When
the tablet is turned
around (inverted
with line b1at
bottom on side b) we
can expect to
perceive some
differences in the
glyphs. Maybe we
have to follow the
nakshatra side -
that was my
perception when
moving from side a
to side b on the
Mamari tablet.
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Ga8-22 (225) |
Ga8-23 (*290) |
Ga8-24 |
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 |
19h (289.2) |
Al Baldah-19 |
Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) |
Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6) |
λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) |
AL BALDAH, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
Tua Haro 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (372) |
8 |
ºDecember 31 |
ºJan 1 (366) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
'December 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (*265) |
12 |
'Ko Koró 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (345) |
12 |
"November 24 |
25 (*249) |
26 |
27 (331) |
28 |
7h (106.5) |
Wezen (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) |
no star listed (108) |
λ Gemini (109.4), Wasat (109.8) |
no star listed (110) |
no star listed (106) |
He Anakena
5 |
6 |
7 (188) |
8 |
9 |
ºJuly 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (185) |
5 |
'June 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (*82) |
12 |
'He Maro 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (162) |
12 |
"May 25 (*65) |
26 |
27 |
28 (148) |
29 |
According to the
Gregorian calendar
July 1 was visible
in the nakshatra sky
(close to the Full
Moon) at the glyph
where the night time
sky (ragi)
had changed place
with the nuku
figure, at heliacal
December 31.
Ragi
Ra'i,
T. 1. Sky.
2. Palace.
3. Prince.
Henry.
1. Sky,
heaven,
firmament;
ragi
moana,
blue sky. 2.
Cloud;
ragipuga,
cumulus;
ragitea,
white, light
clouds;
ragi poporo,
nimbus;
ragi hoe
ka'i
cirrus
(literally:
like sharp
knives);
ragi viri,
overcast
sky; ragi
kerekere,
nimbus
stratus;
ragi
kirikiri
miro,
clouds of
various
colours. 3.
To call, to
shout, to
exclaim.
Vanaga.
1. Sky,
heaven,
firmament,
paradise;
no te ragi,
celestial.
2. Appeal,
cry, hail,
formula, to
invite, to
send for, to
notify, to
felicitate,
precept, to
prescribe,
to receive,
to summon;
ragi no
to impose;
ragi
tarotaro,
to menace,
to threaten;
tagata
ragi,
visitor;
ragikai,
feast,
festival;
ragitea,
haughty,
dominating.
3.
Commander.
4. To love,
to be
affectionate,
to spare,
sympathy,
kind
treatment;
ragi kore,
pitiless;
ragi nui,
faithful.
Churchill.
Modoc,
a language
used on the
northwest
coast of
North
America: 'A
single word,
lagi,
was used
both for the
chief and
for a rich
man who
possessed
several
wives,
horses,
armour made
of leather
or wooden
slats,
well-filled
quivers and
precious
firs. In
addition to
owning these
material
assets, the
chief had to
win military
victories,
possess
exceptional
spiritual
powers and
display a
gift for
oratory.'
(The Naked
Man) |
However, in
rongorongo times the
true position of
this birth ought to
have come 4 nights
later, in He Anakena
10 (190). 12 * 19 =
228 and 1 + 228 =
229.
The
Arkab pair of
β stars in
Sagittarius were
considered as the
only vulnerable spot
of Achilles, and his
outstretched leg may
have corresponded to
the outstretched leg
of Schemset
and possibly also to
that in Ga7-33 (in
what could be the
28th night of
Mauri).
"β¹
and β², Arkab
and Urkab are
from Al 'Urkūb,
translated by Ideler
as the Tendon
uniting the calf of
the leg to the heel,
and this coincides
with their location
in the figure on
modern maps, as well
with their
Euphratean title
Ur-ner-gub, the
Sole of the Left
Foot ..." (Allen)
Beyond the first 3
glyphs on side b a
new story could
begin. Though Gb1-1 shows
it is connected with the
previous part of the
text, this
we can see by
comparing with
Gb8-16:
Antares at the time of rongorongo: |
Rising in the east at sunset |
June 1 (152) |
0 |
0 |
15 days from winter solstice |
July 6 (187) |
35 |
35 |
Culmination at midnight |
July 11 (192) |
5 |
40 |
'Leap day' |
July 12 (193) |
1 |
41 |
Heliacal rising |
November 25 (329) |
136 |
177 |
Nakshatra day |
May 28 (148) |
184 |
361 |
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Gb1-4 |
Gb1-5 |
Gb1-6 |
Gb1-7 (236) |
Gb1-8 |
ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), Sham (297.8) |
β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) |
υ Aquilae (299.1), Tarazed (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) |
Sravana-23 |
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) |
ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), Bezek (300.8) |
υ Gemini (114.0), Markab Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), Procyon (114.9) |
α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) |
κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX (116.2), π Gemini (116.9) |
Azmidiske (117.4) |
φ Gemini (118.4) |
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Gb1-9 |
Gb1-10 |
Gb1-11 (240) |
Gb1-12 |
Gb1-13 |
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) |
τ Aquilae (303.8) |
20h (304.4) |
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) |
Tso Ke (306.3) |
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
Drus (119.9) |
ω Cancri (120.2) |
8h (121.7) |
ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) |
Tegmine (123.3) |
χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3) |
We
remember the Cancer
stars Heap of Fuel,
Tegmine etc from the
time of their
heliacal positions.
