Why should there be 11 + 2 * 365 = 740 glyphs in the text instead of simply 365 (or 1½ * 314 = 471)? One of the possibile answers is that there was more than one ordered line for the stars, like when the ancient Babylonians had 3 paths, a northern one for Enlil, an equatorial one for Anu, and a southern one for Ea. Or we could guess side a of the Mamari tablet was for the northern hemisphere and side b for the southern hemisphere. The G tablet has heliacal Pleiades close to the end of side b and at the beginning of side a we have found heliacal Aldebaran, which would suit a model with side a describing the situation north of the equator, where Aldebaran would rise with the Sun in early summer. We should here remember Ga2-26 which looks quite similar to Cb4-20:
The opening (kua vaha) at Cb4-20 appears to be connected with a position close to 13 lunar synodic months beyond January 1, but also with a position close to 20h. The heliacal stars are here dominated by arrows and we could either understand them as aimed at the old year in order to finish it or at the whirlpool in the sea in order to carry ashore wood for a new fire. The picture in Ga2-26 is similar but not exactly the same as that in Cb4-29. Here I have found the opening should be defined as close to 8h, i.e. half a year later (or earlier) than that in Cb4-29. The star Heap of Fuel tells about a new fire ahead. There are 229 glyphs on side a (not counting Gb8-30) and the quite special niu glyph is Ga2-29, which marked a Gregorian π day - in rongorongo times at γ Velorum and the faint (4.67) Tegmine (ζ Cancri). 8h + 1 day corresponds to July 22 (203) and 22h + 1 day corresponds to January 20 (385). The difference is 182 days. And at Ga2-29 the famous astronaut played a joke, naming the star Regor - the name of his comrade in reverse. He thereby destroyed the ancient Sign consisting of a star which conspiciously was without name - γ Velorum is quite bright (1.75).
Cb4-20 is glyph 483 and by adding 183 we will reach the Number of the Beast (666). 301 + 365 = 666. By the same method we could at Ga2-26 try to count 57 + 183 = 240, but this does not fit my suggested RA day. Instead 240 = 2 * the RA day number (120). On Easter Island 20h counted from the March equinox should correspond to 8h from spring equinox:
The stars which are supporting my interpretation of the G text are heliacal. For the glyphs of the C text I am still uncertain. September 20 at Ca1-1 could be connected with the heliacal stars of the northern spring. My rule of thumb generates RA dates which are equal to glyph number + 183 (-365), and for Ca1-1 this points at RA day 184 - corresponding to Gregorian day number 80 + 184 = 264 (September 21). The stars close to the Full Moon in September 21 (264) should be heliacal 181 days later. 264 + 181 - 365 = 80 (March 21). Would it not be rational for an observer on Easter Island to connect the date September 20 (at Ca1-1) with the heliacal stars around the March equinox? But then we maybe should recount the stars at Cb4-20? January 16 (381) + 181 - 365 = 197 (July 16) = 6 days earlier than July 22 (at Ga2-26). I find it more beautiful to have Ga2-26 precisely half a year away from Cb4-20. But this is no proof. And then there is the possibility that my so far used dates for side a of the G tablet are wrong. Possibly also the stars corresponding to the glyphs on the G tablet are to be viewed in the night at the opposite side of the year:
Should we choose to connect the stars (and glyphs) at the beginning of side a on the G tablet with the nakshatra view, then this would mean changing the dates with half a year and then Ga2-26 would be not at July 19 (200) but at 200 + 181 = 381 (January 16) and coincide with Cb4-20 (given September 20 at Ca1-1). And then July 22 for Ga2-29 would change to January 22 (384). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
