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The first ure in the text is in front in Ga8-17 (220) at December 30 (364) - or rather at day 300 (OCTOBER 27) counting by the stars in ancient times and using our Gregorian calendar as a star time map for the position in the year. Here the South Dipper (φ SAGITTARII) was impossible to see because it rose together with the Sun (284 respectively 220 days after 0h).

Sirius was in its nakshatra position in the night before the first ure, but Ga8-16 does not exhibit a true ure, only an allusion.

The last ure is at May 17 in Gb8-24 - or at MARCH 14 (3-14) - just after the Pleiades had risen together with the Sun.

Ure

1. Generation; ure matá, warlike, bellicose generation (matá, obsidian, used in making weapons). 2. Offspring; brother; colleague i toou ure ka tata-mai, your colleague has turned up. 3. Friendship, friendly relationship; ku-ké-á te ure, they have become enemies (lit.: friendship has changed). 4. Penis (this definition is found in Englert's 1938 dictionary, but not in La Tierra de Hotu Matu'a). Ure tahiri, to gush, to spurt, to flow; e-ure tahiri-á te toto, blood is flowing in gushes. Ure tiatia moana, whirlwind which descend quickly and violently onto the ocean; whirlpool, eddy. Vanaga.

Penis; kiri ure, prepuce, foreskin. P Pau., Mgv., Ta.: ure, penis. Ureure, spiral. Ta.: aureure, id. Urei, to show the teeth. Mgv.: urei, to uncover the eye by rolling back the lids. Churchill.

Pau.: Ureuretiamoana, waterspout. Ta.: ureuretumoana, id. Churchill.

H. Ule 1. Penis. For imaginative compounds see 'a'awa 1, 'aweule, ulehala, ulehole, ulepa'a, ulepuaa, ule'ulu. Kū ka ule, he'e ka laho, the penis is upright, the scrotum runs away (refers to breadfruit: when the blossom (pōule) appears erect, there will soon be fruit). 2. Tenon for a mortise; pointed end of a post which enters the crotch of a rafter (also called ma'i kāne). Ho'o ule, to form a tenon or post for the crotch of a rafter. 3. To hang. Wehewehe.

Ga8-10 Ga8-11 Ga8-12 (215) Ga8-13 Ga8-14 Ga8-15 Ga8-16
OCTOBER 20 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23 24 25 26
Purva Ashadha-20 Kaus Borealis (279.3) ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9) Abhijit-22 no star listed (282) ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)
 KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6) θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA (281.8)
December 23 Christmas Eve 25 26 (360) 27 28 29
'Nov 26 (*250) 27 28 29 30 (*254) 'December 1 2 (336 = 14 * 24)
"November 12 13 14 15 16 (320) 17 18 (*242)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
APRIL 21 (111) 22 23 24 25 (*400) 26 27
Well-22 no star listed (96) ν Gemini, β Monocerotis (97.0) no star listed (98) ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

Gemma

ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), Mebsuta (100.7) SIRIUS (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7)
δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
St John's Eve June 25 26 27 28 (*464) 29 30 (181)
'May 28 (148) 29 30 31 'June 1 2 (*73) 3
"May 14 15 16 (136) 17 18 19 20 (*60)

The Proclamation of the Sea (end of Land) came 5 days after December 30 (respectively 5 days after OCTOBER 27):

... This [σ] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...

5 222
Ga8-17 (220) Ga8-18 Ga8-19 Ga8-20 Ga8-21
OCTOBER 27 (300) 28 29 30 31
South Dipper-8 Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1), λ Pavonis (285.7) χ Oct. (286.0), Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6) ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella, Bered (Ant.) (287.9) Al Na'ām-18 / Uttara Ashadha-21
Φ SAGITTARII (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8) NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9)
December 30 (364) 31 January 1 2 3
'December 3 4 5 6 7 (*261 = 9 * 29)
"November 19 20 (*244) 21 (325 = 13 * 25) 22 23
NAKSHATRA DATES:
APRIL 28 29 30 (120) MAY 1 2
τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) Adara (104.8) ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein, Mekbuda (105.8) 7h (106.5)
no star listed (106)
July 1 2 3 4 (185) 5
'June 4 5 6 (157) 7 (*78) 8
"May 21 22 23 24 (144) 25 (*65) 227 (π)

In rongorongo texts multiples of 29 were used for measuring lengths of sequences of glyphs (or days). Noteworthy is day 464 for April 9 (when counting from January 1 in the previous year) because 16 * 29 = 464 (= 28 * 13 + 100).

