The mode for advancing should be to
compare the glyphs early on side b with those half a year later.
There are 29 glyphs in line Cb8 and Cb8-29
is glyph number 200 counted from the beginning of side b.
|
October
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-24 |
Cb8-25 (588) |
Cb8-26 |
Cb8-27 |
| te maitaki |
kua hua te kahi |
te ahine poo
puo |
ki te huaga |
|
ρ Lupi (221.0),
Toliman (221.2) |
π Bootis
(221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9), 31 Bootis (222.0), Yang
Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5) |
ο Bootis
(222.9), Izar (223.0),
α Apodis, 109 Virginis (223.3) |
Zuben
Elgenubi (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) |
|
April 29 (485) |
30 |
May 1 (122) |
2 |
|
μ Arietis (39.4) |
Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma
(39.8), ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2) |
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2),
Bharani (41.4) |
ς Arietis, τ² Eridani (41.7) |
|
November 1 |
2
(306) |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-28 |
Cb8-29 (592) |
| ma te tara
huki |
te kahi |
|
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) |
|
May 3 (124) |
4 (490) |
|
ρ Arietis (43.0) |
Acamar (43.6), ε
Arietis (43.7) |
Given that heliacal Spica and Alcor
(202.7) are at vero hia in October 10 (283 in a
normal non-leap year), we can count to Cb8-29 from Cb8-6
(283) and find the date to be 283 + (29 - 6) = 306 (November
2).
|
October 10 |
11 (284) |
12 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-6 (569) |
Cb8-7 |
Cb8-8 |
|
vero hia |
tagata honui |
e ha mata |
|
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 /
T3 |
71 Virginis (203.6) |
Heze
(205.0) |
|
SPICA,
Alcor (202.7) |
|
April 11 |
12 (468) |
13 (104) |
|
no stars
listed |
This means November 1 (305) must be the
heliacal RA day 305 - 80 = 225, which was when Kochab (the
'Pole' - although I have so far not seen any translation of
the word) rose with the Sun. The end of line Cb8 is the
place for the 'Cavalry Officers'.
To make this very clear:
|
May 1 (121) |
161 |
October 10 (283) |
21 |
November 1 |
2
(306) |
 |
|
|
|
|
Cb1-15 (407) |
Cb8-6 (569) |
Cb8-28 |
Cb8-29 (592) |
|
e niu tu |
vero hia |
ma te tara
huki |
te kahi |
|
Bharani-2 |
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 /
T3 |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke
Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) |
|
Right Wing (40.9),
π Arietis (41.2),
Bharani
(41.4) |
SPICA, Alcor
(202.7) |
When Metoro said e niu tu at
Cb1-15 it probably referred to Ursa Minor, the Pole star
constellation (Kochab). Therefore we can relate
Cb1-15 to the star Kochab as the complement to the Linga
3-star asterism Bharani.
Kochab (225.0) - Bharani (41.4) = 183.6
or approximately 184 days. November 1 (305) - May 1
(121) = 184 days, a reasonable measure for summer north
of the equator.
We can therefore assign nakshatra dates
and stars based on the situation at Cb1-15:
|
May 1 (121) |
161 |
October 10 (283) |
21 |
November 1 |
2
(306) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cb1-15 (407) |
Cb8-6 (569) |
Cb8-28 |
Cb8-29 (592) |
|
e niu tu |
vero hia |
ma te tara
huki |
te kahi |
|
Bharani-2 |
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 /
T3 |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) |
|
Right Wing (40.9),
π Arietis (41.2),
Bharani
(41.4) |
SPICA,
Alcor (202.7) |
|
November 1
(305) |
161 |
April 11
(467) |
21 |
May 3
(123) |
4
(490) |
|
Kochab (225.0) |
no star listed |
ρ Arietis (43.0) |
Acamar (43.6), ε
Arietis (43.7) |
Given a 'conjunction' between Bharani
and Kochab the distance from heliacal to nakshatra dates
should be around 184 days. But we know this ought
instead to be the distance from the nakshatra to the
heliacal date. The male comes first:
|
Date |
Heliacal star |
RA distance |
Nakshatra
star |
|
March 26 (85) |
Ankaa (5.0) |
181.3 |
Chang
Sha (186.3) |
|
κ Phoenicis (5.0) |
|
April 1 (91) |
η Andromedae (11.4) |
181.5 |
Mimosa
(192.9) |
|
April 13 (103) |
Achernar (23.3) |
181.7 |
Heze (205.0) |
|
April 17 (107) |
Sheratan (27.4) |
181.1 |
Benetnash
(208.5) |
|
April 24 (114) |
Mira (33.7) |
181.1 |
κ Virginis
(214.8) |
|
May 26 (146) |
Ain (65.7) |
181.3 |
Heart
(247.0) |
|
May 28 (148) |
Aldebaran (68.2) |
180.9 |
Antares
(249.1) |
|
June 7 (158) |
Rigel (78.1) |
181.8 |
η Scorpii
(259.9) |
|
July 6 (187) |
Wezen (107.1) |
181.3 |
Nunki
(288.4) |
|
July 26 (206) |
Avior (126.4) |
180.8 |
Gredi
(307.2) |
|
August 21 (233) |
Regulus (152.7) |
181.9 |
Sadalmelik (334.6) |
|
September 4 (247) |
Dubhe (166.7) |
181.1 |
Fom-al-haut
(347.8) |
|
181.6 |
Fum al
Samakah (348.3) |
|
November 1 (305) |
Kochab (225.0) |
181.7 |
Bharani (406.7) |
|