The way up again to the northern winter
solstice was not very long, only 73 days (= 365 / 5) counted
from Spica:
|
1 |
Horn |
α Virginis (Spica) |
Crocodile |
(202.7) |
Oct 9 (282) |
282 = 265
+ 17 |
|
2 |
Neck |
κ Virginis |
Dragon |
(214.8) |
Oct 21 (294) |
294 = 282
+ 12 |
|
3 |
Root |
α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) |
Badger |
(224.2) |
Oct 31 (304) |
304 = 295
+ 9 |
|
4 |
Room |
π Scorpii (Vrischika) |
Hare |
(241.3) |
Nov 17 (321) |
321 = 304
+ 17 |
|
5 |
Heart |
σ Scorpii |
Fox |
(247.0) |
Nov 23 (327) |
327 = 321
+ 6 |
|
6 |
Tail |
μ Scorpii (Denebakrab) |
Tiger |
(254.7) |
Nov 30 (334) |
334 = 327
+ 9 |
|
7 |
Winnowing Basket |
γ Sagittarii (Nash) |
Leopard |
(273.7) |
Dec 19 (353) |
353 = 334
+ 19 |
|
December solstice |
Dec 21 (355) |
355 = 282
+ 73 |
Counted from the Heart (σ Scorpii)
there were only 4 weeks, 327 + 28 = 355. The
distance from the Horn (Spica) to the
Heart was 73 - 28 = 45 days = 327 - 282.
We need to go
up from the Heart to line Ga8 - which is at
the top of the front side of the tablet. First there
are 10 days in order to get past day 193 (Ga7-23)
and the Door to the Goat star (Capella):
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga7-14 |
Ga7-15 (184) |
Ga7-16 |
Ga7-17 |
Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 |
|
SEPTEMBER
20 |
21 |
EQUINOX |
23 |
24 |
25 (268) |
|
Heart-5 |
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1),
Kajam (248.3), χ
Ophiuchi (248.5),
She Low, ι Tr.
Austr. (248.7), ζ
Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
Al Kalb-16
/
Jyeshtha-18
ANA-MUA |
γ Apodis (250.1), σ
Herculis (250.3), θ
Tr. Austr. (250.6),
τ Scorpii
(250.7) |
Han (251.0) |
ζ Herculis, η Tr.
Austr. (252.1), η
Herculis, β Apodis
(252.5) |
|
σ SCORPII
(247.0), Hejian
(247.2), ψ Ophiuchi
(247.7) |
ANTARES
(249.1), Marfik, φ
Ophiuchi (249.5), ω
Ophiuchi (249.8) |
|
November
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (332) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
MARCH
22 |
23 |
24 |
EQUINOX |
26 (85) |
27 (451) |
|
Net-19 |
no star listed (66) |
no star listed (67) |
Rohini-4 /
Pidnu-sha-Shame-5
ANA-MURI |
no star listed (69) |
no star listed (70) |
|
θ² Tauri,
AIN,
θ¹ Tauri
(65.7) |
ALDEBARAN
(68.2), Theemin
(68.5) |
|
May 25 |
26 (146) |
27 |
28 (513) |
29 |
30 (150) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
Ga7-20 |
Ga7-21 |
Ga7-22 |
Ga7-23 (192) |
Ga7-24 |
|
SEPTEMBER
26 |
27 |
28 |
29
(272) |
30 |
|
Atria (253.9) |
Tail-6 |
ι
Ophiuchi (255.3),
Grafias
(255.4) |
κ
Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae
(256.8), Cujam (256.9) |
no
star listed (257) |
|
Wei,
η Arae (254.3),
DENEBAKRAB
(254.7) |
|
November
29 |
30 |
December 1 |
2
(336) |
3 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
MARCH
28 |
29 |
30
(454) |
31
(90) |
|
APRIL 1 |
|
Tabit (71.7), π²
Orionis (71.9) |
π4 Orionis (72.1),
ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8) |
π¹ Orionis (73.0),ο²
Orionis (73.4), Hassaleh (73.6), π6 Orionis
(73.9) |
Almaaz (74.7),
Haedus I (74.8) |
Haedus II (75.9) |
|
May
31 (151) |
June
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (520) |
And then there are another 6 glyphs
to come 16 days ahead of the Heart,
in order to reach Rei in Ga7-31 (200), where
σ Scorpii would
once again have become visible:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga7-25 |
Ga7-26 (195) |
Ga7-27 |
Ga7-28 |
Ga7-29 |
Ga7-30 |
|
OCTOBER 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
5 |
6 |
|
17h (258.7) |
Mula-19 |
Nodus I (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), Ras
Algethi (260.8) |
Sarin (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)
Alrisha
|
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis,
ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ
Herculis (262.9) |
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ
Ophiuchi (263.6) |
|
no star listed (258) |
Sabik (259.7),
η SCORPII
(259.9) |
|
December 4 |
5 |
6 (340) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
APRIL 2 |
3 (93) |
4 |
5 (460) |
6 |
7 |
|
5h (76.1) |
μ
Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)
|
ĸ Leporis
(78.0), Rigel (78.1), Flaming Star (78.2),
Capella (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)
Thuban
|
