In an overview from the
beginning of January we can guess this was
the 'House of the Eagle', where Sun had
reached to the border of his domain:
|
January 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
|
July 2 |
3 (184) |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-8 (260) |
Cb11-9 |
Cb11-10 (654) |
|
vai o ako hia |
te manu |
tere te marama |
|
λ Pavonis (285.7), Ain al
Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae
(286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5) |
Alya (286.6), ξ Sagittarii
(287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3),
ε Aquilae,
ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat
(287.4) |
Uttara Ashadha-21 |
|
λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella,
Bered (Ant.)
(287.9),
NUNKI
(288.4), ζ Cor. Austr.
(288.5) |
|
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) |
Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae |
Adara (104.8), ω Gemini
(105.4) |
The Eagle (King)
himself was high up in the Lyra
constellation and looking backwards,
which Sign meant he had no future.
We can see this both in Cb11-9 (te
manu instead of manu rere)
and in Hevelius:
There were 36 days from December 24 (358) to January 29 (394),
to the beginning of Dhanishta with the S-formed Delphinus out in the
Sea. Dolphins are breathing air and without air a fire will die out:
|
SAGITTARIUS: |
|
20 |
Purva Ashadha |
δ and
ε Sagittarii |
Elephant tusk, fan,
winnowing basket |
278 = 260 + 18 |
|
first of the ashādhā (the invincible one, the name of
a constellation) |
Kaus |
Dec 24 (358) |
|
LYRA: |
|
22 |
Abhijit |
α, ε,
and ζ Lyrae |
- |
282 = 278 + 4 |
|
victorious |
Vega |
Dec 28
(362) |
|
SAGITTARIUS: |
|
21 |
Uttara Ashadha |
ζ and
σ Sagittarii |
Elephant tusk, small bed |
288 = 282 + 6 |
|
second of
the ashādhā |
Nunki |
Jan 3 (368) |
|
AQUILA: |
|
23 |
Sravana
|
α, β,
and γ Aquilae |
Ear or Three Footprints |
300 = 288 + 12 |
| - |
Altair |
Jan 15 (380) |
|
DELPHINUS: |
|
24 |
Dhanishta |
α,
β, γ, and δ Delphini |
Drum or flute |
314 = 300 + 14 |
|
most famous (or swiftest) |
Dolphin |
Jan 29 (394) |
In other words, the subject matter of the rongorongo text
ought here to be the transition from the previous year, how Sun could return
beyond the end of his year.
But there was not a single year but a pair of 'years', first
the front side (ariga) 'year' - where Metoro's te possibly meant Sun
was present and shining on the land - and then the back side 'year':
|
January 4 |
5 |
6 |
|
July
5 |
6 |
7 (188) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-11 |
Cb11-12 (264) |
Cb11-13 (657) |
|
te
ariki |
te
moko
ariga moe |
moko
moe |
|
19h
(289.2) |
Al Baldah-19 |
Aladfar (291.1), Nodus
II (291.5) |
|
Manubrium
(288.8),
ζ Aquilae
(288.9),
λ Aquilae (Ant.)
(289.1), γ Cor.
Austr. (289.3), τ
Sagittarii (289.4),
ι Lyrae (289.5) |
δ Cor. Austr. (289.8),
AL BALDAH,
Alphekka Meridiana
(290.1), β Cor. Austr.
(290.2) |
|
7h (106.5) |
Wezen (107.1) |
δ Monocerotis (107.9) |
|
Alzirr (105.7),
Muliphein (105.8) |
|
January 7 (372) |
8 |
|
9 |
|
July 8 |
9 (190) |
10 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-14 (658) |
Cb11-15 |
Cb11-16 (268) |
|
tagata ka tomo i
roto -
i tona mea |
tona mea |
kua kake te tagata
-
ki tona rona |
|
ψ Sagittarii
(291.6), θ Lyrae
(291.8),
ω Aquilae
(292.1) |
ρ Sagittarii
(292.6), υ
Sagittarii (292.7),
Arkab Prior (293.0),
Arkab Posterior,
Alrami (293.2) |
χ Sagittarii
(293.6),
Deneb Okab
(294.0) |
|
no star listed |
Wasat (109.8) |
Aludra (111.1) |
In
rongorongo times Sun reached
μ Aquilae
|
Egyptian water
ripples |
 |
Phoenician
mēm |
 |
Greek
mu |
Μ
(μ) |
in January
11 (where 111 = 376 - 265) and if in
the night the Full Moon was
visible then Castor could be
observed close to her. In
the previous night Antares
had culminated:
|
January 10 |
11 |
12 (377) |
|
13 |
14 |
|
July 11 |
12 (193) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-17 |
Cb11-18 (662) |
Cb11-19 |
Cb11-20 |
Cb11-21 |
|
e ika |
tagata
- henua hikihiki |
te
inoino - ka hoi ia |
ku
hurihia mai te tagata |
tagata
iri |
|
α Vulpeculae (294.9),
Albireo
(295.5) |
μ Aquilae
(296.3) |
ι Aquilae (Ant.)
