According
to
Manuscript
E
there
was
a
Turtle
who
played
a
major
role
in
explaining
why
one
of
the
explorers
had
to
leave.
This
happened
not
long
after
the
feast
on
fishes
in
Hanga
Hoonu
(Bay
of
Turtles):
...
They
all
sat
down
and
rested
[on
the
plain
of
Oromanga],
when
suddenly
they
saw
that
a
turtle
had
reached
the
shore
and
had
crawled
up
on
the
beach.
He [Ira]
looked
at
it
and
said,
'Hey,
you!
The
turtle
has
come
on
land!'
He
said,
'Let's
go!
Let's
go
back
to
the
shore.'
They
all
went
to
pick
up
the
turtle.
Ira
was
the
first
one
to
try
to
lift
the
turtle
-
but
she
didn't
move.
Then
Raparenga
said,
'You
do
not
have
the
necessary
ability.
Get
out
of
my
way
so
that
I
can
have
a
try!'
Raparenga
stepped
up
and
tried
to
lift
the
turtle
-
but
Raparenga
could
not
move
her.
Now
you
spoke,
Kuukuu:
'You
don't
have
the
necessary
ability,
but
I
shall
move
this
turtle.
Get
out
of
my
way!'
Kuukuu
stepped
up,
picked
up
the
turtle,
using
all
his
strength.
After
he
had
lifted
the
turtle
a
little
bit,
he
pushed
her
up
farther.
No
sooner
had
he
pushed
her
up
and
lifted
her
completely
off
the
ground
when
she
struck
Kuukuu
with
one
fin.
She
struck
downward
and
broke
Kuukuu's
spine.
The
turtle
got
up,
went
back
into
the
(sea)
water,
and
swam
away.
All the
kinsmen
spoke to
you
(i.e.
Kuukuu):
'Even
you did
not
prevail
against
the
turtle!'
They put
the
injured
Kuukuu
on a
stretcher
and
carried
him
inland.
They
prepared
a soft
bed for
him in
the cave
and let
him rest
there.
They
stayed
there,
rested,
and
lamented
the
severely
injured
Kuukuu.
Kuukuu
said,
'Promise
me, my
friends,
that you
will not
abandon
me!'
They all
replied,
'We
could
never
abandon
you!' They
stayed
there
twenty-seven
days in
Oromanga.
Everytime
Kuukuu
asked,
'Where
are you,
friends?'
they
immediately
replied
in one
voice,
'Here we
are!'
They all
sat down
and
thought.
They had
an idea
and
Ira
spoke,
'Hey,
you!
Bring
the
round
stones
(from
the
shore)
and pile
them
into six
heaps of
stones!'
One of
the
youths
said to
Ira,
'Why do
we want
heaps of
stone?'
Ira
replied,
'So that
we can
all ask
the
stones
to do
something.'
They
took
(the
material)
for the
stone
heaps (pipi
horeko)
and
piled up
six
heaps of
stone at
the
outer
edge of
the
cave.
Then
they all
said to
the
stone
heaps,
'Whenever
he
calls,
whenever
he calls
for us,
let your
voices
rush (to
him)
instead
of the
six (of
us)
(i.e.,
the six
stone
heaps
are
supposed
to be
substitutes
for the
youths).
They all
drew
back to
profit
(from
the
deception)
(? ki
honui)
and
listened.
A short
while
later,
Kuukuu
called.
As soon
as he
had
asked,
'Where
are
you?'
the
voices
of the
stone
heaps
replied,
'Here we
are!'
All (the
youths)
said,
'Hey,
you!
That was
well
done!'
...
Given
that my
interpretation
so far
is
right,
viz.
that the
explorers'
feast on
delicious
fishes
can be
put in
parallel
with
such
stars as
Naos,
Heap of
Fuel,
and
Bright
Fire -
described
from
Ga2-27
to Ga3-2
- we
should
look for
6 stone
heaps
somewhere
not far
later in
the
text:
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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) |
ºJanuary 15 (*300) |
| 'December 20 (354) |
Solstice |
22 |
'December 23 (*277) |
| "December 6 (*260) |
7 |
8 (342) |
"December 9 |
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 |
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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
|
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)
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 |
| ºJanuary 19 (*304) |
20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
| 'December 27 |
28 |
29 (*283) |
30 (364) |
| "December 13 (*267) |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
I suggest these 6 'solitary piles of stones' (pipi horeko) are at Ga3-17:
| Pipi
1. Bud, sprout; to bud, to sprout; ku-pipi-á te tumu miro tahiti, the trunk of the miro tahiti has sprouted. 2. A small shellfish, common on the coast. Vanaga.
