Instead, we should move on in the text:
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| Ka1-5 |
Ka1-6 |
Ka1-7 |
Ka1-8 |
Ka1-9 |
Ka1-10 |
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| Ka1-11 |
Ka1-12 |
| ... |
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... |
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| *Ka1-17 |
*Ka1-18 |
*Ka1-20 |
When I once counted the glyphs I relied on Barthel's description of the K text in order to arrive at the 4 respectively 1 empty glyph places. Perhaps there never were any glyphs in these 5 empty positions. The Milky Way could have been in the way. If we count only the visible glyphs the numbers will lead up to 181 instead of 192:
| Number of glyphs on the K tablet: |
| side a |
side b |
| a1 |
19 |
*5 |
24 |
24 |
b1 |
20 |
*2 |
22 |
119 |
| a2 |
22 |
- |
22 |
46 |
b2 |
17 |
*1 |
18 |
137 |
| a3 |
21 |
- |
21 |
67 |
b3 |
16 |
- |
16 |
153 |
| a4 |
16 |
- |
16 |
83 |
b4 |
19 |
- |
19 |
172 |
| a5 |
14 |
- |
14 |
97 |
b5 |
17 |
*3 |
20 |
192 |
| sum |
92 |
*5 |
97 |
sum |
89 |
*6 |
95 |
| Numbers with asterisk (*) refer to possible glyph positions where no glyph is visible. |
Perhaps the idea was to have the visible glyphs reflect the number of days from Aldebaran to Antares:
| Winter: |
Summer: |
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180 |
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183 |
| Ga1-4 (*68) |
Ga7-16 (*249) |
| Aldebaran (68.2) |
180.9 |
Antares (249.1) |
184.35 |
| 'May 28 (148) |
180 |
'November 25 (329) |
183 |
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| Ka1-1 |
Ka1-2 |
Ka1-3 |
Ka1-4 |
Ka1-5 |
Ka1-6 |
| Aldebaran (68.2) |
Theemin (68.5) |
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| Ka1-7 |
Ka1-8 |
Ka1-9 |
Ka1-10 |
| Hassaleh (73.6) |
Almaaz (74.7), Haedus I (74.8) |
Haedus II (75.9), ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4) |
λ Eridani (76.7) |
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| Ka1-11 |
Ka1-12 |
| μ Leporis (77.6), ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4) |
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| *Ka1-17 (13) |
*Ka1-18 (14) |
*Ka1-20 (15) |
| λ Leporis (79.6) |
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) |
Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4) |
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| *Ka1-21 (16) |
*Ka1-22 (17) |
*Ka1-23 (18) |
*Ka1-24 (19) |
| ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), Heka (83.2) |
Hatysa (83.5), Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate (84.0) |
Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet) (84.7) |
γ Leporis (85.9) |
Although the ordinal number for the last glyph in the line, 24, seems to suit the end of a line which could refer to the June solstice. 181 is also the number for the last day in June, where G has Sirius rising heliacally:
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