Instead of 10 days
beginning beyond
nakshatra Castor (at
Gb1-3) it seems
reasonable to
continue with 'one
more' night to
nakshatra Al Tarf
(The End) - and to
the midnight
culmination of Ras
Algethi (α
Herculis). Or
possibly to move
ahead even further:
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Ga2-24 |
Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26
(56) |
Ga2-27 |
φ Gemini
(118.4) |
Drus
(119.9) |
ω Cancri
(120.2) |
8h
(121.7) |
χ Gemini
(121.0),
Naos
(121.3) |
July 17
(*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
July
20 (201) |
ºJuly 13 |
14 (195) |
15
(*116) |
ºJuly 16 |
'June 20
(171 -
80 + 366
= *457) |
Solstice |
22 (*93) |
'June 23
(*460) |
"June 6
(*77) |
7 (*444) |
8 (525) |
"June 9
(*80) |
ι
Sagittarii
(301.2),
Terebellum,
ξ
Aquilae
(301.3),
Alshain
(301.6),
φ
Aquilae
(301.8) |
ε
Pavonis,
θ
Sagittarii
(302.3),
γ
Sagittae
(302.5),
μ
Pavonis
(302.7) |
τ
Aquilae
(303.8) |
20h
(304.4) |
η
Sagittae
(304.2),
δ
Pavonis
(304.4) |
January
16
(*301) |
17 |
18 (383) |
January
19
(*304) |
ºJanuary
12 |
13 (378) |
14
(*299) |
ºJan 15
(*300) |
'December
20 (354) |
Solstice |
22 |
'Dec 23
(*277) |
"Dec 6
(*260) |
7 |
8 (342) |
"December
9 |
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Ga3-2
(61) |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 |
χ Cancri
(125.2),
Bright
Fire
(125.4) |
Avior
(126.4),
φ Cancri
(126.8) |
ο Ursa
Majoris
(127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
υ Cancri
(128.1),
θ CANCRI
(128.2),
η Cancri
(128.5) |
July 24
(*125) |
25 |
26 |
27 (208) |
ºJuly 20
(*121) |
21 |
22 |
23 (204) |
'June 27 |
28
(*465) |
29
(*100) |
30 (181) |
"June 13
(*84) |
14 (165) |
15 |
16 |
Al
Sa’d al
Dhabih-20
/
Ox Herd
Boy-9 |
Okul
(309.6),
Bos
(309.9)
Arneb |
ο
Capricorni
(310.2),
θ Cephei
(310.5)
Alnilam |
Rotten
Melon, φ
Pavonis
(311.2),
η
Delphini
(311.4),
ζ
Delphini,
ρ
Pavonis
(311.7)
Phakt |
DABIH
(308.0),
κ
Sagittarii
(308.1),
Sadir
(308.4),
Peacock
(308.7) |
January
23 (388) |
24 |
25
(*310) |
26 |
ºJan 19
(*304) |
20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
'December
27 |
28 |
29
(*283) |
30 (364) |
"Dec 13
(*267) |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
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Gb1-14 |
Gb1-15 |
Gb1-16 |
Gb1-17 |
Gb1-18 |
Gb1-19 (248) |
Gredi
(307.2), σ
Capricorni
(307.5),
Alshat
(307.9) |
Al
Sa’d al
Dhabih-20 /
Ox Herd
Boy-9 |
Okul
(309.6), Bos
(309.9)
Arneb
|
ο
Capricorni
(310.2), θ
Cephei
(310.5)
Alnilam
|
Rotten Melon,
φ Pavonis
(311.2), η
Delphini
(311.4), ζ
Delphini, ρ
Pavonis
(311.7)
Phakt
|
Rotanev,
ι Delphini
(312.3), τ
Capricorni
(312.6), κ
Delphini
(312.7),
SVALOCIN,
υ
Capricorni,
υ Pavonis
(312.8) |
DABIH
(308.0), κ
Sagittarii
(308.1),
Sadir
(308.4),
Peacock
(308.7) |
Al Tarf
(124.3)
Ras Algethi
|
χ Cancri
(125.2),
Bright Fire
(125.4) |
Avior
(126.4), φ
Cancri
(126.8) |
ο Ursa
Majoris
(127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
Āshleshā-9 /
Willow-24 |
υ Cancri
(128.1),
θ CANCRI
(128.2), η
Cancri
(128.5) |
π¹ Ursa
Majoris,
δ HYDRAE (129.6),
Al Minhar al
Shujā,
Museida
(129.9) |
My
imagination points
at the pair of
upside down haati
(sacrificed limbs)
and to the following
hakaturou
fishhook and says
the upside down
southern hemisphere
will here receive a
new Moon (2) land,
drawn up from the
deeps. Because here
the Sun was like a
Rotten Melon and the
Nose of the Hydra
(Al Minhar al Shujā,
σ Hydrae) could be
seen close to the
Full Moon.
North
of the equator there
was a flying
(feathered) serpent
(dragon) and south
of the equator there
was a swimming
serpent (hydra). In
the world between
there was the Crab
(or Turtle):
...
It is the most
inconspicious figure
in the zodiac, and
mythology apologizes
for its being there
by the story that
when the Crab was
crushed by Hercules,
for pinching his
toes during his
contest with the
Hydra in the marsh
of Lerna, Juno
exalted it to the
sky; whence
Columella called it
Lernaeus.
Yet few
heavenly
signs
have
been
subjects
of more
attention
in early
days,
and few
better
determined;
for,
according
to
Chaldaean
and
Platonist
philosophy,
it was
the
supposed
Gate of
Men
through
which
souls
descended
from
heaven
into
human
bodies
...
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