1. To blanch, to etiolate. 2. A spark, to sparkle. 3. Young branches, shoot, sprout, to bud. Mq.: pipi, tip of the banana blossom. 4. Snail, T, pea, bean. P Mgv.: pipi, small shellfish in the shape of a mussel. Mq.: pipi, generic term for shells. Ta.: pipi, generic term for beans. 5. To boil with hot stones. 6. A wave. 7. Thorn, spiny, uneven. 8. Small; haha pipi, small mouth. 9. Rump, the rear. Pipine, to be wavy, to undulate. Churchill. |
| Hore
(Hore, horehore): to cut with a knife or with an obsidian blade (also: horea). Horeko, solitary, lonely; kona horeko, solitary place, loneliness. Vanaga.
To hew, to cut off, to amputate, to castrate, to cut with a knife, to decapitate, to abridge, to incise, to set landmarks; a notch, incision, tenon; hore poto, to cut short off; hore te gao, to chop the head off. Churchill. |
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| Ga3-10 |
Ga3-11 |
Ga3-12 |
Ga3-13 (72) |
| M67 (133.1) |
ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ο Cancri (134.6) |
Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0), σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) |
ν Cancri (136.0),Talitha Australis (136.1), ωHydrae (136.8) |
| August 1 |
2 (580 - 80 = 500) |
3 (215) |
4 (*136) |
| ºJuly 28 |
29 (210) |
30 |
31 (*132) |
| 'July 5 (186) |
6 (553 - 80 = 473) |
7 (*108) |
8 |
| Solstice (*92) |
"June 22 (173) |
23 |
St John's Eve |
| μ Aquarii (316.0) |
ε Equulei (317.8) |
no star listed (318) |
21h (319.6) |
| Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7) |
| January 31 |
February 1 (32) |
2 (*318) |
3 (399) |
| ºJanuary 27 (392) |
28 |
29 (*314) |
30 |
| 'January 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
| Solstice (*275) |
"December 22 |
23 (357) |
Christmas Eve |
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| Ga3-14 (73) |
Ga3-15 |
Ga3-16 |
| 9h (137.0) |
no star listed (138) |
π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8) |
| σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4), Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8) |
| August 5 (*137) |
6 (584) |
7 (219) |
| ºAugust 1 |
2 (214) |
3 (*135) |
| 'July 9 |
10 (*111) |
11 (192) |
| "June 25 (*96) |
26 (177) |
27 |
| χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) |
δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) |
Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9) |
| February 4 (400) |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
| ºJanuary 31 (396) |
ºFebruary 1 (32) |
2 |
| 'January 8 (373) |
9 |
10 (*295) |
| "December 25 |
26 (360) |
27 (*281) |
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| Ga3-17 |
Ga3-18 (77) |
Ga3-19 |
| no star listed (140) |
Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6) |
Star-25 / ANA-HEU-HEU-PO |
| ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7) |
| August 8 (*140) |
9 |
10 (222) |
| ºAugust 4 (216) |
5 (*137) |
6 |
| 'July 12 (193) |
13 (560) |
14 (*115) |
| "June 28 |
29 (180) |
30 (*101) |
| Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) |
γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6) |
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 |
| Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD (325.9) |
| February 7 (403) |
8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
| ºFebruary 3 (399) |
4 (*328) |
5 (36) |
| 'January 11 (*296) |
12 (377 + 366 - 80 = *663) |
13 (378) |
| "December 28 (*648) |
29 (729) |
30 (364) |
Between the feast on fishes and the fatal incident with the Turtle the text reads:
... They prepared the fish in the fire on the flat rocks, cooked them, and ate until they were completely satisfied. Then they gave the name 'The rock, where (the fish) were prepared in the fire with makoi (fruit of Thespesia populnea?) belongs to Ira' (Te Papa Tunu Makoi A Ira). They remained in Hanga Hoonu for five days.
