If Auriga is outside the
reach of Sun and Moon,
then we either have to
accept that the C text
does not refer to the
Charioteer at the end of
line Cb2 or that the C
text is not limited to
the paths of Sun and
Moon.
|
Rohini 4 |
5 (46) |
6 |
|
Pleione
1 (15) |
2 |
3 |
|
May 31
(151) |
June 1 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb2-21 |
Cb2-22 |
Cb2-23 |
|
kua tapu - no te manu |
ku
kikiu - i te henua |
koia ra |
|
no stars
listed |
|
December
1 |
2 (336) |
3 |
|
Az
Zubana 3 |
4 (200) |
5 |
|
Denebakrab (254.7), ι
Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) |
κ Ophiuchi (256.2) |
Cujam (256.9) |
|
Rohini 7 |
8 (49) |
|
Pleione 4 |
5 (19) |
|
June 3 |
4 (155) |
 |
 |
|
Cb2-24 |
Cb2-25 |
|
tagata tua ivi - te henua |
tagata tua ivi - ki te henua |
|
Hassaleh
(73.6) |
Almaaz
(74.7), Haedus I (74.8) |
|
December 4 |
5 |
|
Az
Zubana 6 |
7 |
|
no star listed |
17h
(258.7) |
|
no star listed |
Above I have added 'dates' derived from the
Hindu lunar stations, for instance is Rohini 4
corresponding to the 4th day of the Rohini lunar
station, which was beginning in May 28 - given that this
beginning was determined by the heliacal rising of Aldebaran:
|
1 |
Ashvini |
β and γ
Arietis |
Horse's head |
27 |
|
wife of the
Ashvins |
Sheratan and
Mesarthim |
April 17
(107) |
|
2 |
Bharani |
35, 39, and
41 Arietis |
Yoni, the
female organ of reproduction |
41 = 27
+ 14 |
|
the bearer |
Musca
Borealis |
May 1 (121) |
|
3 |
Krittikā |
M 45 Tauri |
Knife or
spear |
55 = 41
+ 14 |
|
the nurses
of Kārttikeya |
The Pleiades |
May 15 (135) |
|
4 |
Rohini |
α Tauri |
Cart or
chariot, temple, banyan tree |
68 = 55
+ 13 |
|
the red one |
Aldebaran |
May 28 (148) |
|
5 |
Mrigashīrsha |
λ, φ¹, and
φ² Orionis |
Deer's head |
83 =
68 +
15 |
|
the deer's
head |
Heka |
June 12
(163) |
In rongorongo times Rohini 4 would then correspond to May 31 (151), and
with Ashvini 1 = April 17 (107) its day number would be 151 -
106 = 45 (= 14 + 14 + 13 + 4).
Instead of reducing the Gregorian day
numbers with 136 in order to find the Arabic manzil day
numbers we can reduce the Gregorian day numbers with
106 in order to find the Hindu day numbers.
This Hindu system seems to coincide with
the glyphs on side b of the C tablet. The heliacal
rising of Capella (α
Aurigae) would accordingly have been in the Rohini
lunar station. June 7 (158) - 106 = 52 (Rohini 11)
= the glyph number for Cb3-3 counted from Cb1-1. My
Hindu day numbers are equal to the glyph numbers
on side b.
In the Arabic
manzil system its 24th station Almuqaddam
was beginning with April 6 (106), i.e. in the day before
my Hindu system was beginning.
