There are 13 days from October 10 (Spica) to October 23,
which may have contributed to the Arabs' choice of Syrma (ι
Virginis) as a leading star, especially as Al
Ghafr was their 13th manzil:
|
Arab |
Hindu |
Chinese |
|
α Virginis
(Spica) |
Oct 10 (283) |
α Virginis
(Spica) |
Oct 10 (283) |
α Virginis
(Spica) |
Oct 10 (283) |
|
ι
(Syrma), κ, φ Virginis |
Oct 23
(296) |
α Bootis
(Arcturus) |
Oct 22
(295) |
κ Virginis |
Oct 22 (295) |
|
13 |
Al
Ghafr |
Covering |
ι (Syrma),
κ, φ Virginis |
215.6 |
Oct 23 (296) |
13 |
205 |
Otherwise it
could appear to be more natural to have a star
which was at 10 lunar synodic months after January 1.
The
'Covering' could refer to how the seed planted (Spica) had to be
covered with earth, in order to be fruitful.
Is it possible to determine whether the C text
relied more on October 22 or on October 23 as a point of reference?
Or is the question irrelevant because some other structure was
guiding the creator of the C structure?
First it should be noted that counting backwards
in time from Spica (and Alcor) towards the beginning of side b
implies finding October 22-23 as a nakshatra date close to the
beginning of the side:
|
April 17
(107) |
18 |
19 |
173 |
October
10 (283) |
171 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1
(393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb8-6
(569) |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o
te hau tea |
vero hia |
|
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) |
|
October
16 |
17 (290) |
18 |
April 10
(100) |
|
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 20
(110) |
 |
|
Cb1-4 (396) |
| ki te henua -
te maro |
|
2h
(30.4) |
|
Alamak
(29.7),
Hamal
(30.5) |
|
October
19 (292) |
| υ²
Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9),
Agena (212.1), θ Apodis
(212.5) |
|
April 21
(111) |
22 |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 |
Cb1-7
(399) |
|
no stars
listed |
|
October
20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
|
14h
(213.1) |
no star listed |
Asellus Tertius,
Κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis
(214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2),
ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) |
|
Thuban (212.8), χ
Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
|
April 24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
|
Mira
(33.7) |
no stars
listed |
|
October
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
|
SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), ι Lupi, 18 Bootis
(216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5) |
ψ Centauri (216.6) |
Asellus Primus (217.8),
τ Lupi (218.1) |
φ Virginis (218.7), σ
Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5) |
|
rutua - te
pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua
hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra
ma te hoi atua |
In my opinion Cb1-7 has been 'underlined'
more (made more eye-catching) than Cb1-8. I.e. the answer to
my question could be that Gregorian day 295 was more
important than October 23. However, this appears to imply we
should acknowledge nakshatra dates and stars as a possible
subject matter also at the beginning of side a.
The primary reading, though, must be heliacal.
This is 'proven' not only by Sheratan and Spica but also by the
heliacal 'sea' (with no stars) wherein Mira was twinkling. It
was a time for the drums (te pahu) in order to persuade
the sky to move ahead (te maeva):
| Maeva
T. 1. Move. Rangi-maeva =
Moving Sky (name of a marae). 2. Greet, greeting.
Henry. |
|