Furthermore, even if we knew with
certainty how the beginning of side a on the C and the G
tablets were to be understood it is not certain that the
glyphs all through the texts have to be read as either heliacal
or nakshatra, the
view could change e.g. at Spica.
Counted from September 20 (Ca1-1) Spica
should be 163 + 120 = 283 days ahead:
162 |
Heka
(163) |
119 |
Spica
(283) |
82 |
365 |
And then we have on side b found Spica at the
great vero with a great dot in front:
9 |
|
|
3 |
|
161 |
|
171 = 9 * 19 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
Cb1-15 (407) |
Cb8-6 (569) |
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra
ma te hoi atua |
e niu tu |
vero hia |
162
= 6 * 27 |
168
= 7 * 24 |
With moa in Cb4-21 resembling
moa in Cb1-11 (neither of them with beak open) we
ought to count the distance between them and in glyphs
it is 484 - 403 = 81 (possible reflecting the day number
of March 22):
October 27 |
28
(301) |
79 |
January 16 |
17
(382) |
|
|
|
|
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
Cb4-20 |
Cb4-21 (484) |
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra
ma te hoi atua |
kua vaha |
te moa |
Haris (219.7). σ
Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
ρ Lupi (221.0),
Toliman (221.2) |
ι
Sagittarii (301.2),
Terebellum (301.3) |
Alshain (301.6), ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii
(302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5) |
There ought to be some relation between them, because they
are similar. The following are all moa I once classified in
the C text (and on side b all of them have their beaks
closed):
|
|
|
|
Ca6-28 |
Ca9-7 |
Ca9-12 |
Ca9-14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cb1-11 |
Cb2-13 |
Cb4-21 |
Cb5-13 |
Cb13-17 |
Counting at the great vero in Cb8-6:
569 + 183 - 2 * 365 = RA day 22 means this cannot be the
place for heliacal Spica (and Algol). To make it fit we
need to change from heliacal to nakshatra view:
October 27 |
28
(301) |
3 |
November 1 |
161 |
April 12 (102) |
|
|
|
|
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
Cb1-15 (407) |
Cb8-6 (569) |
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra
ma te hoi atua |
e niu tu |
vero hia |
Haris (219.7). σ
Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
ρ Lupi (221.0),
Toliman (221.2) |
Kochab (225.0) |
no star listed |
Right Wing (40.9),
π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI
(41.4) |
no stars listed |
SPICA, Alcor
(202.7) |
Maybe the heliacal view could end with glyph
403 and Toliman, or at some other place before reaching
Cb8-6. Or maybe the view changes at Spica and Alcor.
403
(Cb1-11) = 392 (side a) + 11. In G glyph 403 is very special and then
follow 4 glyphs which could illustrate the idea of back side, and
then another 4 which are showing their facial side:
|
|
|
|
Gb6-17 |
Gb6-18 |
Gb6-19 |
Gb6-20
(403) |
|
|
|
|
Gb6-21 |
Gb6-22 |
Gb6-23 |
Gb6-24
(407) |
|
|
|
|
Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28
(411) |
Applying our rule of thumb also in the G text we could count
403 + 183 - 365 = RA day 221 (October 28). We have earlier
found Rogo in Gb6-26 to be at March 21 (0h). But
409 + 183 - 365 = RA day 227 (November 3), where 227
could be a sign of π.
We can compare with the 8 days following
Cb1-11 (403):
April 28 |
29 |
30 (120) |
|
|
|
Cb1-12 |
Cb1-13 |
Cb1-14 |
manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi |
eaha te nuku erua |
koia kua huki |
ν Arietis (38.5) |
μ Arietis (39.4) |
Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8), ο Arietis (40.01), Angetenar (40.2) |
October 29 |
30 (303) |
31 |
π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9), 31 Bootis (222.0), Yang Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5) |
ο Bootis (222.9), Izar (223.0), 109 Virginis (223.3) |
Al Zubānā-14 / Visakha-16 / Root-3 |
ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) |
May 1 (121) |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
Cb1-15 (407) |
Cb1-16 |
Cb1-17 |
e niu tu |
ki te ariki - e ka hua ra tona rima |
koia kua iri i ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea |
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 |
τ² Eridani. ς Arietis (41.7) |
no star listed |
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4) |
Denebola 488 |
November 1 (305) |
2 |
3 |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) |
Zuben Elakribi (226.8), ω Bootis (227.2) |
Alrescha 3 |
4 (354) |
5 |
May 4 |
5 (125) |
6 |
|
|
|
Cb1-18 |
Cb1-19 (411) |
Cb1-20 |
manu moe ra |
ki to mata |
e nuku mata |
Acamar (43.6) |
Menkar (44.7) |
3h (45.7) |
Algol (45.9), Misam (46.2) |
November 4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
Simak 2 (172) |
3 |
4 |
Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9), Zuben Hakrabim (228.3) |
λ Lupi (228.9) |
κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8), χ Bootis (230.2) |