The 'Year in Straw' could
evidently have begun in the 20th station Saad Al Thabib
because it was ruled by Dabih (= β Capricorni)
and because it has 2 extra nights:
|
Nawaa |
Manzil |
Begins on |
Number of days |
Stars |
|
Ash Shabt (Sagittarius) |
18 Al Naam |
16 Jan (381) |
13 |
257 |
Ascella & Nunki (ζ, ς) |
|
19 Al Baldaah |
29 Jan (394) |
13 |
270 |
Al Baldah (π) |
|
|
|
The Three Saads |
20 Saad Al
Thabib |
11 Febr
(407) |
15 |
285 |
Dabih (β
Capricorni) |
|
21 Saad Balaa |
26 Febr (422) |
13 |
298 |
Albali (ε Aquarii) |
|
22 Saad Al Saud |
11 March (435) |
13 |
311 |
Sadalsud (β) |
|
22h |
Sadalmelik (α) |
|
Hameemain |
23 Saad Al Akhbia |
24 March (448) |
13 |
324 |
Sadachbia (γ) |
|
24 Almuqaddam |
6 April (461) |
13 |
337 |
Almuqaddam |
|
Saad Al
Thabib 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (285) |
|
February 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (56) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca12-21 |
Ca12-22 |
Ca12-23 (339) |
Ca12-24 |
Ca12-25 |
|
te niu ku hakatu ua |
te maitaki - kupega
tuku hia mai |
mata hakatuu |
te vae paupau |
te niu tutuu |
|
ε Cephei (337.2), Ancha (337.4) |
ρ Aquarii (338.2) |
Sadachbia (338.6), π Aquarii (339.5) |
ρ Cephei (340.2), ζ Aquarii (340.4),
Alrediph (340.5) |
σ Aquarii (340.9), Homan (341.2) |
|
August 23 |
24 (236) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
|
An Nathra 7 |
8 |
9 (101) |
10 |
11 |
|
Simiram,
Adhafera, Tania Borealis (154.7),
Algieba, q Carinae (155.5) |
Tania
Australis (156.0) |
μ Hydrae (157.1) |
no star
listed |
Shir
(158.9), p Carinae (159.3) |
| |
Saad Balaa 1 |
2 |
|
26 (422) |
27 (58) |
 |
 |
|
Ca12-26 |
Ca12-27 |
|
oho te rima o te niu |
a hagahaga |
|
υ Aquarii (341.9), η Aquarii (342.1) |
Situla (342.7) |
|
August 28 (240) |
29 |
|
An Nathra 12 |
13 (105) |
|
φ Hydrae
(160.3) |
no star
listed |
Although the manzil numbers
according to Ibn 'Arabi are 2 higher:
|
Manzil |
Begins on |
Number of days |
Stars |
|
20 Al Naam |
16 Jan (381) |
13 |
257 |
Ascella & Nunki (ζ, ς Sagittarii) |
|
21
Al Baldaah |
29 Jan (394) |
13 |
270 |
Al Baldah (π Sagittarii) |
| |
|
22 Saad Al Thabib |
11 Febr (407) |
15 |
285 |
Dabih (β Capricorni) |
|
23 Saad Balaa |
26 Febr (422) |
13 |
298 |
Albali (ε Aquarii) |
|
24 Saad Al Saud |
11 March (435) |
13 |
311 |
Sadalsud (β Aquarii) |
|
22h |
Sadalmelik (α Aquarii) |
|
25 Saad Al Akhbia |
24 March (448) |
13 |
324 |
Sadachbia (γ Aquarii) |
|
26 Almuqaddam |
6 April (461) |
13 |
337 |
Almuqaddam (? Aquarii) |
|
27 Al Muakhar |
19 April (474) |
13 |
350 |
? Piscium |
Pollux (β Gemini) |
|
28 Alrescha |
2 May (487) |
15 |
365 |
? Piscium |
Alrischa (α Piscium) |
The end of the year could
have
coincided - according to Ibn 'Arab - with
the end of the 'Sea', because Pisces surely
did not belong on 'Land'. Al Sharatain,
'The Two Signs' (in Aries), was his first
station and this must have been beyond the
reach of the 'Sea'.
I have divided the field for
the ruling stars of the last 2 stations in
order to show the differences between the
version of Ibn
'Arab and the data which I have fetched from
Wikipedia.
Why should Pollux be the
ruling star for the manzil Al Muakhar?
We have to look closer in
order to find out what leading stars Ibn
'Arab had
for his last 3 stations. Furthermore his
manzil names are not identical with those I
copied from Wikipedia.
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