It was easy for me to
perceive how number 314 could have been used
in the rongorongo texts, e.g. as half 628
(the number of glyphs in the E text), but 71
totally escaped my attention. However,
lately I
have come to suspect 71 may have been another
'cosmological' number (e.g. equal to the number of
solar years
for advancing 1 'precessional day').
First we saw that beyond
heliacal Spica there were 171 days remaining
to the end of side b, an uniteresting number which made me
wonder if I had gone astray. Although 9 * 19
= 171 it did not seem quite
remarkable enough. And if we should adjust
down Spica and Alcor at RA 202.7 from
October 10 (283) to October 9 (282) -
corresponding to a change of the RA fraction
with 0.4 - then
348 (number of glyphs on side b) becomes 176 + 172, which appeared to
destroy my idea of 171 = 100 + 71:
|
April 17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
172 |
October 9 |
10 (283) |
|
October 16 |
17 (290) |
18 |
April 9 |
10 (100) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb8-5 |
Cb8-6 (177) |
|
E tupu -
ki roto |
o te hau
tea |
te moko |
vero hia |
|
Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis
(28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) |
Al Simāk-12 /
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 |
71 Virginis
(203.6) |
|
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ
Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
SPICA, Alcor
(202.7) |
|
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) |
no star listed |
Ksora (20.1),
γ Phoenicis (20.8) |
176 = 88 + 88, and 88
(synodic cycle of Mercury)
+ 172 (June 21 counted from January
1) = 260.
But then we would
discover 71 Virginis (at the
beginning of the asterism Mons
Menalus, like a 'virginal mound'). And then we
could count
April 9 as day 99 + 366 = 465, a
Sign for the last night according to
a calendar with a cycle 100 days
longer
than that of the Gregorian:
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb8-22 |
Gb8-23 (465) |
Gb8-24 |
Gb8-25 |
|
Atiks, Rana (55.1),
Celaeno, Electra,
Taygeta (55.3) |
Maia, Asterope, Merope
(55.6), Alcyone (56.1),
Pleione, Atlas (56.3) |
|
Menkhib (57.6) |
|
May 15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
|
14 |
Alrescha 15 (365) |
Sheratan 1 |
2 |
Someone has
(maybe Significantly) put star
71 in Virginis, outside Bootes.
I guess the beginning of the
'Primeval Mound' had to be in
Virgo. Together with the close
by star 59 Virginis we can find
71 + 59 = 130.
... Ta'aroa tahi tumu, 'Ta'aroa
origl. stock' - most
commonly Ta'aroa or Te
Tumu - existed before
everything except of a rock (Te
Papa) which he compressed
and begat a daughter (Ahuone)
that is Vegetable Mole.
Ahuone
means 'earth heaped up' - a
widespread name for the
Polynesian first woman. It
sounds as if Cook also heard the
term applied to the banks of
humus and rotting material on
which taro is grown. In
the English of his day this was
known as 'vegetable mould'
...
RA day 203 (71
Virginis) = Gregorian day 80 +
203 = 283 (October 10) and if
then we should add 71 it becomes
354 (December 20). Number 71
appears to be useful.
Furthermore, 295 + 71 =
366.