On the twenty-third day of the month of July ('Anakena'), they reached Rangi Meamea. Then they arrived there, they looked around and gave the name 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka'. They also named the mountain 'Peke Tau O Hiti Hau Maka'. They went around to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa, looked around, and gave the name 'Hau Epa A Hau Maka'.
When he (i.e. Ira) saw that the beach was white and clean, he said, 'Hey, you! Here is the plain where the king can live!' They stayed there and surveyed the plain with great care. Ira knew with certainty that it was very good. He named the bay 'Hanga Moria One' and the plain 'Oromanga'. They sat down and rested ...
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| maitaki |
Ga3-17 |
| Maitaki
Clean, neat, pure, pretty, nice, beautiful, handsome; tagata rima maitaki, clean-handed man, correct man. Vanaga.
1. Good. Henua maitaki = the good earth. 2. Shine. Marama maitaki = the shining moon. Barthel.
Ce qui est bon. Jaussen according to Barthel.
Meitaki, good, agreeable, efficacious, excellent, elegant, pious, valid, brilliant, security, to please, to approve (maitaki); ariga meitaki, handsome, of pleasant mien; mea meitaki ka rava, to deserve; meitaki ke, marvelous, better. Hakameitaki, to make good, to amend, to do good, to bless, to establish. Meitakihaga, goodness. PS Pau.: maitaki, good. Mgv.: meitetaki, beautiful, good. Mq.: meitai, good, agreeable, fit, wise, virtuous. Ta.: maitaiki, good, well. Niuē: mitaki, good. Maitakia, clean. Churchill. |
The date given for reaching the mountain Rangi Meamea was in the Manuscript stated as 'Anakena 23', which could correspond to manu kake in Ga3-1 (ºJuly 19 = July 23). Counting 5 days for their stay at Hanga Hoonu could mean we should begin from Ga2-25 and heliacal χ Carinae (Drus) - the star just before the root of the mast of the sunken ship:
| Hanga Hoonu ? |
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|
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| Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26 (56) |
Ga2-27 |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
| 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) |
| July 18 |
19 (*120) |
20 (201) |
21 |
22 |
| ºJuly 14 (195) |
15 |
16 |
17 (*118) |
18 |
| Solstice (172) |
'June 22 |
23 (*460) |
St John's Eve |
25 (*96) |
| "June 7 (158) |
8 (525) |
9 (*80) |
10 |
11 |
| 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) |
| January 17 |
18 (383) |
19 (*304) |
20 |
21 |
| ºJanuary 13 (378) |
14 |
15 (*300) |
16 |
17 |
| Solstice (355) |
'December 22 |
23 (*277) |
Christmas Eve |
25 |
| "December 7 (*261) |
8 (342) |
9 |
10 |
11 (*265) |
| Rangi Meamea ? |
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| Ga3-1 (60) |
| Al Tarf (124.3)
Ras Algethi
|
| Anakena 23 (*124) ? |
| ºJuly 19 (200) |
| 'June 26 (177) |
| "June 12 (163) |
| Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9) |
| January 22 |
| ºJanuary 18 (383) |
| 'December 26 (360) |
| "December 12 (346) |
On the other hand could a better proposal be to count Hanga Hoonu from φ Gemini (at the left hand of Pollux) and then perceive the extraordinary Ga2-29 as Rangi Meamea:
| Egyptian bread, (-t, female determinant) |
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Phoenician qoph |
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Greek phi |
Φ(φ) |
|
... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ...
Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...
... The king, wearing now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer manifest.
When he reappears he is clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I traverse it as I desire.' ... |
| Rangi Meamea |
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| Ga2-29 |
| Tegmine (123.3) |
| Anakena 23 |
| π |
| ºJuly 18 |
| 'June 25 (*96) |
| "June 11 |
| Tso Ke (306.3) |
| January 21 |
| ºJanuary 17 |
| December 25 |
| "December 11 (*265) |
Anakena 23 would then correspond to July 22 (= ºJuly 18). And July 22 can be written 22 / 7 (= π). They stayed at Oromanga for 27 days which when counted from ºJuly 19 (200) means they would have left in day 227 (ºAugust 15).
| Hanga Hoonu |
Rangi Meamea |
Oromanga |
| 5 days |
ºJuly 18 (199) |
27 days |
| 33 days |
|