Line Ca9 is evidently preceded by a 'break' in time (the pair of sitting persons, erua kiore, are back to back as if refusing contact of any kind):
15 right ascension hours had been reached. 228 equals 12 * 19. The last day before this 'break' is Simak 1, number 171 in the Arabic manzil calendar. 171 equals 9 * 19. I.e. 3 * 19 = 57 = 228 - 171. From March 21 (80) to Sheratan 1 = May 17 (137) there are 57 days. Ca8-28 is glyph 227, a number which could allude to π (= 22 / 7). November 3 (307) - 26 weeks = May 5 (125) = Alrescha 4 (354). Algol at the left eye of Medusa probably represents the decapitated winter:
... The star that Ptolemy called ‘the bright one in the Gorgon head’ is Beta Persei, named Algol from the Arabic ra’s al-ghul meaning ‘the demon’s head’. (As an aside, al-ghul is also the origin of our word alcohol - quite literally ‘the demon drink’.) On Easter Island it would have been convenient to use the constellations known from ancient times. This could be done if the constellations were watched close to the full moon in the nakshatra manner. South of the equator Algol would then continue to illustrate how winter 'lost its head'. November was a spring month comparable to May six months earlier north of the equator. The last part of the Moon calendar contains the first pair of nights in the new month, Ohiro (Ca9-1) and Oata (Ca9-2). Counting nights their sum is 24 (= 6 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 5) + 2 = 26:
24 + 2 = 26 could allude to the declination of Antares:
The Moon calendar has 70 glyphs (nights) from its beginning with August 25 (237) up to and including November 3 (Ca8-28). 70 - 24 = 46 (= 1334 / 29). By adding 3 (Ca8-29 -- Ca9-2) the number becomes 73 (= 365 / 5). In the nakshatra sky of September the Phoenix constellation could be seen close to the full moon and the beginning of its heliacal rising could be determined as March 13, day 72 in the Gregorian calendar. ... The stars in the Raven (Corvus) constellation was beginning to rise heliacally at 12h with Alchita (α). This dark bird was opposite in time to the fire bird Phoenix:
The last Phoenix star (φ) was rising heliacally in April 17 (day 107) at Ca8-10 where Metoro said te kihihi (ashen grey lichen) for the maro string hanging at left. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
