This long detour to the beginning of the right ascension year was motivated by my idea that similar descriptions should return after 12h. March 13 was the day when the first Phoenix star (ι) rose heliacally, and this could have influenced the text half a year later when Phoenix was visible in the night. 72 (March 13) + 181 = 253 (September 10):
However, we can see that if there indeed was a 'holy bird head' (Phoenician resh) in Ca6-28, reflected in the night sky close to the full moon, it was likely to be originating from heliacal March 7 (66), i.e. 25 days earlier than April 1 (91), when ρ Phoenicis rose heliacally. Perhaps there was a lunar cycle with twice 168 nights: 2 * 168 = 14 * 24 = 336 = 366 - 30 = 329 + 7, and glyph number 193 in G corresponds to Gregorian day 336:
If the 6 'stones' (tau-ono) rising in front in Ga7-15 are representing the Pleiades - which I early saw as a possibility without being able to prove it - we ought to count 328 (November 24) - 80 (March 21) = 248 (the RA day number for November 24) and then try to reduce with 56 (the RA day number for May 16 when Atlas rose heliacally). 248 - 56 = 192, which is the manzil day number for Syrma 9. Rei in Ga7-22 is glyph 192 = 185 + 7. Gregorian day 193 (July 12 when Castor rose heliacally) is 143 days earlier than December 2 (336). Manzil day 193 - 136 = 57 (Heka 4) is 143 days earlier than Az Zubana 4 (200). 365 - 143 = 222 = 193 + 29. Glyph 300 in G probably coincided with the heliacal rising of π Phoenicis where we can see a great red gap (vaha mea) preceding 0h:
Glyph 295, on the other hand, is a takaure, and the Greek letter (θ, Θ) suggests a border line in the middle between hemispheres.
From vaha mea depicted as a rising fish with open mouth in RA day 68, in May 28 (148) when Aldebaran rose heliacally, to vaha mea in Gb3-9 there should be 363 - 68 = 295 days. If so, then Gb6-17 could represent day 395 counted from the heliacal rising of Aldebaran:
On the other hand, we could alternatively count 68 + 395 - 363 = 100, in which case vaha mea in Gb3-9 can be said to rise 100 days earlier than Aldebaran. The design of vaha mea in Gb3-9 seems to be an effort to indicate spring equinox:
There is no red opening (no 'feather' marks) in the mouth crying out in Ca6-28 and instead of announcing a new hour (0h) the position is after the new hour (11h). The open circumference of this bird head suggests it is more of a figure-head of canoe wood - Rei te vae - than a real bird head, an adornment at the back (rei muri). The size of the head at the back is an obvious Sign. But the glyphs at the beginning of line Gb3 (line 11 counted from the beginning of side a) definitely seem to reflect the heliacal positions of the first 5 Phoenix stars. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
