From the beginning of side a to the 1st
appearance of April 16 at the end of the first glyph
line there are 471 - 365 - 80 = 26
days:
| March 21 |
22 (81) |
23 |
24 |
21 |
| no glyph |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
| koia |
ki te hoea |
ki te henua |
| Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
θ Andromedae (2.7), ζ Tucanae (3.5) |
| 0h (365.25) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8), χ Pegasi (2.1) |
| Caph, SIRRAH (0.5) |
| September 20 |
21 (264) |
equinox |
23 |
| 12h (182.6) |
Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 |
Zaniah (185.8), Chang Sha (186.3) |
| Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1) |
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) |
| April 15 |
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-25 |
Ca1-26 |
Ca2-1 |
| kiore ki te huaga |
kua moe ki te tai. |
Te heke |
| no stars listed |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
| Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| October 15 |
16 |
17 (290) |
| τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5) |
ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
| April 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca2-2 |
Ca2-3 |
Ca2-4 (30) |
Ca2-5 |
Ca2-6 |
| erua tagata |
te henua |
tagata oho ki tona huaga |
kua oho |
| ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) |
2h (30.4) |
no star listed |
η Arietis (31.9) |
| Alamak (29.7), κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5) |
| October 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
| 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) |
no star listed |
Svāti-15 / Neck-2 |
| Thuban (212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
Asellus Tertius, Κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) |
Earlier I have identified the 'lightbulb' at the top of Ca2-1 with Polaris and the Octopus (te heke) of Metoro.
| Heke (Heke), hakaheke, to pull down, to overthrow. Mgv.: akaeke, to overthrow, to vanquish; heke, to fall down, to fall to pieces: akaheke; akahekeheke, to demolish. Mq.: heke, to crumble, to fall down; hakaheke, to demolish, to pull down. Churchill.
Kai heke, hakaheke, to deflower. Kahukahu o heke, an octopus hiding in his ink. Mq.: ve'eve'e 'tentacules du heke'. Barthel 2.
Pau.: Heke, to purge. Mgv.: heke-toto, hemorrhage. Ta.: hee, to purge. Mq.: heke, to drip. Ma.: heke, id. Pau.: Hekeheke, elephantiasis. Ta.: feefee, id. Mq.: fefe, id. Sa.: fe'efe'e, id. Mgv.: Heke, eke, octopus. Ta.: fee, id. Mq.: heke, feke, fee, id. Sa.: fe'e, id. Ma.: wheke, id. Ta.: Hee, to slide, to swim. Sa.: se'e, to slide, to shoot the breakers. Ha.: hee, id. Mq.: Hee oto, to cut. Sa.: sele, id. Ha.: helehele, id. Churchill.
Ma.: 1. Migrate. Islands of History. 2. Rafter. Starzecka. |
This seems reasonable enough, but Polaris does not move like the other stars, it stands firm where it is.
... I became curious about this star ... called Nuutuittuq [= 'never moves'] ... So, on the lee side of our uquutaq (a snow windbreak) I positioned a harpoon pointing directly at this particular star to see if it would move. In the morning I checked it and discovered that the Tukturjuit (Ursa Major) had changed their position completely but the harpoon still pointed at this star ... I had discovered the stationary star ...
In a calendar text - which I assume the C text was designed to be - the position of Polaris must be exceptional. Sheratan happens to rise at the same time as Polaris and this exceptional position motivated a special treatment also of Sheratan. Polaris is not on the path of the Sun but once Sheratan was at the March equinox. Since then precession has moved Sheratan ahead with 27 days, but the connection with Polaris is still the same. Therefore Polaris can via Sheratan mark a fixed point in the calendar, from where to measure the flow of time. Sun had moved to positions earlier and earlier in the calendar year while the sky roof stayed stable and intact - like Polaris. When side b (and the Arab and Hindu systems) is beginning with Sheratan it is therefore quite natural and what could be expected once the current spring equinox had served as a mark at the beginning of side a. First was described the current situation and then on side b the situation 2000 years ago at the beginning of the present era. Therefore my interpretation of Ca2-1 is that the glyph describes not Sheratan but Polaris - possibly called Te Heke. The glyph type hau tea (light) has here 'eyes' in both direction which could indicate a balanced state, standing still. Or like Janus standing similar to a door frame between one room and another. The central vertical straight line is what I am calling a 'line of measurement', i.e. a position from where to count.
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