The
distance
from
the
1st
Rei
to
the
2nd
(27
days)
agrees
with
the
precessional
distance
from
Roman
times
to
the
time
of
rongorongo:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
19 |
| Ga1-30 |
Ga2-1 |
Ga2-2 |
Ga2-3 (33) |
Ga2-4 |
| ●APRIL 9 (*19) |
10 (100) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| APRIL 20 (*30) |
21 (111) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
| Furud (94.9) |
Well-22 / Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-9 |
no star listed (96) |
β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0) |
no star listed (98) |
| δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) |
| June 23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 |
26 (177) |
27 |
| ºJune 19 |
20 (*91) |
SOLSTICE |
22 (173) |
23 |
| 'May 27 |
28 (*68) |
29 |
30 (150) |
31 |
| "May 13 |
14 (*54) |
15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●OCTOBER 9 |
10 |
11 (*204) |
12 (285) |
13 |
| OCTOBER 20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
23 (*216) |
24 |
| Purva Ashadha-20 |
Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9) |
Abhijit-22 |
| 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 |
| ºDec 19 (*273) |
20 (354 = 12 * 29½) |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
23 |
| 'Nov 26 (*250) |
27 |
28 |
29 (333) |
30 |
| "Nov 12 (*236) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga2-24 |
Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26 |
Ga2-27 |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
Ga3-1 (60) |
| ●MAY 3 |
4 |
5 (125) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (*49) |
| MAY 14 |
15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (*60) |
| φ Gemini (118.4) |
Drus (119.9) |
ω Cancri (120.2) |
8h (121.7) |
ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) |
Tegmine (123.3) |
Al Tarf
(124.3)
Ras Algethi
|
| χ Gemini (121.0), NAOS (121.3) |
| July 17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
21 |
7-22 |
23 |
| ºJuly 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
| 'June 20 (*91) |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 |
26 (177 = 6 * 29½) |
| "June 6 (314 / 2) |
7 |
8 |
9 (*80) |
10 |
11 |
12 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●NOVEMBER 2 |
3 |
4 (308) |
5 (*229) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| NOVEMBER 13 |
14 (318) |
15 |
16 (*240) |
17 |
18 (322) |
19 |
| ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) |
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) |
τ Aquilae (303.8) |
20h (304.4) |
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) |
Tso Ke (306.3) |
Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9) |
| η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
| January 16 |
17 |
18 (383) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| ºJanuary 12 |
13 (378) |
14 |
15 (*300) |
16 |
17 |
18 |
| 'December 20 |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
23 (*277) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
25 |
26 |
| "December 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (*264) |
11 |
12 (346) |
This number (27) was ascertained when finding the First Point of Aries at the back side of the tablet:
 |
 |
 |
 |
21 |
| Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 (408) |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 (181) |
| ●JANUARY 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
| JANUARY 15 |
16 (*301 = *408 - *107) |
17 |
18 (383) |
| θ Oct. (364.9) |
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
| Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8) |
ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8) |
| March 20 (444) |
Equinox (0h) |
22 |
23 |
| 'February 21 (*337) |
22 (53) |
Terminalia |
24 (420) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb7-22 |
Gb7-23 (204) |
Gb7-24 |
Gb7-25 |
Gb7-26 (436) |
| ●JANUARY 29 (*314) |
30 |
31 (396) |
●FEBRUARY 1 |
2 |
| FEBRUARY 9 |
10 |
11 (42) |
12 (408) |
13 (*329) |
| τ Ceti (24.7) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) |
| χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| April 14 |
15 |
16 (471) |
17 (472 - 365 = 107) |
18 (*393) |
| 'March 18 |
19 |
20 |
0h |
22 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| AUGUST 11 |
12 |
13 (*145) |
14 |
15 (227) |
| 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) |
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) |
| October 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 (290) |
18 |
| 'September 17 (260) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (*184) |
The creator of the G text could have used the same measure also at other places in his text, especially at cardinal points:
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
| Gb6-25 |
SIRRAH |
ALGENIB PEGASI |
POLARIS |
SHERATAN |
Gb7-26 (436) |
| 'February 21 |
2-22 |
TERMINALIA |
'March 20 |
0h |
3-22 |
| 27 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
| Ga1-30 |
CANOPUS |
Ga2-2 |
NAOS |
ρ Puppis |
Ga2-29 (59) |
| 'May 27 |
28 (148) |
5-29 |
'June 23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 (176) |
| 27 |
'June 24 (175) - 'March 21 (80) = 95 (= 190 / 2). Ga2-29 could allude both to the number of glyphs on side a and to the leap-year day 'February 29.
Terminalia + 5 = 'February 28. I.e., Ga2-29 cannot be comparable to 'February 28 (59). It is 471 - 409 (Algenib Persei) + 59 = 121 (= 11 * 11) glyphs later than Terminalia. But if we should count also the empty glyph space at the beginning of side a the distance would be 122 (= 2 * 61). In rongorongo times Rei in Ga2-27 was 121 days after 0h.
If Ga2-29 should be counted only in leap-years, then the normal number of days on side a would be 229 - 1 = 228, where we could count 22 * 8 = 176 ('June 25).
