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In C the place for nakshatra Spica could have been close to the end of side a, where te honu had no legs any more. And 4 glyphs later a 2nd 'climbing bird' (manu kake) was rising. 14 * 26 = 364.

April 5 6 7 8 (464) 9 10 (100)
October 5 6 7 (280) 8 9 10
*Ca14-18 *Ca14-19 *Ca14-20 *Ca14-21 (384) *Ca14-22 *Ca14-23
te honu paka te henua honu kau te mata te honu kua heheu
1h (15.2) Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18) no star listed (19) Ksora (20.1), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7) MIRACH (16.0), Anunitum (16.5), REVATI (16.9)

Regulus

Apami-Atsa (198.5) Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1

ANA-ROTO

71 Virginis (203.6)
Mizar (202.4), SPICA, Alcor (202.7)

Sadalmelik

April 11 12 13 14 (104) 15 (471) 16
October 11 12 (285) 13 14  15 16
*Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 *Ca14-26 *Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 *Ca14-29 (392)
14 * 24 = 336 14 * 25 = 350 14 * 26 = 364 14 * 27 = 378 14 * 28 = 392  
te henua te honu kau manu kake rua te henua te honu te rima
δ Phoenicis (21.5) no star listed (22) Achernar (23.3) no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)
no star listed (204) Heze (205.0) ε Centauri (206.3) no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed

In G there were also honu glyphs close to Spica, although with their legs intact:

Ga5-12 Ga5-13 (123) Ga5-14 Ga5-15 Ga5-16
JULY 21 (202) 7-22 23 24 25
Chang Sha (186.3) Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7)  α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

Alderamin

September 23 24 25 (268) 26 27
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 20 21 22 23 (388) 24
no star listed (4) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

Alphard

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) Andromeda Galaxy, π Andromedae (7.7) ε Andromedae (8.2), Delta (8.4), Schedir (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
March 25 (84) 26 (450) 27 28 29
Ga5-17 Ga5-18 (128) Ga5-19 Ga5-20 Ga5-21
JULY 26 27 (208) 28 29 30
Al Áwwā'-11 ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), Mimosa (192.9) no star listed (193) κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), Alioth (194.8) Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3)
Sombrero Galaxy (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA, γ Centauri (191.5)
September 28 29 30 (273) October 1 2
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 25 26 27 (392) 28 29
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4) Achird (10.7) Legs-15 Cih, λ Tucanae (12.4), μ Andromedae (12.8) no star listed (13)
ν Andromedae (11.0), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η ANDROMEDAE (11.4)
March 30 31 April 1 (91) 2 3
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
Ga5-22 Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 (135) Ga5-26 Ga5-27 Ga5-28
JULY 31 AUGUST 1 2 3 4 (216) 5 6
δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8) 13h (197.8) Apami-Atsa, ψ Hydrae (198.5) Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1

ANA-ROTO

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9) Mizar (202.4), SPICA, Alcor (202.7)

Sadalmelik

October 3 4 5 6 7 (280) 8 9
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 30 31 FEBRUARY 1 2 3 4 (400) 5 (36)
no star listed (14) 1h (15.2) Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18) Adhil (19.3) Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7) MIRACH, Keun Nan Mun (16.0), Anunitum (16.5), REVATI (16.9)

Regulus

April 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (100)

In rongorongo times the Legs were rising with the Sun in April 1 (91) and at the time of the Hyades Gate they rose heliacally in day 392 (JANUARY 27). These Legs were close to the Full Moon in the last day of September respectively in JULY 28 - where we can count 7 * 28 = 196 = 392 / 2.