And then we
should remember 71 as the
distance from atariki in
October 16 (289) to atariki
at left in December 26 (360):
|
182 |
October 16 (289) |
70 |
December 26 (360) |
35 |
January 31 (396) |
58 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-12 (575/183) |
Cb11-2 (646/254) |
Cb12-16 (682/290) |
|
72 |
36 |
|
108 |
Let's now update the
final Gregorian days to the end of December:
|
Dec 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (354) |
|
June 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (171) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb10-13 |
Cb10-14 |
Cb10-15 |
Cb10-16 |
Cb10-17 |
Cb10-18 (248) |
|
te moa nui -
kua vaha |
te hokohuki-
te mata |
te matagi ma
te rau hei |
te hokohuki -
te moko |
te kava - te
hokohuki |
te kihikihi i
te rima o te
tagata |
|
Muliphen
(269.0),
Basanismus
(269.5),
Pherkard (269.9) |
Ptolemy Cluster
(270.5) |
Rukbalgethi
Genubi (271.1),
ξ Herculis
(271.5), Etamin,
ν Herculis
(271.7), ν
Ophiuchi (271.8) |
ζ Serpentis
(272.4), τ
Ophiuchi (272.9) |
Winnowing
Basket-7 |
Zhōngshān
(274.0), π
Pavonis (274.6) |
|
18h (273.9) |
|
NASH
(273.7), θ Arae
(273.8) |
|
μ Columbae
(86.1), Saiph
(86.5), ζ
Leporis (86.6) |
Wezn (87.6), δ
Leporis (87.7),
Tze (87.9) |
Ardra-6 |
η
Leporis (89.0),
Praja-pāti,
Menkalinan,
Mahashim, γ
Columbae (89.3),
η Columbae
(89.7) |
μ
Orionis (90.3) |
6h (91.3) |
|
BETELGEUZE
(88.3),
ξ Columbae
(88.5), σ
Columbae (88.7) |
ν Orionis
(91.4), θ
Columbae (91.5),
π Columbae
(91.6) |
|
X-mas
eve |
X-mas
day |
26
(360) |
|
St
John's
Day |
25 |
26
(177) |
 |
 |
|
|
Cb10-22 |
Cb11-1 |
Cb11-2
(254) |
|
kua
vero |
Te
kihikihi
-
tagata
moe |
ki
te
ariki
- te
hokohuki |
|
Purva
Ashadha-20 |
Kaus
Borealis
(279.3) |
ν
Pavonis
(280.4),
κ
Cor.
Austr.
(280.9) |
|
KAUS
AUSTRALIS
(278.3),
ξ
Pavonis
(278.4),
Al
Athfar
(278.6) |
|
Well-22 |
no
star
listed |
β
Monocerotis
(97.0) |
|
δ
Columbae
(95.2),
TEJAT
POSTERIOR,
Mirzam
(95.4),
Canopus
(95.6),
ε
Monocerotis
(95.7),
ψ1
Aurigae
(95.9) |
|
December
27 |
28 |
29 |
30
(364) |
31 |
|
June
27 |
28 |
29
(180) |
30 |
July
1
(182) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-3 |
Cb11-4 |
Cb11-5
(257) |
Cb11-6 |
Cb11-7 |
|
ko
te
inoino
- te
henua |
te
inoino
- te
henua |
te
henua |
Tagata
hua
hakahitihiti |
koia
kua
tu |
|
κ
Cor.
Austr.
(280.9),
θ
Cor.
Austr.
(281.0) |
Abhijit-22 |
ζ
Pavonis
(283.4) |
South
Dipper-8 |
μ
Cor.
Austr.
(284.6),
η
Cor.
Austr.,
θ
Pavonis
(284.8),
Sheliak,
ν
Lyrae
(285.1) |
|
VEGA
(281.8) |
λ
Cor.
Austr.
(283.6),
Double
Double
(283.7),
ζ
Lyrae
(283.8),
Φ
SAGITTARII
(284.0) |
|
no
star
listed |
ν
Puppis
(99.2),
ψ3
Aurigae
(99.4),
ψ2
Aurigae
(99.5) |
ψ4
Aurigae
(100.5),
Mebsuta
(100.7) |
Sirius
(101.2),
ψ5
Aurigae
(101.4),
ν
Gemini
(101.6),
ψ6
Aurigae
(101.7) |
τ
Puppis
(102.2),
ψ7
Aurigae
(102.4)
Atlas
(365) |
After having
found
Aquarius and
the Southern
Fish
depicted
where they
did not rise
with the Sun
(Ca1-6--7)
- but
perhaps
as a pair instead
used as a
very clear
Sign of the
dark nights
before
the returning
Land ('Ebb') - it
seems
reasonable
to allow interpretations
also from
the
nakshatra
side, and
then I think
Betelgeuze
could have
been alluded
to in
Cb10-15. Water is
flowing -
although
Metoro said
te matagi
- and
this was
where the
Milky Way
touched
Betelgeuze,
changing him
into a victim
(rau hei).
Similarly can
we imagine
Atlas without his
celestial
globe in
Cb11-7,
because a
cycle ended
with day
364 or with
June 31.
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