436 (Gb7-26) - 59 (Ga2-29) = 377 (= 472 - 95) = 378 - 1:
... The ordinary year in the previous Roman calendar consisted of 12 months, for a total of 355 days. In addition, a 27-day intercalary month, the Mensis Intercalaris, was sometimes inserted between February and March. This intercalary month was formed by inserting 22 days after the first 23 or 24 days of February; the last five days of February, which counted down toward the start of March, became the last five days of Intercalaris. The net effect was to add 22 or 23 days to the year, forming an intercalary year of 377 or 378 days ...
Tegmine is ζ Cancri and the name seems to mean 'covering' - which would be appropriate if its position was counted only in leap-years. Al Tarf is β Cancri and its name indicates 'end'. Probably the creator of the glyph text intended this manu kake to be at a cardinal point and the 'bird' (the Sun) to climb beyond day 59 (or 60 in a leap year).
The star ρ Puppis is at the creature looking ahead from the stern:
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My
last
star
in
Argo
Navis
is
η
Carinae
up
in
the
foliage
of
the
Tree
(Robur
Carolinum).
I
have
no
red
line
leading
up
to
η,
but
its
approximate
position
can
easily
be
found
by
thinking
of a
triangle
formed
with
the
pair
of
stars
above
ω as
its
base.
The
position
of η
Carinae was
41
days
after
Naos.
Although
modern
astronomers
have
butchered
Argo
Navis,
they
did
not
tamper
with
the
Greek
letters
assigned
by
Bayer.
The
star
which
I
have
labelled
p
Carinae
is
not
ρ
Carinae
-
which
does
not
exist
because
there
is a
star
ρ
Puppis
-
and
p
Carinae
is
the
2nd
star
above
ω.
The
1st
is q
Carinae
and
together
with
η
they
can
be
perceived
as
the
corners
of a
triangle.
Simiram
(whatever
that
name
means)
is ω
Carinae.
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 |
 |
 |
| Ga4-1 (84) |
Ga4-2 |
Ga4-3 |
Ga4-4 |
Ga4-5 |
Ga4-6 |
Ga4-7 |
Ga4-8 |
| ●JUNE 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (157) |
7 |
8 |
9 (*80) |
| JUNE 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
18 |
19 |
20 (*91) |
| υ¹ Hydrae (148.4), Ras Elaset Borealis (148.7) |
Tseen Ke (149.9) |
ν Leonis (150.1), π Leonis (150.6) |
υ² Hydrae (151.8) |
Al Jabhah-8 / Maghā-10 / Sharru-15 |
λ Hydrae (153.2) |
Adhafera, Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7) |
Algieba, q Carinae (155.5) |
| 10h (152.2) |
| AL JABHAH (152.4), REGULUS (152.7) |
| August 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (232) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
| 'July 20 (201) |
21 |
7-22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (*128) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●DEC 2 (336) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (*260) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
| LUCIA |
DEC 14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 (*273) |
20 |
| Kuh (331.4), γ Gruis (331.5) |
no star listed (332) |
η Piscis Austrini (333.4) |
22h (334.8) |
ι Pegasi (335.0), Alnair (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3), Woo (335.7), Baham, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8) |
ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3), -/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis Austrini (336.8) |
μ Gruis (337.0), ε Cephei (337.2), 1/325 Lac. (337.3), Ancha (337.4), ψ Oct. (337.5), α Tucanae (337.9) |
Al Sa'ad al Ahbiyah-23 / Shatabisha-25 |
| Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4), Sadalmelik, Al Dhanab (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7) |
ε Oct. (338.1), ρ Aquarii (338.2), 2/365 Lac. (338.5), SADACHBIA (338.6), π Gruis (338.9) |
| Febr 15 (46) |
16 |
17 (14 * 29½) |
18 (414) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
2-22 |
| 'Jan 19 (384) |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (*311) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga4-9 (92) |
Ga4-10 |
Ga4-11 |
Ga4-12 |
Ga4-13 |
Ga4-14 |
Ga4-15 |
| ●JUNE 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 |
15 |
16 (*79) |
| SOLSTICE |
JUNE 22 |
23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 |
26 (177) |
27 (*90) |
| Tania Australis (156.0), Ghost of Jupiter (156.8) |
Extended Net-26b |
Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru-16 |
p Carinae (159.3) |
φ Hydrae (160.3) |
no star listed (161) |
Vathorz Posterior (162.1), Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6) |
| μ HYDRAE (157.1) |
SHIR (158.9) |
| August 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (242) |
| 'July 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
'August 1 |
2 (214) |
3 (*135) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●DEC 10 |
11 (*265) |
12 |
LUCIA |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
| DEC 21 |
22 |
23 |
X-MAS EVE |
25 |
26 (*280) |
27 (361) |
| β/172 Lac. (339.2), 4/1100 Lac. (339.4), π Aquarii (339.5) Castor
|
δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2), ν Gruis (340.3), ζ Aquarii, δ Gruis (340.4), 5/1100 Lac. (340.7), σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9) Procyon
|
υ Oct. (341.0), α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii (341.9) |
η Aquarii (342.1), σ Gruis (340.4), Situla (342.7) |
ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi, β Gruis (343.8) |
ρ Gruis (344.0), Matar (344.2), η Gruis (344.6), β Oct. (344.7) |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), ξ Oct. (345.8), μ Pegasi (345.9) |
| February 23 |
24 (420) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (59) |
March 1 |
| 'January 27 |
28 (393) |
29 (*314) |
30 |
31 |
'February 1 |
2 (33) |
|