So far so good. But why is in the C text Saturn appearing not only at glyph 378 but also 12 paces earlier? Perhaps the answer is that the position is exactly the same, viz. where a cycle of 370 days was concluded according to the rule of Uranus:
Or maybe we could reverse my idea and say that Ca13-19 marks the first glyph in the cycle (which in a way is appropriate because Saturn not only 'kills' but also 'ignites the new fire')?
740 (number of glyphs in the text) - 362 (Ca13-19) = 378 (Saturn). Therefore Saturn at Ca13-19 ought to stand for his 'killing' capacity. There are 30 glyphs (side a) + 348 (side b) beyond vero hia, which should mean a cycle born at Saturn would stretch for 379 days. Which seems not in harmony with what could be expected. Why has not the creator of the text allowed twice 378 = 756 glyphs to be on the tablet? There was probably room enough to do it. In addition to my proposal that Uranus should be the ruler of the text (because he was older than Saturn) there is also the possibility that 16 (= 2 * 378 - 2 * 370) less glyphs could enable the creator to shape another view on side b than on side a. For instance: The basic star map was probably drawn up from the heliacal stars in rongorongo times, but 16º was the minimum necessary distance from the Sun when a star could be sighted again after having 'bathed in the rays from the Sun'. It means there could have been reason to work with only 366 - 16 = 350 nights for star watching in the early mornings. (Although the old Roman calendar had 355 days, we can assume the last 5 of them belonged at the beginning of the next year.) For instance would Cih (γ Cassiopeiae) once have risen precisely with the Sun in March 17, but not be possible to observe until 16 nights later, in April 2 when Sun had moved ahead around 16º more. However, precession tells us this could not have been in rongorongo times but rather around 71 * 16 = ca 1100 years earlier.
There is also a 3rd vero of the same general type, though of lesser stature, in between the major pair. 378 (*Ca14-14) - 6 = 372 (*Ca14-9) = 362 (Ca13-19) + 10:
This was 4 nights after the September equinox, given the text here should be read nakshatra wise. 372 = 12 * 31. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
