The ancestor slipped into the workshop of the great Nummo, who are Heaven's smiths, and stole a piece of the sun in the form of live embers and white-hot iron. He seized it by means of a 'robber's stick' the crook of which ended in a slit, open like a mouth ... |
