Antares was rising with the Sun in November
25 (329), i.e. around 329 - 136 = 193 (= 365 - 172) days later than the
6 later Pleiades stars were setting:
|
Simak 11 |
12
(182) |
13 |
Syrma 1 |
|
November 13 |
14 |
15 |
16
(320) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca9-9 |
Ca9-10 (238) |
Ca9-11 |
Ca9-12 |
|
kotia |
kua rere |
ki te marama |
e moa |
|
ψ¹
Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9), ι
Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi (237.5) |
γ
Cor. Borealis (237.7), Unuk Elhaia (237.9), π
Cor. Borealis, Cor Serpentis (238.1) |
Chow
(238.6), κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis,
Tiānrǔ (239.5) |
χ
Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), Ba, χ
Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis
(239.9) |
|
May
15 |
16
(136) |
17 |
18 |
|
Alrescha 14 |
15 |
Sheratan 1 (366) |
2 |
|
Atiks, Rana (55.1),
Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta (55.3) |
Maia, Asterope,
Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione,
Atlas (56.3) |
no star listed |
Menkhib (57.6) |
|
Syrma 2 (185) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
November 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (324) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca9-13 |
Ca9-14 |
Ca9-15 (243) |
Ca9-16 |
|
haati kava |
e moa |
i te mauga pu hia |
E rima ki te henua |
|
ρ Scorpii (240.8), ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis
(241.1), Zheng (241.2), Vrischika (241.3), ε
Cor. Borealis (241.5) |
Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9), υ
Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4),
ι Cor. Borealis (242.5) |
16h (243.5) |
Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8) |
|
ξ Scorpii (242.7),
Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi,
Rutilicus (243.5) |
|
May 19 |
20 (140) |
21 |
22 |
|
Sheratan 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
Zaurak
(58.9), λ Tauri (59.3) |
ν Tauri
(59.9) |
4h (60.9) |
Beid (62.2) |
|
no star listed |
|
Syrma 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (192) |
|
November 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (328) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca9-17 |
Ca9-18 |
Ca9-19 |
Ca9-20 (248) |
|
koia ku honui |
erua maitaki |
ko koe ra |
|
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8), χ Scorpii
(245.1), Yed Prior (245.5) |
no star listed |
Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6).
ο Scorpii (246.8), σ Scorpii (247.0), Hejian
(247.2) |
ψ Ophiuchi (247.7), ρ Ophiuchi (248.1),
Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5) |
|
May
23 |
24 (144) |
25 |
26 |
|
Sheratan
7 (372) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Hyadum I (63.4) |
Hyadum II (64.2) |
no star listed |
Ain, θ¹ Tauri,
θ² Tauri (65.7) |
|
Syrma 10 (193) |
|
11 |
|
November 25 |
26 (330) |
 |
 |
|
Ca9-21 |
Ca9-22 (250) |
|
ka mau - i te inoino |
ka iri ka hua i te inoino |
|
She Low (248.7),
Antares (249.1),
Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5) |
ω Ophiuchi (249.8), σ Herculis (250.3) |
|
May 27 |
28 (148) |
|
Sheratan 11 |
12 (377) |
|
no star listed |
Aldebaran (68.2),
Theemin (68.5) |
From Antares (Ana-mua) to
Aldebaran (Ana-muri) there are 68.2 - 249.1
+ 365¼
= ca 184 days. When Aldebaran in November could be
seen close
to the Full Moon people knew Antares was
close to the Sun, which for people in Polynesia was a
Sign of summer
ahead. Tauono were 11 nights earlier (= 193 -
182).
