Undoubtedly the great vero with a
great dot in front plays an important role
in the text. If - which I believe is correct - this is
the place for the central star Spica (Ana-roto),
then we should carefully investigate what it could mean.
We should start at this place and not draw conclusions
from other quarters of the text. The following is one of the
presentations possible:
| October 5 |
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb8-1 (564) |
Cb8-2 |
Cb8-3 |
Cb8-4 |
Cb8-5 |
| Hetu erua |
tagata rere ki te ragi |
te hokohuki |
te moko |
| ξ² Centauri (197.9), Apami-Atsa (198.5) |
Diadem (198.9), Al Dafīrah (199.4) |
σ Virginis (200.4) |
ι Centauri (201.4) |
Mizar (202.4) |
Sadalmelik (647) |
| April 7 (462) |
8 |
9 |
10 (100) |
11 |
| Revati-28 |
κ Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed |
Ksora (20.1) |
γ Phoenicis (20.8), δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
| REVATI (16.9), ν Phoenicis (17.4) |
| October 10 |
11 (284) |
12 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb8-6 (569) |
Cb8-7 |
Cb8-8 (571) |
| vero hia |
tagata honui |
e ha mata |
| Chitra-14 / Horn-1 / T3 |
71 Virginis (203.6) |
Heze (205.0) |
| SPICA, Alcor (202.7) |
| April 12 |
13 (468) |
14 (104) |
| no star listed |
Achernar (23.3) |
no star listed |
RA
day
203
(202.7)
corresponds
to
March
21
(80)
+
203
days
=
Gregorian
day
283
=
October
10.
If
time
should
run
uniterrupted
from
September
20
(263)
at
Ca1-1,
then
October
10
would
first
be
at
Ca1-21:
| 8 |
9 |
October 10 (283) |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-19 |
Ca1-20 |
Ca1-21 |
| te maitaki - te kihikihi |
hakaraoa - te henua |
tagata huki |
| ι Centauri (201.4) |
Mizar (202.4) |
SPICA, Alcor (202.7) |
Half
a
year
later,
say
in
day
283
+
183
=
466
=
365
+ 101
or
April
11
could
be
the
nakshatra
position
-
i.e.
around
glyph
number
21 +
183
=
204:
| April 11 (101) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca8-4 (203) |
Ca8-5 |
Ca8-6 |
Ca8-7 |
| tagata oho marama |
kua pau koia |
kua noi ia |
ko te ahi kua ka i te rima aueue |
| Mizar (202.4) |
Spica, Alcor (202.7) |
71 Virginis (203.6) |
Heze (205.0) |
And
then
there
ought
to
be
another
heliacal
position
on
side
a at
glyph
21 +
365
=
386:
| 9 |
October 10 (283) |
11 |
 |
 |
 |
| *Ca14-21 |
*Ca14-22 (385) |
*Ca14-23 |
| ι Centauri (201.4) |
Mizar (202.4) |
Spica, Alcor (202.7) |
Mizar is ζ Ursae Majoris:
On side b should first come a nakshatra position, at glyph 204 + 365 = 569 or in Gregorian day 102 (at Ca8-5) + 365 = 466 = April 12:
| October 5 |
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cb8-1 |
Cb8-2 |
Cb8-3 |
Cb8-4 |
Cb8-5 (568) |
| Hetu erua |
tagata rere ki te ragi |
te hokohuki |
te moko |
| ξ² Centauri (197.9), Apami-Atsa (198.5) |
Diadem (198.9), Al Dafīrah (199.4) |
σ Virginis (200.4) |
ι Centauri (201.4) |
Mizar (202.4) |
Sadalmelik (647) |
| April 7 (462) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (101) |
| Revati-28 |
κ Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed |
Ksora (20.1) |
γ Phoenicis (20.8), δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
| REVATI (16.9), ν Phoenicis (17.4) |
| October 10 |
11 (284) |
12 |
|
|
|
| Cb8-6 (569) |
Cb8-7 |
Cb8-8 (571) |
| vero hia |
tagata honui |
e ha mata |
| Chitra-14 / Horn-1 / T3 |
71 Virginis (203.6) |
Heze (205.0) |
| SPICA, Alcor (202.7) |
| April 12 |
13 (468) |
14 (104) |
| no star listed |
Achernar (23.3) |
no star listed |
But by my method of counting 181 days ahead from a heliacal position it would rather be in day 283 (October 10) + 181 = 464 (April 10).
Anyhow October 10 is the heliacal date for Spica (and Alcor), not the nakshatra date.
Possibly the pair of Suns at the beginning of line Cb8 means 'heliacal'. But then the pair of Moon crescents (84 glyphs earlier) could mean 'together with Moon':
| January 13 |
14 |
15 (380) |
16 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb4-17 (480) |
Cb4-18 |
Cb4-19 |
Cb4-20 |
| erua marama |
tagata noho i to mea |
kua vaha |
| Sham (297.7), β Sagittae (298.0) |
Tarazed (299.3) |
δ Sagittae (299.6), ζ Sagittae (300.1), Altair (300.3) |
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum (301.3) |
| January 17 |
18 (383) |
19 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb4-21 |
Cb4-22 (485) |
Cb4-23 |
| te moa |
tagata - te maro |
te tagata |
| Alshain (301.6), ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5) |
μ Pavonis (302.7) |
20h (304.4) |
| η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.5) |
|