There is thus strong evidence from side a
that time flows uninterrupted day for day following in
parallel with the glyphs and we can assume this is the
case also on side b.
Less strong is the evidence for using
the nakshatra view also on side b because the creator of
the G tablet may have used the heliacal view. However,
if Spica and Alcor should be at glyph 569 (= 177 counted
from the beginning of side b), then the nakshatra view
appears to connect the end of side a to the beginning of
side b. We have to make this explicitly clear:
| October 8 (281) |
9 |
10 |
5 |
October 16 (289) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| *Ca14-21 (384) |
*Ca14-22 |
*Ca14-23 |
*Ca14-29 (392) |
| te mata |
te honu |
kua heheu |
te rima |
| ι Centauri (201.4) |
Mizar (202.4) |
Spica, Alcor (202.7) |
ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
Sadalmelik (647) |
| April 9 (99) |
10 |
11 |
April 17 (107) |
| no star listed |
Ksora (20.1) |
γ Phoenicis (20.8), δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| October 16 |
17 (290) |
18 |
173 |
April 10 (100) |
171 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb8-6 (569) |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
vero hia |
| ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) |
Ksora (20.1) |
|
April
17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
October 10 (283) |
| POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
ι Arietis
(28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ
Phoenicis (29.2) |
Spica, Alcor (202.7) |
It seems as if the last day on side
a was repeated as the first day on side b, thereby
making sure there was no gap in time when turning
the tablet around.
Looking ahead beyond Spica and Alcor
we could expect another 177 (= 6 * 29½) glyphs to
the end of side b, but such is not the case:
|
April 10 (100) |
168 |
September 26 |
27 |
28 (271) |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-6 (569) |
Cb14-17 |
Cb14-18 |
Cb14-19 (740) |
|
vero hia |
e noi koe te manu - kokoti
hia te henua |
tagata hakaitiiti |
i te henua |
| Ksora (20.1) |
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 (191.5) |
|
October 10 (283) |
March 28 |
29 (88) |
30 |
| Spica, Alcor (202.7) |
no star listed |
Delta (8.4) |
Schedir (8.6),
μ Phoenicis (8.9), ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ
Tucanae (9.1), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis
(9.4) |
Also at Cb14-17 Metoro said we should
count (hia).
If we should read September as month
number 7 (septem), then we could count 92 * 6 =
552 = 3 * 184, where it is possible to state that 184 = 368 / 2.
141 * 7 (Cb14-17) = 987 = 3 * 329, where
day 329 could represent November 25, when in rongorongo times
Antares (Ana-mua) rose with the Sun.
But if Spica and Alcor are in the
middle (roto), then maybe we should count
first 2 * 169 = 338 (December 4) and then 3 *
169, because 169 = 13 * 13.
2 * 169 = 26 * 13 and 3 * 169 = 507 = 39
* 13. 740 - 338 = 402 = 31 * 13 - 1.
740 - 507 = 233 (= 18 * 13 - 1) and 2
* 233 = 466 which possibly could be where a new Tau-ono
year was beginning:
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb8-22 |
Gb8-23 |
Gb8-24 (466) |
Gb8-25 |
|
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) |
|
May 15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
|
14 |
Alrescha 15 (365) |
Sheratan 1 |
2 |
Anyhow, 740 = 57 * 13 - 1, which
resembles how 471 (= 1½ * 314) = 16 * 29½ - 1. I.e. 740 = 39 * 19 - 1.
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