The Venus cycle
has 50 dark
nights between
her morning and
evening
appearances.
Maybe this could
motivate a
subdivision of
the G text as
follows
| 1 |
night zero |
| 185 |
northern summer |
| 50 |
dark Venus |
| 236 |
southern summer |
| 472 |
sum |
8 dark
nights of
Venus
between
her evening and
morning
appearances
could for
instance have
been
incorporated
in the G
text as night
zero
together with
the first
week of
the northern
summer. Or
better, as night
zero together
with the last
week of the
southern summer.
236 - 7 = 229:
| 1 |
night zero |
| 185 |
northern summer |
| 50 |
dark Venus |
| 229 |
7 |
southern summer |
| 414 + 58 = 472 |
sum |
If so, then the
front side
calendar -
including the
last week of the
back side of the
tablet and the
zero day - could
have reached 50
dark Venus
nights at glyph
number 186, i.e.
at Ga7-17 which
corresponded to
the heliacal day
of τ Scorpii:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga7-15 |
Ga7-16 (185) |
Ga7-17 |
Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 |
| September 21 |
22 |
23 (266) |
24 |
25 |
| 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 |
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) |
Han (251.0) |
ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) |
| ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
| November 24 |
25 |
26 (330) |
27 |
28 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga7-20 |
Ga7-21 |
Ga7-22 |
Ga7-23 |
Ga7-24 (193) |
| September 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (272) |
30 |
| Atria (253.9) |
Tail-6 |
ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) |
κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), Cujam (256.9) |
no star listed (257) |
| Wei, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB (254.7) |
| November 29 |
30 |
December 1 |
2 (336) |
3 |
So
far
so
good,
the
glyphs
seem
to
be
drawn
to
indicate
what
I
have
suggested.
Then
229
-
185
= 44
means
there
could
be
only
6
dark
nights
of
Venus
at
the
beginning
of
side
b:
 |
 |
 |
| Gb1-1 (230) |
Gb1-2 |
Gb1-3 |
| November 6 (310) |
7 |
8 |
| Deneb Okab (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9) |
ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), Albireo (295.5) |
μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9) |
| January 9 |
10 |
11 (376) |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
| Gb1-4 |
Gb1-5 |
Gb1-6 (235) |
Gb1-7 |
Gb1-8 |
| November 9 |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| 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) |
| January 12 |
13 (378) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
378 (the cycle of Saturn) - 64 = 314. Counting from Gb1-7 there are 471 - 235 = 236 glyphs remaining on side b.
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