(296.8),
κ Aquilae (Ant.)
(296.9), ε Sagittae
(297.1),
σ Aquilae (Ant.)
(297.4) |
Sham (297.8), β Sagittae
(298.0),
χ Aquilae
(298.3) |
ψ Aquilae
(298.8),
υ Aquilae
(299.1), Tarazed (299.3) |
|
Ghost-23 |
Al Dhirā'-5 /
Punarvasu-7 |
no star listed |
Markab Puppis (114.7),
Procyon (114.9), α
Monocerotis (115.4) |
σ Gemini (115.7), Pollux
(116.2) |
|
Gomeisa (111.6),
ρ
GEMINI (112.1) |
CASTOR (113.4) |
Antares (557) |
|
January 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (384) |
|
July 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-22 (666) |
Cb12-1 |
Cb12-2 |
Cb12-3 (277) |
Cb12-4 |
| ki te vage Rei |
Te nuku |
te ua |
te ika |
te henua ma te hua |
|
Sravana-23 |
Bezek
(300.8), ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum,
ξ Aquilae (301.3) |
Alshain
(301.6), φ
Aquilae (301.8),
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3). γ Sagittae (302.5) |
μ Pavonis (302.7) |
20h (304.4) |
|
δ Sagittae (299.6),
π Aquilae
(299.9), ζ Sagittae (300.1),
ALTAIR
(300.3), ο
Aquilae (300.5) |
τ Aquilae
(303.8), η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
|
Azmidiske (117.4) |
no stars listed |
Drus (119.9) |
Naos
(121.3) |
Betelgeuze (394) |
Rain could
have been illustrated by
ua in Cb12-2 and the
added mata at left
may have been a reference to
the bottom part of the
preceding glyph - where the
flowing 'hair' probably
represented water and where
the central 'column'
possibly could refer to ξ Aquilae.
|
Egyptian djed |
 |
Phoenician
sāmekh |
 |
Greek
xi |
Ξ (ξ) |
|
... In
rongorongo times
the last Greek
lettered star
in Orion
(ξ)
rose with the
Sun in June 21.
The letter seems
to have
originated from
the Phoenician
letter samekh
(tent peg,
supporting
prop), which in
turn may have
been derived
from the ancient
Egytian djed
column ... |
Bezek in
Poland was outside the
domain of Emperor Hadrian
and this was 13 days later
than Bered in Dacia, 275 -
262 = 13:
Metoro
avoided his usual te kahi
and instead said te ika
(victim) at January 18 -
where the measure 13 * 29½ =
383½ could have meant Sun had to
'go down to the fishes'.
And the idea
of 'going away' (oho)
continued for another 4 days
counted from 20h:
|
January 20 |
21 |
22 (387) |
|
July 21 |
22 (203) |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb12-5 |
Cb12-6 (672) |
Cb12-7 (281) |
| vai o maro
hia |
oho te vae |
kua ku moe mai |
|
Shang Wei (305.2), θ
Sagittae (305.4) |
Tseen Foo
(305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8),
Tso Ke
(306.4) |
Gredi (307.2), σ
Capricorni (307.5) |
|
8h (121.7) |
Regor (122.7), Tegmine (123.3) |
Al Tarf (124.3) |
| ρ
Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3) |
A break in
time was then illustrated between January
22 and January 23, when the
Arabs' saw heliacal Dabih (β
Capricorni) as the beginning
of their lucky spring rain
season:
|
January 23 |
24 |
25 (390) |
|
July 24 |
25 (206) |
26 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb12-8 |
Cb12-9 (675) |
Cb12-10 (284) |
| tagata
oho |
te hau tea
ka oho te tagata |
ka moe te
ravarava hiku haga hia |
|
Al Sa’d al
Dhabih-20 /
Ox / Herd Boy-9 |
Peacock
(308.7) |
Okul (309.6),
Bos (309.9), ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5) |
|
Alshat (307.9),
DABIH
(308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4) |
|
Bright Fire
(125.4) |
Avior (126.4) |
ο Ursa Majoris
(127.4) |
Arneb (389) |
Alnilam (390) |
|