Perhaps there was no
'gap in time'
between December 14
and 15. There could
instead be an
overlap between the
old and new
years, e.g. because 13
* 29 = 365 + 12:
|
Akleel 3
(212) |
4 |
|
December
14 (348) |
15 |
 |
 |
|
Ca10-13
(268) |
Ca10-14 |
|
kua tupu
te mea
-
i te
inoino |
ka tupu
te
toromiro
- i te
inoino |
|
Girtab,
ο
Serpentis
(267.6),
Kelb
Alrai
(268.1) |
Kew Ho
(268.6),
η
Pavonis
(268.7),
Apollyon
(268.9),
Muliphen
(269.0),
Basanismus
(269.5) |
|
June 15
(166) |
16 |
|
Albatain
3 (30) |
4 |
|
γ
Leporis
(85.9),
Saiph
(86.5) |
ζ
Leporis
(86.6) |
Should we count
December as 12,
then we could
count 12 * 14
respectively 12
* 15. This could
have been
intended,
because 12 * 14
+ 12 * 15 = 168
+ 180 = 348
(December 14).
December as
month decem,
number 10 (= the
number of the
glyph line),
could similarly
from the glyph
numbers generate 270
(Ca10-15) or 10
months with 27
nights in each.
December is
month 10 if
counted from
March, and March
21 (80) + 270 =
350 (and 270 =
130 + 140).
|
Akleel 5 |
6 |
7 (216) |
8 |
9 |
|
December
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (354) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca10-15 |
Ca10-16 |
Ca10-17
(272) |
Ca10-18 |
Ca10-19 |
|
rima
heu ki
te vai |
te
moko oho
mai |
te
marama |
te
kava |
manu
rere |
|
Pherkard
(269.9) |
Rukbalgethi
Genubi
(271.1),
ξ
Herculis
(271.5) |
Etamin,
ν
Herculis
(271.7),
ν
Ophiuchi
(271.8),
ζ
Serpentis
(272.4) |
τ
Ophiuchi
(272.9) |
Nash
(273.7),
Zhōngshān
(274.0) |
|
June 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (172) |
|
Albatain
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (36) |
|
Wezn
(87.6),
δ
Leporis
(87.7),
Betelgeuze
(88.3) |
η
Leporis
(89.0),
Praja-pāti,
Menkalinan,
Mahashim,
and γ
Columbae
(89.3)
|
η
Columbae
(89.7),
μ
Orionis
(90.3),
χ²
Orionis
(90.5) |
ν
Orionis
(91.4) |
ξ
Orionis
(92.5) |
Possibly the
basic idea was to
put 'Gregorian'
te mea
in
day 348
(December 14) one day
earlier than the
Easter Island
te toromiro because then
there would be 5
days from te
mea and 4
days from te
toromiro to
the kava
glyph, where 10 *
18 = 180 and 12
* 19 = 228, and
then 180 + 228 =
408:
June 20 (cfr
Ca10-18) is the
day before the
solstice and
similarly 180 +
228 = 408 is the
day before
Rogo in
March 21
according to one
of my readings
of the G text.
| March 20 |
0h (80) |
22 |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb6-25 (408) |
Gb6-26 |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 |
| τ Phoenicis (363.9) |
Caph, Sirrah (0.5) |
ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
Algenib Pegasi (1.8) |
| Saad Al Saud 10 |
11 (309) |
12 |
13 |
| July 5 (185) |
7h (106.53) |
7 |
8 |
| Al Tuwaibe' 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (53) |
| Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8) |
Wezen (107.1) |
no stars listed |
According
to
my
other
alternative
(=
reading
ahead
all
the
way
from
the
beginning
of
side
a to
the
end
of
side
b)
glyph
408
will
correspond
to
July
5
(185)
and
the
day
before
7h.
These speculations leads to the conclusion that July 28 could be the Easter Island new year:
| Alhena 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (73) |
8 |
| St James' Day |
July 26 |
27 (208) |
28 |
29 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca5-21 (126) |
Ca5-22 |
Ca5-23 |
Ca5-24 |
Ca5-25 |
| te Rei |
te manu |
te henua |
tuu te rima i ruga |
etoru kahi |
| Avior (126.4) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
θ Cancri (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
no star listed |
π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ Hydrae (129.6), Al Minhar al Shujā, Museida (129.9), Beehive (130.4), Xestus (130.5) |
| January 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (392) |
28 |
| Al Naam 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (256) |
13 |
| Peacock (308.7) |
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9), ο Capricorni (310.2) |
φ Pavonis (311.2) |
ρ Pavonis (311.7), Rotanev (312.3) |
τ Capricorni (312.6), Svalocinm, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) |
The toromiro glyph (Ca10-14) could be counted as 10 * 14 = 140, and then (maybe) 349 (December 15) - 140 = 209 (July 28). With July 28 written as 7-28 we could then count e.g. 72 * 8 = 576 = 12 * 48 = 4 * 144. And Ca5-25 could allude to May 25.
January 29 is RA day 314 and St James has a bivalve shell on his shoulder.
There
are
146
(= 2
*
73)
days
from
July
28
(209)
to
December
21:
| Akleel 10 |
|
11 (220) |
| December 21 (355) |
22 |
 |
 |
| Ca10-20 (275) |
Ca10-21 |
| te inoino erua |
| π Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) |
|
Polis (275.9) |
| June 22 (173) |
23 |
| Albatain 10 |
11 (38) |
| Tejat Prior (93.4) |
κ Aurigae (93.6) |
| Akleel 12 |
13 (222) |
Qalb al Akraab 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| December 23 |
X-mas Eve |
X-mas Day |
26 (360) |
27 |
28 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca10-22 (277) |
Ca10-23 |
Ca10-24 |
Ca10-25 |
Ca10-26 |
Ca10-27 |
| tupu te raau i vai oka hia |
te moko |
te marama |
te kava |
manu kara etahi |
te mauga pu hia |
| η Sagittarii (276.9), Kaus Medius, κ Lyrae (277.5) |
Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4) |
Al Athfar (278.6), Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
ν Pavonis (280.4) |
κ Cor. Austr. (280.9), θ Cor. Austr. (281.0) |
Vega (281.8) |
| June 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (180) |
| Albatain 12 |
13 (40) |
Al Tuwaibe' 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Furud (94.9), Tejat Posterior, Mirzam (95.4) |
Canopus (95.6), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) |
no stars listed |
ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) |
ψ4 Aurigae (100.5) |
December 21 at Ca10-20 ought to be counted as 12 * 21 = 252 = 7 * 36, because the next glyph is Ca10-21 - implying that here December was meant as the 10th month. 10 * 21 = 7 * 30.
The very bright Vega (0.03) was rising with Sun in day 180 + 182 = 362 from January 1.
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