Similarly was 9 * 29 = 261 (= 20 * 13 + 1) days counted from 0h, corresponding to December 7 = 5 days after December 2 (336 = 12 * 28). 464 (April 9) - 336 (December 2) = 128 = 28 + 100.

Gb8-11 (3 * 151) Gb8-13 Gb8-14 Gb8-15 (227) Gb8-16 (457)
MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 (64) 6 (*350)
MENKAR (44.7) 3h (45.7) Misam (46.2), Botein (46.9) ζ Arietis (47.7) Zibal (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9) τ Arietis (49.7)
ALGOL (45.9)
May 4 5 (*45) 6 7 (492) 8 (128) 9
'April 7 8 (*18) 9 10 (465) 11 (101) 12
"March 24 (*3) Equinox 26 27 (451) 28 (87) 29
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 31 SEPTEMBER 1 (244) 2 3 4 5 (*168)
π² Oct. (227.7), Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9) 15h (228.3) ω Oct. (229.3), ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8) Al Zubānā-14b μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3) ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi (232.5), Pherkad (232.6), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9)
Zuben Hakrabim (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9) χ Bootis (230.2), χ Bootis (230.3), Princeps (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (230.8)
November 3 4 (308) 5 (*229) 6 7 8
'October 7 (*200) 8 9 10 11 12 (285)
"Sept 23 (266) 24 25 (*188) 26 27 28
(229 or 2 * 229) Gb8-18 Gb8-19 (460) Gb8-20 Gb8-21 Gb8-22 Gb8-23 (235)
MARCH 7 8 9 10 (*354) 11 (70) 12 13
ALGENIB PERSEI (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

Gienah

no star listed (51) no star listed (52) no star listed (53)

Acrux

no star listed (54) Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18 / Temennu-4
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO
May 10 (*50) 11 12 13 14 15 (500) 16 (136)
'April 13 14 15 16 (471) 17 (107) 18 19 (*29)
"March 30 (454) 31 "April 1 2 (92) 3 4 5 (*15)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 6 7 8 9 (*172) 10 11 12 (255)
Alkalurops (233.1) Nusakan (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7) θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab, Qin, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8)

Sirrah

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9) ι Serpentis (237.4), ρ Oct., ψ² Lupi (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis (237.7), Unuk Elhaia (237.9) π Cor. Borealis, Cor Serpentis (238.1), Chow (238.6) κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, Tiānrǔ (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), Ba, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)
November 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236) 13 14 15
'October 13 14 15 (288) 16 17 (*210) 18 19
"September 29 30 (*193) "October 1 2 (275) 3 4 5
Gb8-24 (236) Gb8-25 (466) Gb8-26 Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30
3-14 MARCH 15 16 (*360) 17 18 (77) 19 (443) 20 (*364)
Menkhib (57.6)

Porrima

Zaurak (58.9) λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) 4h (60.9) no star listed (61) Beid (62.2)

Vindemiatrix

Al Dabarān-2
no star listed (60)

Cor Caroli

HYADUM I (63.4)
May 17 (137) 18 19 (*424) 20 21 22 23 (*428)
'April 20 21 (111) 22 23 24 25 (*400) 26 (*36)
"April 6 7 8 9 (464) 10 (100) 11 12 (*22)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 13 14 (*177) 15 16 17 (260) 18 19
β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) Iklīl al Jabhah-15 / Anuradha-17 / Room-4 υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7)

Schedir

16h (243.5) ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
(241.1), Zheng (241.2), VRISCHIKA (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5),  Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9) Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)
November 16 17 18 (*242) 19 20 21 22 (326)
'October 20 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23 24 25 26
"October 6 7 (*200) 8 9 10 11 12 (285)

The number of glyphs on the tablet is not 472 (= 16 * 29½) but 471 (= 3 * 157). Number 227 was used as an allusion for π (because to 22 / 7 = 471 * ⅔). The distance from the end of Land at Nunki (Ga8-21) to what I would like to call vai pau in Gb8-11 is 5 + 222 = 227 glyphs.

According to Manuscript E the explorers made landfall on Easter Island at a place they named Hanga Te Pau.

Unforgotten are they, these three.

kai viri kai viri.ko raua ana a totoru.

And therefore this is the (right) land lying there;

peira tokoa te kainga e moe mai era

this is Te Pito O Te Kainga, which also received its name from the dream soul.

ko te pito o te kainga i nape ai e toona kuhane.

