From an observer
onboard the Sun canoe the stars in the night appeared to glide
away forward in the year due to the precession as time went by.
From an observer onboard the Moon canoe it was the canoe of the
Sun which lagged behind more and more. In other words, the pair
of hulls of the double-canoe were evidently separating from each
other with the 'Moon canoe' advancing and the 'Sun canoe'
lagging behind.
The Moon canoe would
thus reach a specific point earlier in time than the Sun canoe:
... The
two hulls were no longer kept lashed together (i.e., they were
separated for the rest of the journey). Hotu called out
to the canoe of the queen: 'Steer the canoe to the left side
when you sail in. Teke will jump over on board (your)
canoe to work his mana when you sail through the fishing
grounds!' Teke jumped on board the second canoe, (that)
of the queen. The king's canoe sailed to the right, the queen's
to the left. Honga worked his mana in the fishing
grounds. (List of five fishing grounds that belong to Hotu
and Honga.) Teke worked his mana in the
fishing grounds to the left side. (List of nine fishing grounds
that belong to Hotu and Teke.) The men on board
the royal canoe looked out from Varinga Te Toremo (the
northeastern cape of the Poike peninsula). There they saw
the canoe of the queen, the canoe of Ava Rei Pua, as it
reached Papa Te Kena (on the northern shore, east of
Hanga Oteo).
Honga came and gazed in the direction below (i.e., toward
the west). He called out to the noteworthy ruler (? ariki
motongi) Hotu: 'There is the canoe of the queen! It
will be the first one to land!' At this news King Hotu
replied to Honga, 'Recite (rutu) ('powerful
incantations') as though the ten brothers of the chief (ariki
maahu) were one whole (?).' The ten recited with all their
might. This is what they recited: 'Let all movement (?
konekone) cease!' They recited and sailed on swiftly:
Honga, Te Kena, Nuku Kehu, Nga Vavai,
Oti, Tive (corrected for 'Sive'), Ngehu,
Hatu, Tuki, and Pu (corrected for 'Bu').
He worked mana in the fishing grounds. (Naming of two
fishing grounds.)
Considering this
perception it becomes clear that viri in Ga7-1 could
represent the position at the end (muri) of the canoe of
the Moon Queen (Ava Rei Pua), whereas viri in
Ga5-11 could represent the position at the end (muri) of
the canoe of the Sun King (Hotu Matua):
|
Muri
The rear, that which comes last;
a muri, future; a muri noa atu, never;
i muri, afterward, henceforth, hereafter;
i muri oo na, to accompany; ki muri,
after, future, henceforth, then, final; o muri,
last. Churchill. |
|
March 20 |
Equinox |
22 (81) |
23 |
61 |
1 |
119 |
Sept 21 |
22 (265) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26
(0h) |
Gb6-27
(*1) |
Gb6-28
(410) |
181 |
Ga5-10
(592) |
Ga5-11 (121) |
|
no star
listed (364) |
Al
Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi
(2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
|
Pálida
(184.6), Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13
/
Chariot-28 |
|
Caph,
SIRRAH
(0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
|
GIENAH
(185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah
(185.9) |
|
ºMarch
16 |
17
(*360) |
18 (77) |
19 |
181 |
ºSept 17 |
18 (261) |
|
'Febr 21
(52) |
22 |
Terminalia |
Bissextum |
'Aug 25 (237) |
26
(*158) |
|
"Febr 7 |
8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
10 |
"Aug 11 (*143) |
12 (224) |
|
Tehetu'upú 20 |
21 (80) |
185 |
|
45 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-27 |
Ga6-28 |
Ga6-29 |
Ga7-1
(170) |
|
μ Lupi,
γ Tr. Austr. (231.3) |
ο Cor.
Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi
(232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi
(232.5), Pherkad (232.6), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ
Lupi (232.9) |
Alkalurops (233.1) |
Nusakan
(234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7)
|
|
Ko Ruti
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
|
ºNov 3
(*227) |
4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
|
'Oct 11 (*204) |
12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
|
"September 27 |
28
(*191) |
29 |
30 (273) |
|
Zibal (48.0) |
τ Arietis (49.7) |
Algenib Persei (50.0), ο
Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)
Gienah
|
no star listed (51) |
|
Vaitu
potu 8 |
9 |
10 (130) |
11 |
|
ºMay 5
(124) |
6 |
7 (*46) |
8 |
|
'April 11 |
12 (*22) |
13 |
14 (104) |
|
"March
28 (*7) |
29 |
30 |
31 (90) |
The pair of
viri are drawn exactly alike which should mean they ought to
be the same. The point of the September equinox according to Sun
time appeared to come 170 - 121 = 49 days later than according to
Moon time. However, 49 - 27 (the precessional depth of Al
Sharatain) = 22 = 'October 14 (287) - 265 (September equinox in
rongorongo times) is a better measure.