When in
March Raven was close to the Full Moon people knew
summer was ahead for those who were living north of
the equator, because Sun was in the 'house' of
Phoenix where the cycle of right ascension hours was
beginning anew:
|
Saad Al Saud 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (310) |
13 |
|
March 19 |
20 |
21 (81) |
22 |
23 (448) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
*Ca14-1 |
*Ca14-2 |
*Ca14-3 |
*Ca14-4 |
*Ca14-5 (368) |
|
Kua tupu te ata i te henua |
|
ψ Pegasi (363.1),
π Phoenicis (363.4) |
τ Phoenicis (363.9) |
0h |
ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
Algenib Pegasi (1.8), χ Pegasi (2.1) |
|
Caph, Sirrah (0.5) |
|
September 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (265) |
23 |
|
Dschuba 8 |
9 |
10 (128) |
11 |
12 |
|
ο
Virginis (182.1) |
12h (182.6) |
Minkar
(183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9),
Gienah
(185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) |
Zaniah (185.9),
Chang Sha
(186.3) |
|
Alchita,
Ma Wei (183.1) |
The first
glyph on side a is not at March 21 but at
March 22 and not until Saad Al Akbhia 1 is
the text beginning for real:
|
Saad Al Saud 12 (310) |
13 |
|
March 22 (81) |
23 |
 |
 |
|
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
|
koia |
ki te hoea |
|
ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
Algenib Pegasi (1.8), χ Pegasi
(2.1) |
|
Septebmer
22 |
23 (266) |
|
Dschuba 11 |
12 (130) |
|
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9),
Gienah
(185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) |
Zaniah (185.9),
Chang Sha
(186.3) |
|
Saad Al Akhbia 1 |
2 |
3 (314) |
4 |
5 |
|
24 (448) |
25 (84) |
March 26 |
27 |
28 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
Ca1-7 |
|
ki te henua |
te rima te hau
tea |
haga i te mea
ke |
ki te henua -
tagata honui |
te ika |
|
θ Andromedae (2.7) |
no star listed |
Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) |
λ Phoenicis (6.3) |
no star listed |
Alphard (450) |
|
September 24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
|
Dschuba 13 |
Azzubra 1 (132) |
2 |
3 |
4
(500) |
|
Intrometida (187.4), Acrux
(187.5) |
γ
Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ
Centauri (188.1),
Algorab (188.5) |
Gacrux (188.7), γ Muscae
(189.0),
Avis Satyra (189.3),
Asterion (189.5) |
Kraz
(189.7), α Muscae
(190.2), τ Centauri (190.5) |
χ
Virginis (190.7), ρ Virginis
(191.4), Porrima, γ Centauri
(191.5) |
Day 314 in the manzil
calendar coincides with March 26 and with RA day
5, when in rongorongo times the pair of ruling stars
in the Phoenix constellation, Ankaa (α)
and κ, rose with the Sun. At this time
of the year
the Bird of the Satyrs (Avis Satyra, η
Corvi) was close to the Moon.
North of the
equator the dates were the same as south of
the equator and also the
stars which could be seen in the night, but not the seasons.
|
Saad Al Akhbia 1 |
|
2 |
3 (314) |
4 |
5 |
|
March 24 (84) |
25 (450) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
*Ca14-6 |
*Ca14-7 |
*Ca14-8 |
*Ca14-9 (372) |
*Ca14-10 |
|
kua ruku
te manu |
te
kihikihi -
te hoea |
te
kihikihi - o te vai - te
kihikihi |
te vero |
te henua |
|
θ Andromedae (2.7) |
no star listed |
Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) |
λ Phoenicis (6.3) |
no star listed |
Alphard (450) |
|
September 24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
|
Dschuba 13 |
Azzubra 1 (132) |
2 |
3 |
4 (500) |
|
Intrometida (187.4), Acrux
(187.5) |
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ
Centauri (188.1),
Algorab (188.5) |
Gacrux (188.7), γ Muscae
(189.0),
Avis
Satyra (189.3),
Asterion (189.5) |
Kraz
(189.7), α Muscae
(190.2), τ Centauri (190.5) |
χ
Virginis (190.7), ρ Virginis
(191.4), Porrima, γ Centauri
(191.5) |
*Ca14-6 is 'half
submerged' and possibly we should
connect this diving (ruku)
bird with Dschuba 13
instead of with Saad Al Akhbia 1,
with the stars rising heliacally in September 24
(after the northern autumn equinox) instead of
those rising with the Sun in
March 24.
Also Ca1-1--2 are 'standing in the
water'. At Ca1-2 Metoro said ki
te hoea (although the shape of
the glyph rather suggests the
opposite, a tara figure). In
*Ca14-7 there were 'ashes' and 'a
tattoing instrument' (te kihikihi + te hoea). This makes sense if
we think in terms of the southern
perspective, when summer would be in
the past. The glyph type in Ca1-5 is
puo (covered up).
|
Puo
(Also
pu'a); pu'o nua,
one who covers
himself with a nua
(blanket), that is
to say, a human being.
Vanaga.
1. To
dress, to clothe, to
dress the hair; puoa,
clothed; puoa tahaga,
always dressed. 2. To
daub, to besmear (cf.
pua 2); puo ei
oone, to daub with
dirt, to smear. 3.
Ata puo, to hill up
a plant. Churchill. |
Maybe the 'northeast'
invisible part in
*Ca13-20 should be contrasted with
the 'southwest' invisible part in
*Ca14-6:
|
Saad Al Saud 7 |
|
8 (306) |
|
March 17 (77) |
18 (443) |
 |
 |
|
Ca13-19 |
Ca13-20 (363) |
|
vero hia |
- |
|
no star listed |
no star listed |
Acubens (442) |
|
September 17 (260) |
18 |
|
Dschuba 6 |
7 (125) |
|
η Crateris (179.9) |
π Virginis (181.0) |
The beginning of side a
could refer to the heliacal stars
and spring north of the
equator and if the same dates were
used south of the equator then their
nakshatra opposites could have been used to
describe the seasons on Easter
Island. The heliacal stars were the
same but the seasons they indicated
were wrong and therefore the
nakshatra stars had to be used
instead.
When Acubens (α
Cancri) culminated in March 18 it
was a Sign of winter ahead for those
living south of the equator, but it
was the
opposite in the north. Half a year
later π Virginis would be close to
the Sun and indicate summer ahead,
but for people in the north π was
the
letter of exit.
|