The canoe continued its exploration and in a sweep sailed on to Hanga Te Pau.

hokoou.he rarama he oho te vaka he vari ki hanga.te pau

They went ashore and took

he tomo ki uta.he too

the food with them.

i te kai ki uta.

They pulled the canoe onto the beach and left it there.

hee totoi i te vaka ki uta he hakarere.

Ira sat down with all the other (companions)

he noho a ira anake.

The hand streched up probably means 'empty' (zero) - i.e. once upon a time Land had returned here (in MARCH 1):

vai Gb8-11

... The practice of turning down the fingers, contrary to our practice, deserves notice, as perhaps explaining why sometimes savages are reported to be unable to count above four. The European holds up one finger, which he counts, the native counts those that are down and says 'four'. Two fingers held up, the native counting those that are down, calls 'three'; and so on until the white man, holding up five fingers, gives the native none turned down to count. The native is nunplussed, and the enquirer reports that savages can not count above four ...

Vai

Water, liquid, juice. 1. Vai tagata, semen, sperm (also: takatea). 2. Vai kava, saltwater, sea, ocean. Vanaga.

(Sweet) water. Vai-kura = blood. Barthel.

1. Water, liquid, fluid, sap, juice, gravy, fresh water as differing from tai seawater; hakavai to dissolve, to liquefy, to melt. P Pau.: ana-vai, a brook. Mgv.: vai, water. Mq.: vai, water, liquid, juice. Ta.: vai, sweet water, sap, juice. Vaihu (vai-u), milk. T Mq., Ta.: vaiu, milk. Vaipuga (vai-puna), spring water. P Mgv.: vaipuna, water which springs from among stones. Mq.: vaipuna, spring water. Ta.: vaipuna, a spring. Vaitahe (vai-tahe 1), river. 2. Pau.: Vai, to exist. Ta.: vai, to be, to exist. Vaiora, to survive. Sa.: vaiola, the spring 'water of life?' Ma.: waiora, water of life.

Vaitoa (vai-toa 2), sugar. Mgv.: vaito, id. Vaituru (vai-turu 1), water conduit. Vaivai, weak. PS Mq.: vaivai, soft, pleasant, agreeable. Sa., To.: vaivai, weak. Pau.: Vaiho, to set down, to place. Ta.: vaiiho, to place. Ma.: waiho, to set down. Pau.: Hakavaivai, to delay. Ta.: vaivai, to rest a bit. Ta.: Vaianu, a plant. Mq.: Vaimata, tears. Ha.: waimaka, id. Vaitahe, a flood. Sa.: vaitafe, a river. Ha.: waikahe, running water, flood. Vaitupu, spring water. To.: vaitubu, well water. Unuvai, to drink water; hipu unuvai, drinking glass. Churchill.

Sa., Fakaafo, To., Fu., Niuē, Uvea, Nukuoro, Ta., Rar., Tongareva, Mq., Mgv., Fotuna, Nuguria, Vaté: vai, water. Rapanui: vai, juice, liquid, water. Aniwa: vai, tavai, water. Ma., Ha.: wai, id. Sikayana: wai, wuai, id. Vi.: wai, water. Rotumā: vai, voi, id. Churchill 2.

Pau

1. To run out (food, water): ekó pau te kai, te vai, is said when there is an abundance of food or water, and there is no fear of running out. Puna pau, a small natural well near the quarry where the 'hats' (pukao) were made; it was so called because only a little water could be drawn from it every day and it ran dry very soon. 2. Va'e pau, clubfoot. Paupau:  Curved. Vanaga.

1. Hakapau, to pierce (cf. takapau, to thrust into). Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, black and blue. 2. Resin. Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: tepau, gum, pitch, resin. (Paupau) Hakapaupau, grimace, ironry, to grin. 3. Paura (powder), gunpowder. 4. Pau.: paupau, breathless. Ta.: paupau, id. 5. Ta.: pau, consumed, expended. Sa.: pau, to come to an end. Ma.: pau, finished. 6. Ta.: pau, to wet one another. Mq.: pau, to moisten. Churchill.

Paua or pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (genus Haliotis), known in the USA as abalone, and in the UK as ormer shells ... Wikipedia

Menkar (at Gb8-11) is α Ceti, the star at the nose of the Beast climbing up with its front paws on the peninsula at Eridanus:

Algol in the following day is β Persei at the left eye of the Medusa head (decapitated in order to finish the winter half of the year):

Menkhib ('close to the Pleiades') is my name for ζ Persei at the left foot of Perseus.