The last glyph on side a of the C tablet is number 392 and the empty hand probably illustrates 'nothing remaining'. From nakshatra Spica (*Ca14-22) to heliacal Ana-ni'a (*Ca14-29) there was a week. Although we maybe should read Spica as heliacal and Polaris as nakshatra, because 80 + 202 + 183 = 465 and 465 - 366 = 99 (April 9) and 365 + 80 + 26 = 471 (April 15) and 471 - 366 - 99 = 6:

 
Ga5-29 Ga5-30 Ga6-1 Ga6-2 Ga6-3 Ga6-4 Ga6-5 (145)
AUGUST 7 8 (220) 9 10 11 12 13
71 Virginis (203.6) no star listed (204) Heze (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (205.7) ε Centauri (206.3) no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed (209)
October 10 11 12 (285) 13 14 15 16
NAKSHATRA DATES:
FEBRUARY 6 7 8 9 (40) 10 11   12 (408)
δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9) Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)  Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
April 11 12 13 14 15 16 (471) 17 (107)

27 (Sheratan) + 183 = 210 = October 17 (290):

 
Ga6-6 (146) Ga6-7 Ga6-8 Ga6-9 Ga6-10 Ga6-11
AUGUST 14 15 16 17 (229) 18 19
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) 14h (213.1) Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) 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)
October 17 (290) 18 19 20 21 22
NAKSHATRA DATES:
FEBRUARY 13 14 (45) 15 16   17 (413) 18
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) 2h (30.4) η Arietis (31.9) no star listed (32) θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7)
κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5)

Alkes

April 18 19 20 (475) 21 (111) 22 23

From Spica to Arc-turus there were 13 days. 295 (October 22) - October 9 (282) = 13 = 260 / 20.

Turu

To come down, to go down, to descend; ka-turu-age koe ki tai, go down to the sea now; turuga, coming down, descent. Vanaga.

1. To fall in drops, to flow, to leak, to descend, a drop; turu ki tai, to take refuge at sea; hakaturu, to cause to descend, to lower, to take soundings; hakaturuturu, to heave and pitch. Turuga, declivity. Turuvai, water conduit. P Mgv.: akaturu, to conduct water in a drain. Ta.: tuturu, to fall in drops. 2. To stay, to prop. T Pau.: turu, a post, pillar, to sustain. Mgv.: turu, a support, rod, stay, to sustain. Ta.: turu, stay, support; turuturu, posts of a house. Ha.: kukulu, a pillar, a post.  3. To come, to arrive, to overcome; tehe e turu, through and through; hakarava hakaturu, quadrangular. Churchill.

... Mons Maenalus, at the feet of Boötes, was formed by Hevelius, and published in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum; this title coinciding with those of neighboring stellar groups bearing Arcadian names.

It is sometimes, although incorrectly, given as Mons Menelaus, - perhaps, as Smyth suggested, after the Alexandrian astronomer referred to by Ptolemy and Plutarch. The Germans know it as the Berg Menalus; and the Italians as Menalo.

Landseer has a striking representation of the Husbandsman, as he styles Boötes, with sickle and staff, standing on this constellation figure. A possible explanation of its origin may be found in what Hewitt writes in his Essays on the Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times:

The Sun-god thence climbed up the mother-mountain of the Kushika race as the constellation Hercules, who is depicted in the old traditional pictorial astronomy as climbing painfully up the hill to reach the constellation of the Tortoise, now called Lyra, and thus attain the polar star Vega, which was the polar star from 10000 to 8000 B.C.

May not this modern companion constellation, Mons Maenalus, be from a recollection of this early Hindu conception of our Hercules transferred to the adjacent Bootes?

The first star to rise in Mons Maenalus was 71 Virginis, which I have in my star list and at *Ca14-23 and at Ga5-29, in the day after Spica. In C this star was possibly associated with October 10 and with an empty head gear. In G the date could also have been October 10.

In a mirror the direction right becomes left and the direction left becomes right, a 'change of sex' because right is associated with the male and left with the females. But up stays up and down stays down.

In the picture of Hevelius above, however, the sign of Libra is at Virgo and up has been turned towards the right, soon to become down because the clock turns with the Sun.

South of the equator, though, the constellations are perceived upside down, and legs are needed when climbing up a hill, on the way up to the Tortoise (Honu).