According to my estimates and conclusions: At
the time when the rongorongo tablets were created the star Ain (ε
Tauri, the 'eye' of the Bull) rose heliacally - i.e. together with
the Sun - in approximately day 80 (March 21) + 65 = 145
(May 25). And when Vega (α Lyrae) culminated at midnight it was
in day 145 + 79 = 224 (August 12):
|
no glyph |
 |
 |
77 |
|
Ga1-1
(1) |
Ga1-2 |
|
Hyadum
II (δ¹ Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star
listed (66) |
|
AIN,
θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
|
May 24 |
25 (145) |
26 |
|
March |
21 |
80 |
0 |
|
31 |
90 |
10 |
|
April |
30 |
120 |
40 |
|
May |
31 |
151 |
71 |
|
June |
21 |
172 |
92 |
|
30 |
181 |
101 |
|
July |
31 |
212 |
132 |
|
August |
31 |
243 |
163 |
|
September |
22 |
265 |
185 |
|
30 |
273 |
193 |
|
Oktober |
31 |
304 |
224 |
|
November |
30 |
334 |
254 |
|
December |
21 |
355 |
275 |
|
31 |
365 |
285 |
|
January |
31 |
31 |
316 |
|
February |
28 |
59 |
344 |
|
March |
21 |
80 |
365 |
|
31 |
90 |
375 |
|
April |
30 |
120 |
405 |
|
May |
31 |
151 |
436 |
The constellations, however, mainly originated
in Babylonian times, when the Sky Bull rose with the Sun
around 64 days earlier in the year and at a time when the Hyades Gate
(between the stars Hyadum I and Hyadum II) would
have been around the
northern spring equinox (0h):
|
no glyph |
|
|
77 |
|
Ga1-1 (1) |
Ga1-2 |
|
0h |
MARCH 22 (*1) |
23 |
|
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star listed (66) |
|
AIN,
θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
|
May 24 |
25 (145) |
26 |
In order to understand the text it is
necessary to coordinate the heliacal stars not only
with their positions in rongorongo times but also
with their positions around 64 / 365 * 26000 = 4500
years ago.
In rongorongo times the Sun was at
the Head of the Lion (Ras El Aset) in the
middle of August, but the head (the beginning) of
high summer (the Lion) should come earlier and the middle of June would have been a
more suitable place.
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