At the beginning of side b should be the
beginning of the back
side of the 'clam', and also here can we read how the Sharatain Sign
would be close to the Full Moon in October, although in day 18
(like number 11 also a day of Old Saturn) instead of in day 15 (a day of
the Young
Quicksilver).
The structure of the text - I have suggested -
connects April 17 with RA day 27 and with Cb1-1, and the design of
the glyphs are probably referring to the corresponding season on
Easter Island, where April meant autumn and not spring. But in
October the Easter Islanders could see the heliacal stars of
April close to the Full Moon and from this deduce it was spring.
|
April 17
(107) |
18 |
19 |
20
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te
hau tea |
ki te
henua - te maro |
|
Al
Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis
(28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ
Phoenicis (29.2) |
2h (30.4) |
|
Polaris,
Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin,
Mesarthim,
ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
Alamak
(29.7), κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5) |
|
October 18 (291) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
|
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 |
|
Thuban
(212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
|
April 21
(111) |
22 |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 |
Cb1-7
(399) |
|
no star
listed |
η
Arietis (31.9) |
θ
Arietis (33.3) |
|
October
22 (295) |
23 |
24 |
|
Svāti-15
/
Neck-2
/ A3 / T6 |
Al
Ghafr-13 |
ψ Centauri (216.6), ε
Apodis (216.8) |
|
Asellus Tertius,
κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis
(214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2)
ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) |
SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8), ι
Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ
Virginis (216.5) |
|
April 24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
|
Mira
(33.7) |
ξ
Arietis (35.0) |
no stars
listed |
|
October 25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
28 |
|
Asellus Primus (217.8),
τ Lupi (218.1) |
φ
Virginis (218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis
(219.5) |
Haris (219.7). σ Bootis
(220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
ρ Lupi (221.0),
Toliman (221.2) |
|
rutua - te
pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua
hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra
ma te hoi atua |
After the first 20 days of April the drums were sounding (rutua te pahu)
for summer was 'dead' and moa ohoa could close his
beak. Darkness covered the earth.
In April 21 Arcturus was close to the Full
Moon, visualizing the situation north of the
equator when Sun was in October 22. North of the equator the
seasons were ruled by the stars visited by Sun, while south
of the equator the seasons were ruled by the stars visited
by Moon.
|
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 |
The difference between October 15 and
October 18 could evidently be due to how Benetnash and Sheratan
were located in relation to each other:
|
NORTH (Heliacal) VIEW |
|
SOUTH (Nakshatra)
VIEW |
|
*
April 17 (107) |
+184 |
*
October
18 (291) |
|
SHERATAN (27) |
φ Centauri
(211) |
|
†
October
15 (107+181) |
+184 |
†
April 17 (291+181 = 365+107) |
|
Benetnash (208) |
SHERATAN (392 - 365) |
From April 17 up to and including
October 10 (with heliacal Spica and Alcor) there were
284 -107 = 177 days, but this was the heliacal (north of
the equator) reading:
|
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 |
South of the equator (the lower
register) has October 18 (day 290 + 1) as the spring day
corresponding to April 17. From there up to and
including April 12
(when Spica and Alcor were close to the Full Moon) there
were 177 (= 365 + 102 - 290) nights.
The distance from heliacal Benetnash (208) to Spica
and Alcor measures 3 days more, viz. 177 + October 18
(291) - October 15 (288).
366 - 177 = 27 weeks = 7 months with 27
nights in each.
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