As a first step in this investigation we can begin by guessing the creators of Manuscript E indeed used the same view as that which I have derived from the C text, viz. a calendar 'frozen' to the heliacal star positions of 76 B.C., to their positions when heliacal Al Sharatain determined the time of the northern spring equinox:
Each glyph position in my table above corresponds to 71 years and Ca2-1 corresponds to a time approximately 27 * 71 = 1917 years earlier than my assumed date 1842 A.D. for the creation of the C tablet. This should have been around (63 - 27) * 71 = 36 * 71 = 2556 years after the time when heliacal Hyadum I (γ Tauri) could have been used to determine the northern equinox. February 23 (Terminalia) was Julian day 31 + 23 = 54 (= 2 * 27) and from the times of Al Sharatain to the time of rongorongo the precession would have changed February 23 to day number 54 + 27 = 81, which coincided with the day after March 21:
When measuring time March 21 should not be counted until at midnight and there is no glyph before March 22 (Ca1-1). Likewise should Ca2-1 represent midnight betweeen 'March 21 and 'March 22. Terminalia, the last part of the old year, would in the times of Julius Caesar have coincided with heliacal Polaris:
(kua moe ki te tai) (R. I. P.) Next date to consider is 'March 20 in the times of Al Sharatain:
In the C text April 16 evidently was at the last glyph on side a:
106 = 8 * 59 - 365. 366 + 79 = 445 = 5 * 89, and 4 * 89 = 356 = 2 * 178 = 2 * (3 * 59 + 1). The open hand (te rima) is empty:
...:The hand with its digits displayed coram publico is zero, cipher, naught ... In rongorongo times April 16 should have been important if according to their calendar it was 'March 20 - once upon a time the day before the northern 'summer year' would begin. From Ca1-26 to *Ca14-29 there are 392 - 26 = 366 glyphs, and once again a solar year had run out completely - nothing left. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
