There is a pair of 'half submerged' glyphs also
at the beginning of side a, at heliacal Algenib Pegasi (not
at heliacal Algenib Persei). Al-genib means 'the side'
according to Allen and there are no more stars (as to my
knowledge) with the name Algenib.
|
March 21 (81) |
22 |
23 |
283 |
107 |
|
l |
 |
 |
|
- |
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
390 |
|
- |
koia |
ki te hoea |
|
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
ε
Phoenicis (0.8) |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 /
Wall-14 |
|
0h
(0.0) |
|
Caph,
SIRRAH (0.5) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8),
χ Pegasi (2.1) |
|
September 19 |
20 |
21
(264) |
|
ο
Virginis (182.1) |
12h
(182.6) |
MINKAR (183.7), ρ
Centauri (183.9) |
|
ALCHITA, Ma Wei
(183.1) |
|
April 17 |
18 (108) |
19 |
20 |
May 9 |
10 (130) |
324 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-23 (415) |
Cb1-24 |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
kua oo
ki te vai |
ma te ua |
|
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) |
no star
listed |
τ Arietis (49.7),
Algenib Persei (50.0),
ο Tauri (50.2) |
|
Polaris,
Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin,
Mesarthim,
ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
Sheratan,
φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
Gienah (495) |
|
October 18 |
19 |
20 (293) |
November 9 |
10 (314) |
|
φ Centauri
(211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) |
υ² Centauri
(211.8),
τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1), θ Apodis
(212.5) |
14h (213.1) |
Pherkad (232.6), η Cor.
Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9), Alkalurops (233.1) |
Nusakan (234.0),
κ Apodis (234.3) |
|
Thuban (212.8),
χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
According to my
reconstructions of how precession has moved
the stars ahead in the year Algenib Pegarsi
had the RA value 1.8 in rongorongo times,
which means it ought to have been positioned
both at Ca1-1 and Ca1-2 in my presentation
above.
Similarly Algenib Persei
might have been rising with the Sun a little
bit earlier than precisely at RA 50.0, in which case also this Al-genib
(side) ought to have been locted not only at
Cb1-24 but also at Cb1-23.
Possibly the correct RA
values should be 0.4 less than those numbers
which I have counted with, because this
would fit with the fraction 0.4 for the 10
first leading stars in the manzil calendar:
|
0 |
- |
Zero |
η Andromedae |
11.4 |
April 1 (91) |
- |
0 |
|
1 |
Al Sharatain |
Pair of Signs |
β Arietis (Sheratan),
γ (Mesarthim) |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
16 |
16 |
| |
|
Musca Borealis |
35 (Head of the Fly), 39
(Kaffaljidhma), and
41 Arietis (Bharani) |
41.4 |
May 1 (121) |
14 |
30 |
|
2 |
Al Dabarān |
Follower |
α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´,
γ (Hyadum I),
δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) |
63.4 |
May 23 (143) |
22 |
52 |
|
3 |
Al Hak'ah |
White Spot |
λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² |
84.4 |
June 13 (164) |
21 |
73 |
|
4 |
Al Han'ah |
Brand |
γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat
Posterior), ν,
η (Tejat Prior),
ξ (Alzirr) |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
9 |
82 |
|
5 |
Al Dhirā' |
Forearm |
α Gemini (Castor),
β (Pollux) |
113.4 |
July 12 (193) |
20 |
102 |
|
6 |
Al Nathrah |
Gap |
ε Cancri (Beehive) |
130.4 |
July 29 (210) |
17 |
119 |
|
7 |
Al Tarf |
End |
ξ Cancri,
λ Leonis (Alterf) |
143.4 |
August 11 (223) |
13 |
132 |
|
8 |
Al Jabhah |
Forehead |
η Leonis (Al Jabhah),
α (Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ
(Algieba) |
152.4 |
August 20 (232) |
9 |
141 |
|
9 |
Al Zubrah |
Mane |
δ Leonis (Zosma),
θ (Coxa) |
169.4 |
Sept 6 (249) |
17 |
158 |
|
10 |
Al Sarfah |
Turn |
β Leonis (Denebola) |
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
9 |
167 |
There are not 314 (= 364 -
50) but 413 glyphs between Ca1-2 and Cb1-23.
The measure 314 days could have been used
for describing a major part of the cycle for
Sun and the measure 14 * 29½ (= 413) for
describing a major part of the Moon cycle.
|
314 = 100 * 22 / 7 |
|
413 = 14 * 29½ |
31 * 4 = 124 and 41 * 3 =
123 (= 124 - 1).
Ca1-1--3 are at bottom
left on side a and Cb1-23--24 are at
bottom right on side b, i.e. at the
beginning of line Ca1 and at the
end of line Cb1:
|
Ca1-1--2 (beginning) |
Al-genib Pegasi |
1.8
(- 0.4 = 1.4) |
March 22-23 |
September 20-21 |
|
Cb1-23--24
(end) |
Al-genib Persei |
50.0 (- 0.4 = 49.6) |
May 9-10 |
November 9-10 |
|
50.0 - 1.8 + 365¼ = 413.45 = ca
14 * 29½ (= 413) |
|
November 10 (314) -
September 21
(264)
= 50 (= 364 - 314) |
The distance from 'the side' of
Pegasus to 'the side' of Perseus is not
only 48 nights but 365 + 48 = 413
nights. The beginning is at
γ Pegasi,
not in the light but in the shadows:
Perhaps the whole of
side a and the beginning of side b
(ending with Cb1-24, i.e. with the
midnight culmination of Gienah and with
the decapitation of the Medusa) were
meant to describe the long dark nights
before the light rays from the Sun
emerged at the horizon in the northeast.
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