Once again I encountered the
dilemma of both presenting texts and
simultaneously discuss them. This is the
current (it will probably change with time)
beginning of my upgraded description of line
Ga1:
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no glyph |
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Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
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Hyadum II (γ Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star listed (66) |
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AIN,
θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
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May 24 (144) |
25 (*65 + 80 = 145) |
26 (146 + 366 = 512) |
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'April 27 |
28 (*65 - 27 + 80 =
118) |
29 (119 + 366 = 485) |
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Heart-5 |
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1),
Kajam (248.3), χ
Ophiuchi (248.5),
She Low, ι Tr.
Austr. (248.7), ζ
Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
Al Kalb-16
/
Jyeshtha-18 /
ANA-MUA |
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σ SCORPII
(247.0), Hejian
(247.2), ψ Ophiuchi
(247.7) |
ANTARES
(249.1), Marfik, φ
Ophiuchi (249.5),
ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
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November 23 |
24 (301 + 27 = 328) |
25 (*249 + 80 = 329) |
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'October 27 (300) |
28 (301 + 366 = 667) |
29 (*249 - 27 =
*222) |
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12 * 12 = 144 and
156 = 12 * 13 = 300
- 144. 12 * 14 = 168
and 300 + 168 = 468
= 12 * 39. 12 * 15 =
180 and 468 + 180 =
648 = 2 * 324 = 12 *
54 = 24 * 27 = 3 *
216 = 6 * 108. |
The distance
from the dates of the
heliacal calendar to the
dates in the lunar calendar
was 300 - 144 = 156 days
(not 366 / 2 = 183 days),
because precession had moved
the Sun 27 (= 183 - 156)
days earlier in the year
(since the time around 71 *
27 = 1900 ago when the
heliacal and lunar calendars
were 'hand in hand'). From
there the stars had
according to the heliacal
calendar moved 27 days
ahead, i.e. 300 + 27 - 144 =
183 (= 366 / 2).
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It became evident for me that I had
to work more with the numbers, e.g. by
noticing such equations as 468 = 12 * 39 = 6 *
78 = 3 * 156 = 472 - 4.
I think the
basic structure in both the C and G texts is
the right ascension grid, although not
necessarily defined the way I have done it.
I have used 365¼
days for the distribution of the stars
around the heliacal cycle - the Julian year.
But possibly the rongorongo masters used a
grid with for instance 366 days. Or why
not 460 / 2 = 366 - 136 = 230 nights?
The dates in
the star calendar, defined from the time of
Al Sharatain, may have been used
not only in the C text but also in the G
text. This is a reasonable assumption. Anyhow I need these
dates in my presentations because otherwise
it would hardly be possible to detect
if the rongorongo carvers had used some
other calendar.
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