My calculated position for ρ Ceti
is at glyph 107 from the beginning
of side b (remember: 107 = 471 - 364).
Its place was 16 days after
θ Ceti
and 19 days after Mirach (β
Andromedae) - at the Belly of the
Fish (Al Batn Al Hūt), a name
suggesting Andromeda indeed once
upon a time could have belonged
among the 11 monsters created by Tiamat
in her battle with Marduk and the younger
generation of gods. Possibly this
war described how it came about that
due to the precession the center of
power had been shifted ahead from 2-14
(45) to 3-14 (March 14), 28 days
later.
 |
 |
 |
 |
7 |
|
Gb3-27
(88) |
Gb3-28 |
Gb3-29 |
Gb3-30 |
|
FEBRUARY
1 (32) |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
|
Al Batn
Al
Hūt-26 /
Revati-28 |
ν
Phoenicis
(17.4),
κ
Tucanae
(17.6) |
no star
listed
(18) |
Adhil
(19.3),
θ Ceti
(19.7) |
|
MIRACH,
Keun Nan
Mun
(16.0),
Anunitum
(16.5),
REVATI
(16.9)
Regulus
|
|
April 6
(*16) |
7 |
8 |
9 (464) |
|
'March
10
(*354) |
11 |
12 |
13 (72) |
|
"February
24
(*340) |
25 |
26 |
27 (58) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
AUGUST 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (218) |
|
Al
Dafīrah
(199.4) |
σ
Virginis
(200.4) |
γ Hydrae
(201.0),
ι
Centauri
(201.4) |
Al
Simāk-12
/
Chitra-14
/
Horn-1 /
Sa-Sha-Shirū-20
ANA-ROTO |
|
Mizar
(202.4),
SPICA,
Alcor
(202.7)
Sadalmelik |
|
October
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
|
'September
9 (*172) |
10 |
11 |
12 (255) |
|
"August
26 |
27 |
28 (240) |
29
(*161) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-8
(99) |
Gb4-9
(329) |
Gb4-10 |
Gb4-11 |
Gb4-12 |
|
FEBRUARY
12
(408) |
13 |
2-14
(45) |
15 |
16 |
|
Al
Sharatain-1
/
Ashvini-1
/
Bond-16
/
Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2 |
ι
Arietis
(28.0),
λ
Arietis
(28.2),
υ
Ceti
(28.8) |
Alrisha,
χ
Phoenicis
(29.2),
Alamak
(29.7) |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-3 |
η
Arietis
(31.9) |
|
2h
(30.4) |
|
Segin,
Mesarthim,
ψ
Phoenicis
(27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ
Phoenicis
(27.4) |
κ
Arietis
(30.3),
HAMAL
(30.5)
Alkes |
|
April
17
(107) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
|
'March
21
(0h) |
22 |
23 |
24
(*368) |
25
(84) |
|
"March
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
(*354) |
11
(70) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
AUGUST
14 |
15
(227) |
16
(*148) |
17 |
18 |
|
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 |
|
π
Hydrae,
χ
Centauri
(213.0),
Menkent
(213.1) |
Asellus
Tertius,
κ
VIRGINIS,
14
Bootis
(214.8) |
|
October
17
(290) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
|
'September
20 |
21 |
Equinox
(265) |
23
(*186) |
24 |
|
"September
6 |
7
(250) |
8 |
9
(*172) |
10 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-13 |
Gb4-14 |
Gb4-15 |
Gb4-16
(336) |
Gb4-17
(108) |
|
FEBRUARY
17 |
18 |
19
(50) |
20
(*336) |
21
(417) |
|
ξ¹
Ceti
(32.1) |
θ
Arietis
(33.3),
Mira
(33.7) |
no
star
listed
(34) |
ξ
Arietis
(35.0),
ρ
Ceti
(35.4),
ξ²
Ceti
(35.9) |
σ
Ceti
(36.9) |
|
April
22 |
23 |
24
(114) |
25 |
26 |
|
'March
26
(85) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
|
"March
12 |
13
(72) |
3-14 |
15 |
16
(*360) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
AUGUST
19 |
20 |
21 |
22
(234) |
23
(600) |
|
Al
Ghafr-13
/
Svāti-15
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE |
ι
Lupi,
18
Bootis
(216.3),
Khambalia
(216.4),
υ
Virginis
(216.5),
ψ
Centauri
(216.6),
ε
Apodis
(216.8) |
Asellus
Primus
(217.8) |
τ
Lupi
(218.1),
φ
Virginis
(218.7)
Fomalhaut |
σ
Lupi
(219.1),
ρ
Bootis
(219.5),
Haris
(219.7) |
|
15
Bootis
(215.2),
ARCTURUS
(215.4),
Asellus
Secundus
(215.5),
SYRMA,
λ
Bootis
(215.6),
η
Apodis
(215.8) |
|
October
22
(295) |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
|
'September
25
(268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
|
"September
11
(254) |
12 |
13 |
14
(*177) |
15 |
In my star
list ρ Ceti
has right
ascension
day 36.4
(its
fraction
congruent
with the
first 9 Arab
manazil)
and
extrapolated
backwards to
the time of
rongorongo
this will be
35.4
(probably
alluding to
12 * 29½).
