12h is where the ecliptic is once again (also at
0h) crossing the
equator in the sky and where Virgo has her head:
Less obvious is the position of Spica:
|
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 12 |
13 (468) |
14 (104) |
|
no star listed |
Achernar (23.3) |
no star listed |
In rongorongo times its right ascension day 203 was 11 more than 192
(= the distance from June 21 to the end of the year = 364 -172).
Due to the precession Spica and Alcor no longer
were at September 30 (273) but the idea of a central position
may have been reinforced ca 71 * 11 = 781 years earlier,
when these yoke-stars kept the summer half of the year tied securely
to the winter half. This was necessary because at the other end
of the year some fundamental force was lifting the upper shell
high in order to let light
in..
... Proclus informs
us that the fox star nibbles continuously at the thong of the
yoke which holds together heaven and earth; German folklore adds
that when the fox succeeds, the world will come to its end. This
fox star is no other than Alcor, the small star g near
zeta Ursae Majoris (in India Arundati, the common wife of
the Seven Rishis, alpha-eta Ursae) ...
But Proclus lived between 412 and 485 A.D. and
therefore the idea must be older.
I suggest the pattern with 11 days'
distance between the December solstice and January 1 together
with likewise 11 days from March 21 (80) to April 1 (91) was a
direct and conscious decision of those wise men who created the
Gregorian calendar.
Next I suggest there ought to have been adaptations in other
astronomical systems such as the pattern in the manzil calendar,
where there were 11 days from the March equinox to the heliacal
day of η Andromedae
|
0 |
- |
Zero |
η
Andromedae |
11.4 |
April 1
(91) |
- |
0 |
|
1 |
Al
Sharatain |
Pair of
Signs |
β
Arietis (Sheratan),
γ (Mesarthim) |
27.4 |
April 17
(107) |
16 |
16 |
| |
|
Musca
Borealis |
35
(Head of the Fly), 39 (Kaffaljidhma), and
41 Arietis (Bharani) |
41.4 |
May 1
(121) |
14 |
30 |
|
2 |
Al
Dabarān |
Follower |
α Tauri
(Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´,
γ
(Hyadum I),
δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) |
63.4 |
May 23
(143) |
22 |
52 |
|
3 |
Al
Hak'ah |
White
Spot |
λ
Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² |
84.4 |
June 13
(164) |
21 |
73 |
|
4 |
Al
Han'ah |
Brand |
γ Gemini
(Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν,
η (Tejat
Prior),
ξ (Alzirr) |
93.4 |
June 22
(173) |
9 |
82 |
|
5 |
Al
Dhirā' |
Forearm |
α Gemini
(Castor),
β (Pollux) |
113.4 |
July 12
(193) |
20 |
102 |
|
6 |
Al
Nathrah |
Gap |
ε Cancri
(Beehive) |
130.4 |
July 29
(210) |
17 |
119 |
|
7 |
Al Tarf |
End |
ξ
Cancri,
λ Leonis
(Alterf) |
143.4 |
August
11 (223) |
13 |
132 |
|
8 |
Al
Jabhah |
Forehead |
η Leonis
(Al Jabhah),
α
(Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ (Algieba) |
152.4 |
August
20 (232) |
9 |
141 |
|
9 |
Al
Zubrah |
Mane |
δ Leonis
(Zosma),
θ (Coxa) |
169.4 |
Sept 6
(249) |
17 |
158 |
|
10 |
Al
Sarfah |
Turn |
β Leonis
(Denebola) |
178.3 |
Sept 15
(258) |
9 |
167 |
|
11 |
Al
Áwwā' |
Barker |
β
(Alaraph), η (Zaniah),
γ
(Porrima),
δ (Minelauva), ε Virginis (Vindemiatrix) |
191.5 |
Sept 28
(271) |
13 |
180 |
|
12 |
Al
Simāk |
Lofty |
α
Virginis (Spica) |
202.7 |
Oct 10
(283) |
12 |
192 |
| |
|
|
α Bootis
(Arcturus) |
215.4 |
Oct
22 (295) |
12 |
204 |
|
13 |
Al
Ghafr |
Covering |
ι
(Syrma),
κ, φ Virginis |
215.6 |
Oct 23
(296) |
1 |
205 |
Mabye we should expect something similar in the
C text. To begin with we can find 9 * 19 = 171 glyphs remaining to
the end of side b:
|
October 10 |
11 (284) |
12 |
169 |
|
|
|
|
|
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 12 |
13 (468) |
14 (104) |
|
no star listed |
Achernar (23.3) |
no star listed |
| |
171 (= 9 *
19) |
On side
a there are 107 + 15 * 19 glyphs, and 15 * 19 + 9 * 19 = 24 * 19
= 456, which seems to be a reference to the measures of time (e.g. 24 hours and such structures as that of the Mayan
year with 18
* 20 + a special 19th shorter 5-day month).
|
Side a |
|
March 21
(81) |
22 |
23 |
283 |
107 |
|
l |
 |
 |
|
- |
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
390 |
| - |
koia |
ki
te hoea |
|
0h (0.0) |
ε
Phoenicis (0.8) |
Uttara
Bhādrapadā-27 /
Wall-14 |
|
Caph,
SIRRAH (0.5) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8), χ
Pegasi (2.1) |
|
September 19 |
20 |
21 (264) |
|
ο
Virginis (182.1) |
12h
(182.6) |
MINKAR (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
|
ALCHITA, Ma Wei (183.1) |
| |
392 = 15
* 19 + 107 |
107 + 24 * 19 = 563 and of the total number of
glyphs on the tablet (740) there will then remain 177 (= 6 *
29½):
|
9 |
April 26 |
27 (117) |
3 |
May 1
(121) |
161 |
October 10 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
Cb1-15
(407) |
Cb8-6 (569) |
|
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te
hoi atua |
e niu tu |
vero hia |
|
no
stars listed |
Bharani-2 /
Stomach-17 |
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 /
T3 |
|
Right
Wing (40.9),
π Arietis (41.2),
Bharani
(41.4) |
SPICA, Alcor (202.7) |
|
October
27 |
28 (301) |
Nov 1
(305) |
April 12
(102) |
|
Haris (219.7). σ Bootis
(220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
ρ Lupi (221.0),
Toliman (221.2) |
Kochab
(225.0) |
no star listed |
|
168 = 7
* 24 |
|
October 11 (284) |
12 |
13 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Cb8-7 |
Cb8-8 |
Cb8-9 |
|
tagata
honui |
e ha mata |
te
hokohuki - ma te maro |
|
71 Virginis
(203.6) |
Heze (205.0) |
ε Centauri
(206.3) |
|
April 13 (468) |
14 (104) |
15 |
|
Achernar (23.3) |
no stars listed |
|
14 |
15 |
16 |
165 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-10 |
Cb8-11 |
Cb8-12 (575) |
| te
hokohuki ma te maro |
ka ke te
manu ki te maro |
Te ariki |
|
no star listed |
τ Bootis
(208.2),
Benetnash (208.5) |
ν Centauri
(208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
|
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
18 |
|
no stars listed |
Al
Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis
(28.2) |
|
Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis
(27.2), SHERATAN, φ
Phoenicis (27.4) |
|
168 |
The above is only one of the possible
perceptions of the structure on side b, where 348 = 177 +
171.
3 + 168 = 171 is the distance from April
12 (102) to 273 (September 30):
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