| He
Anakena |
Hora
iti |
Hora
nui |
Tagaroa uri |
Ko
Ruti |
Ko
Koró |
| 'July' |
'August' |
'September' |
'October' |
'November' |
'December' |
| Tua
haro |
Tehetu'upú |
Tarahao |
Vaitu nui |
Vaitu potu |
He Maro |
|
'January' |
'February' |
'March' |
'April' |
'May' |
'June' |
Ko Ruti 10
was presumably designed to be day 314 in order to point out where
half the Sun cycle (imagined as a
perfect circle) - counted from Ga1-1 and the Hyades Gate - arrived.
According to the star calendar as defined from the time of the First
Point of Aries (Al Sharatain) it was night number 24 = 104
('April 14) - 80.
314 (Sun) - 104 (Moon) = 210 =
7 * 30 = 290 (Tagaroa Uri 17) - 80.
From the 'gate' between the
stars Mesarthim and Sheratan at Al Sharatain to the Hyades
Gate (between the stars Hydes I and II) the distance was 64.2 - 27.4
= 36.8 (= 2 * 18.4, zeroes meaning nothing):
|
'Equinox
around 76 B.C. |
'March 22
(81) |
23 (448) |
34 |
|
'September
20 |
21 (264) |
'Equinox |
|
April 17
(107) |
18 |
19 (475) |
|
October 17
(290) |
18 |
19 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te
hau tea |
|
Al
Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis
(28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2),
Alamak (29.7) |
|
Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis
(27.4) |
|
Muphrid
(210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri
(211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ
Virginis (211.9) |
Agena
(212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) |
|
no glyph |
 |
 |
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
|
Hyadum II (γ
Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star
listed (66) |
|
AIN,
θ¹
Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
|
May 24
(5-24) |
25 (*65 + 80 = 145) |
26 (146 +
366 = 512) |
|
ºMay 20
(5-20) |
21 (*65 - 4
+ 80 = 141) |
22 (142 +
366 = 508) |
|
'April 27
(4-27) |
28 (*65 - 27
+ 80 = 118) |
29 (119 +
366 = 485) |
|
"April 13
(4-13) |
14 (*65 - 41
+ 80 = 104) |
15 (105 +
366 = 471) |
|
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 |
|
σ
SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi
(247.7) |
ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),
ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
|
November 23
(*247) |
24 (145 +
183 = 328) |
25 (*249 + 80 = 329) |
|
ºNovember 19
(*243) |
20 (141 +
183 = 324) |
21 (*245 +
80 = 325) |
|
'October 27
(300) |
28 (118 +
183 = 301) |
29 (*222 +
80 = 302) |
|
"October 13
(*206) |
14 (104 +
183 = 287) |
15 (*208 +
80 = 288) |
At the
beginning of side b of the C tablet I changed colours for the
stars, which means the blackmarked
Mesarthim and Sheratan
were heliacal and the distance to the Hydes Gate indeed was ca
37 days.
The creator
of the G text may have foreseen complications at the September
equinox and given the Sun canoe a head start with around 37 (36.8)
days.
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-6 |
Ga6-7 |
Ga6-8 (148) |
|
Muphrid
(210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri
(211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ
Virginis (211.9) |
Agena
(212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) |
|
Tagaroa Uri
17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
|
ºOctober 13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
|
'September
20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
'Equinox
(*185 + 80) |
|
"September 6 |
7 (250) |
8 (*171) |
|
Al
Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis
(28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
|
Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis
(27.2), SHERATAN, φ
Phoenicis (27.4) |
|
Vaitu Nui 17
(107) |
18 (474 = 108 + 366) |
19 |
|
ºApril 14 |
15 (104 = 59
+ 46) |
16 (*25) |
|
'Equinox (80
= 59 + 21) |
22 (*367) |
23 (448 =
366 + 82) |
|
"March 7
(432 = 66 + 366) |
8 (67 = 59 +
22) |
9 (*354) |
|