| Sumerian SAG |
 |
Phoenician resh |
 |
Greek rho |
Ρ (ρ) |
|
... Resh (Arabic: rāۥ) is the twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ... The word resh is usually assumed to have come from a pictogram of a head, ultimately reflecting Proto-Semitic *raۥ(i)š-. The word's East Semitic cognate, rēš-, was one possible phonetic reading of the Sumerian cuneiform sign for 'head' (SAG).
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|
The
reason for
double ξ
could be
the Janus
idea
implicit in the
front and
back sides of
the
Babylonian
Ku
head.
| Egyptian djed |
 |
Phoenician sāmekh |
 |
Greek xi |
Ξ (ξ) |
|
... In rongorongo times the last Greek lettered star in Orion (ξ) rose with the Sun in June 21. The letter seems to have originated from the Phoenician letter samekh (tent peg, supporting prop), which in turn may have been derived from the ancient Egytian djed column ...
|
Figures
running away
into the
past follow:
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-18 |
Gb4-19 |
Gb4-20
(111) |
Gb4-21 |
Gb4-22
(342) |
|
2-22
(418) |
TERMINALIA |
FEBRUARY
24
(*340) |
25
(56) |
26 |
|
ν
Ceti
(37.9) |
ν
Arietis
(38.5),
δ, ε
Ceti
(38.8) |
μ
Arietis
(39.4),
Head
of
the
Fly
(39.6),
Kaffaljidhma
(39.8) |
ο
Arietis,
π, μ
Ceti
(40.0),
Angetenar
(40.2),
Right
Wing
(40.9) |
Bharani-2
/
Stomach-17 |
|
π
Arietis
(41.2),
BHARANI
(41.4),
τ²
Eridani,
σ
Arietis
(41.7) |
|
April
27
(117) |
28
(472
/ 4) |
29 |
30 |
May
1 |
|
'March
31 |
'April
1 |
2
(92) |
3 |
4
(*14) |
|
"March
17 |
18
(*362) |
19
(78) |
20 |
0h |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
AUGUST
24 |
25
(*157) |
|
26 |
27 |
28
(240) |
|
σ
Bootis
(220.2),
η
Centauri
(220.4) |
ρ
Lupi
(221.0),
Toliman
(221.2),
π
Bootis
(221.8),
ζ
Bootis
(221.9) |
31
Bootis
(222.0),
Yang
Mun
(222.1),
Rijl
al
Awwa
(222.5),
ο
Bootis
(222.9) |
Izar
(223.0),
109
Virginis,
α
Apodis
(223.3) |
Al
Zubānā-14a
/
Visakha-16
/
Root-3 |
|
ZUBEN
ELGENUBI
(224.2),
ξ
Bootis,
ο
Lupi
(224.5) |
|
October
27
(300) |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
'September
30 |
'October
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
(277) |
|
"September
16 |
17
(260) |
18 |
19
(*182) |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-23 |
Gb4-24 |
Gb4-25
(345) |
Gb4-26 |
Gb4-27
(118) |
|
FEBRUARY
27 |
28 |
MARCH
1
(60) |
2 |
3
(427) |
|
no
star
listed
(42) |
ρ
Arietis
(43.0),
Acamar
(43.6),
ε
Arietis
(43.7),
λ
Ceti
(43.9)
Denebola |
Menkar
(44.7) |
3h
(45.7) |
Misam
(46.2),
Botein
(46.9) |
|
Algol
(45.9) |
|
May
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
(125) |
6 |
|
'April
5
(95) |
6 |
7 |
8
(*18) |
9
(464) |
|
"March
22 |
23 |
24
(448) |
25
(84) |
26
(*5) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
AUGUST
29 |
30
(242) |
31 |
SEPTEMBER
1
(*164) |
2 |
|
Kochab
(225.0) |
Ke
Kwan
(226.3),
Ke
Kwan
(226.4),
Zuben
Elakribi
(226.8) |
Nadlat
(227.8),
π
Lupi
(227.9) |
15h
(228.3) |
ι
Librae
(229.6),
κ
Lupi
(229.7),
ζ
Lupi
(229.8) |
|
Zuben
Hakrabim
(228.3),
λ
Lupi
(228.9) |
|
November
1 |
2
(306) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
'October
5 |
6 |
7
(280) |
8
(*201) |
9 |
|
"September
21 |
Equinox
(265) |
23 |
24 |
25
(*188) |
Maitaki
in glyph
118 (= 4
* 29½)
could be
the same
type of
sign as
the 6
'boulders'
rolling
Cetus
ahead:
These 6
'stones'
could
allude
to
Tau-ono,
rising
with the
Sun 10
days
after
Algol.
