There
are
no
more
Rei
glyphs
in
the
text for
a
while
and
we
could
instead
look
ahead
for
the
'fish-hook'
-
cfr
the
form
of
the
'beard'
of
Shu
- on
the
back
side
of
the
tablet.
| ●NOVEMBER 8 |
9 (ф294) |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 (*236) |
13 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb1-14 |
Gb1-15 |
Gb1-16 |
Gb1-17 |
Gb1-18 |
Gb1-19 (248) |
| NOVEMBER 19 |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
| Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9) |
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox / Herd Boy-9 |
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)
Arneb
|
ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)
Alnilam
|
Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)
Phakt
|
Rotanev, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) |
| DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7) |
| January 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (ф372) |
27 (392) |
| 'Dec 26 (360) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (ф345) |
31 (*285) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●MAY 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (135) |
| MAY 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (146) |
| χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) |
Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
Āshleshā-9 / Willow-24 |
Al Nathrah-6 |
| υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), Al Minhar al Shujā, Museida (129.9)
Ras Alhague
|
BEEHIVE (130.4), Xestus (130.5), Ascellus Borealis (130.9) |
| July 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (ф190) |
29 (210) |
| 'June 27 |
28 (ф160) |
29 (*100) |
30 |
'July 1 |
2 (183) |
The best fit for 'drawing up' could be reading the dates heliacally as they were in Roman times, with the 'fish hook' in day 364 ('December 30). At midnight Phakt (α Columbae) culminated
Arneb (α Leporis) culminated 2 nights earlier. And in the center was Alnilam (the 'string of pearls', ε in the Belt of Orion). Possibly once upon a time the Sun in spring was imagined as drawing up the Earth Turtle from the watery region by means of 'cords of heaven':
The greater of this pair of haka-turou 'fish-hooks' could have been defined from where our Gregorian calendar had heliacal Sirius (viz. 4 days too late):
| ●APRIL 14 (4-14) |
15 (*25) |
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga2-5 (35) |
Ga2-6 |
Ga2-7 |
Ga2-8 |
| APRIL 25 (*35) |
26 |
27 |
28 (118) |
| 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) |
τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) |
| June 28 |
29 |
30 |
July 1 (182) |
| ST JOHN'S EVE |
ºJune 25 |
26 (177) |
27 |
| 'June 1 (*72) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●OCTOBER 14 |
15 (*208) |
16 (ф270) |
17 (290) |
| OCTOBER 25 |
26 (ф280) |
27 (300) |
28 (*221) |
| no star listed (282) |
ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) |
South Dipper-8 |
Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1), λ Pavonis (285.7)
Atlas
|
| Φ SAGITTARII (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8) |
| December 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 |
| CHRISTMAS EVE |
ºDecember 25 |
26 (360) |
27 |
| 'December 1 |
2 |
3 (*257) |
4 |
| ●APRIL 18 (*28) |
19 (ф90) |
20 |
21 (111) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga2-9 |
Ga2-10 (40) |
Ga2-11 |
Ga2-12 |
| APRIL 29 (*39) |
30 (ф101) |
MAY 1 (121) |
2 |
| Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-10 |
Adara (104.8) |
ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8), Mekbuda (105.9) |
7h (106.5) |
| θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), ALHENA (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) |
no star listed (106) |
| July 2 |
3 |
4 (185) |
5 |
| ºJune 28 |
29 (*100) |
30 (SIRIUS) |
ºJuly 1 (182) |
| 'June 5 (156 = 12 * 13) |
6 (*77) |
7 |
8 |
| "May 22 |
23 (*63) |
24 (144) |
25 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●OCTOBER 18 (291) |
19 (ф273) |
20 |
21 (*214) |
| OCTOBER 29 (*222) |
30 (ф284) |
31 (304) |
NOVEMBER 1 |
| 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) |
Uttara Ashadha-21 |
19h (289.2) |
| NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) |
λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) |
| January 1 (366) |
2 |
3 |
4 (ф350) |
| ºDecember 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
| 'December 5 (ф320) |
6 (340) |
7 (*261 = 9 * 29) |
8 |
The distance in the text from the greater hook to the lesser one was therefore not 183 but 183 + 23 (= 27 - 4) = 206 glyphs:
|
188 |
17 |
|
| Ga2-11 (41) |
205 |
Gb1-18 (247) |
| ºJune 30 (181) |
182 |
'December 30 (364) |
This exercise supports reading the text heliacally. Possibly it could also indicate we should perceive a pair of calendars. Maybe our own Gregorian Sun (Sirius) calendar was projected onto side a whereas on side b a Roman time calendar was defined by other significant stars than Sirius.
However, we should not ignore such findings as June 23 at the first Rei with the second 27 days later in 'June 23:
The 'hard ware' right ascension net was firm and would have forced the calendar makers through all precessional times to adapt to best fits.
But
the
creators
of
glyph
texts
could
have
taken
one
step
further
and
illuminated
their
ideas
not
only
by
the
significant
stars
but
also
by
the
structures
of
well-known
calendars:
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