λ Aurigae
(79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)
Arcturus
|
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-6 |
ψ Orionis
(81.1), Nihal (81.7) |
|
ε Leporis
(76.0), Cursa (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7) |
σ Aurigae
(80.4), Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7),
ELNATH (80.9) |
|
June
5 |
6 (157) |
7 |
8 |
9 (525) |
10 |
|
5 |
Pidnu-sha-Shame |
Furrow of Heaven |
α
(Aldebaran)
Tauri |
68.2 |
May
28 (148) |
MARCH 25 (84)
EQUINOX |
|
6 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu |
Star
in the Bull towards the north |
β
(El Nath)
Tauri |
80.9 |
June
9 (160) |
APRIL 6 (96) |
|
7 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū |
Star
in the Bull towards the south |
ζ
(Heavenly Gate)
Tauri |
84.0 |
June
13 (164) |
APRIL 10 (100) |
|
17 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga7-31 (200) |
Ga7-32
|
Ga7-33 |
Ga7-34 |
Ga8-1 |
Ga8-2 |
Ga8-3 |
|
OCT 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (283) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
Lesath, δ Arae (264.7), Choo (264.9) |
Al Shaula |
Ras Alhague (266.1),
Sargas
(266.3), μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5), Nan Hae
(266.6), ι Herculis (266.7) |
λ Arae (267.1),
Girtab,
ο Serpentis (267.6) |
Kelb Alrai, μ Arae (268.1), Kew Ho (268.6),
η Pavonis (268.7),
Apollyon
(268.9) |
Muliphen (269.0), Basanismus (269.5),
Pherkard (269.9) |
Ptolemy Cluster (270.5) |
|
Alwaid, Maasym (265.1),
Shaula
(265.3), Kuma (265.6), σ Arae (265.9)
Hamal
|
|
December
10 |
11 |
12 |
LUCIA |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
APRIL 8 |
9 |
10 (100) |
11 (466) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
|
Mintaka, υ
Orionis (82.4), χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae
(82.6) |
Al Hak'ah-3 /
Mrigashīrsha-5 /
Turtle-20 |
Three Stars-21
/
Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū-7
ANA-IVA |
ο Aurigae
(85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)
Yang Mun
|
μ Columbae
(86.1), Saiph (86.5), ζ Leporis, τ Aurigae
(86.6) |
υ Aurigae
(87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), Wezn (87.6),
δ Leporis (87.7), Tze (87.9) |
Ardra-6
ANA-VARU |
|
Arneb, Crab
Nebula (83.0, φ¹
Orionis (83.1),
HEKA,
Orion Nebula (83.2),
Hatysa (83.5), φ²
Orionis (83.6), Alnilam (83.7) |
HEAVENLY GATE,
ν
Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis (84.2),
ALNITAK,
PHAKT (Phaet)
(84.7) |
ξ Aurigae, χ¹
Orionis (88.1),
BETELGEUZE (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5),
σ Columbae (88.7)
Zuben Elgenubi
|
|
June
11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 |
15 (531) |
16 |
17 |
The last Greek lettered star in the
Scorpion, Apollyon (ι),
rose with the Sun at the first glyph in line Ga8.
|
Varu
1. To cut one's hair (te
puoko). 2. To shave. 3. To paint, to put
on make-up: he varu te kiea. Varu
a-roto, to have diarrhoea. Vanaga.
1. Eight. 2. To shave, to
remove the beard, to shear, to clip, to
rasp, a plane. Varuvaru, to peel, to
remove the bark, to plane, to scrape, to
shear. Churchill. |
|
Varua
Spirit, soul; sleep, dream.
This is a Tahitian word, but the same term
may have been used in ancient times. Vanaga.
In Bierbach the accumulated evidence
connected varua with mummification
and how the hair was removed (varu),
the body fluids drained (varu a-roto)
and after a period of 2 months it was
make-up time (he varu te kiea):
...
Embalming is known and practised with
surprising skill in one particular family of
chiefs. Unlike the Egyptian method, as
described by Herodotus, it is performed in
Samoa exclusively by women. The viscera
being removed and buried, they, day after
day, anoint the body with a mixture of oil
and aromatic juices. To let the fluids
escape, they continue to puncture the body
all over with fine needles.
In about two months, the process of
desiccation is completed. The hair, which
had been cut and laid aside at the
commencement of the operation, is now glued
carefully on to the scalp by a resin from
the bush. The abdomen is filled up with
folds of native cloth; the body is wrapped
up with folds of the same material, and laid
out on a mat, leaving the hands, face, and
head exposed
... |
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