In
Gb4-26 a
head
formed
as a
pair of
similar
'Janus
stones'
was
depicted
as
running
away.
...
This
constellation
[Cetus]
has been
identified,
at least
since
Aratos'
day,
with the
fabled
creature
sent to
devour
Andromeda,
but
turned
to stone
at the
sight of
the
Medusa's
head in
the hand
of
Perseus
...
North of
the
equator
there
were 7
stars in
the
Pleiades
and the
Maya
expression
'One and
Seven
Hunaphu'
could
refer to
the
Pleiades
in the
night -
representing
the 7
planets
- and to
the one
and
single
Sun
ruling
in
daytime. The fate
of One
Hunaphu
we know:
...
And
then
the
bone
spoke;
it
was
there
in
the
fork
of
the
tree:
Why
do
you
want
a
mere
bone,
a
round
thing
in
the
branches
of a
tree?
said
the
head
of
One
Hunaphu
when
it
spoke
to
the
maiden.
You
don't
want
it,
she
was
told.
I do
want
it,
said
the
maiden.
Very
well.
Stretch
out
your
right
hand
here,
so I
can
see
it,
said
the
bone.
Yes,
said
the
maiden.
She
stretched
out
her
right
hand,
up
there
in
front
of
the
bone.
And
then
the
bone
spit
out
its
saliva,
which
landed
squarely
in
the
hand
of
the
maiden.
And
then
she
looked
in
her
hand,
she
inspected
it
right
away,
but
the
bone's
saliva
wasn't
in
her
hand.
It
is
just
a
sign
I
have
given
you,
my
saliva,
my
spittle.
This,
my
head,
has
nothing
on
it -
just
bone,
nothing
of
meat.
It's
just
the
same
with
the
head
of a
great
lord:
it's
just
the
flesh
that
makes
his
face
look
good.
And
when
he
dies,
people
get
frightened
by
his
bones.
After
that,
his
son
is
like
his
saliva,
his
spittle,
in
his
being,
whether
it
be
the
son
of a
lord
or
the
son
of a
craftsman,
an
orator.
The
father
does
not
disappear,
but
goes
on
being
fulfilled.
Neither
dimmed
nor
destroyed
is
the
face
of a
lord,
a
warrior,
craftsman,
an
orator.
Rather,
he
will
leave
his
daughters
and
sons.
So
it
is
that
I
have
done
likewise
through
you.
Now
go
up
there
on
the
face
of
the
earth;
you
will
not
die.
Keep
the
word.
So
be
it,
said
the
head
of
One
and
Seven
Hunaphu
-
they
were
of
one
mind
when
they
did
it
...
On
Easter
Island
the
equation
corresponding
to 1 +
7 = 8 could
instead
have
been 8 = 2
+ 6.
If this 6
was represented
by the
maitaki
type of
glyph,
we can
guess it
meant 6
* 59 =
354,
i.e. the
head in
Gb4-26
should
be counted
as 2 *
59 =
118.
This was
the day
number
for
April 28
and at
the time
of the
Hyades
Gate σ
Ceti
would
have
risen
with the
Sun 64
days
earlier,
viz. in
day 118
- 64 =
54 (= 2
* 27),
which at
that
time
could
have
been the
calendar
end of
the old
year,
TERMINALIA.
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