Page 84 in Manuscript E could
possibly in
some way reflect the day numbers
according to the G text. Cetus was
in the past when the Pleiades were
arriving. The beginning of line Gb5
was at glyph 354 and 354 - 84 = 270.
Nuku Kehu covered (kehu)
the overturned canoe hulls of the
king and the queen, possibly in harmony with
how Cetus could have been regarded
as 'overturned'
48 days after 0h.
Number 270 points at autumn
(September 27), when the Sun - as
regarded from a viewpoint north of the
equator - 'was sinking below the
horizon',
he-kehu te raá.
According to Manuscript E
the King and Queen arrived at Easter
Island in Tagaroa Uri 15,
which Barthel translated as
October 15 (288). However, Easter
Island is not north of the equator
and maybe we should look at the nakshatra positions:
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-25
(345) |
Gb4-26 |
Gb4-27
(118) |
Gb4-28
(348) |
|
MARCH
1 |
2 |
3
(427) |
4
(63) |
|
Menkar
(44.7) |
3h
(45.7) |
Misam
(46.2),
Botein
(46.9) |
ζ
Arietis
(47.7) |
|
Algol
(45.9) |
|
May
4 |
5
(125) |
6 |
7 |
|
'April
7 |
8
(*18) |
9
(99) |
10
(465) |
|
"March
24
(448) |
25
(84) |
26 |
2-27 |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
AUGUST
31 |
SEPTEMBER
1
(*164) |
2 |
3 |
|
Nadlat
(227.8),
π
Lupi
(227.9) |
15h
(228.3) |
ι
Librae
(229.6),
κ
Lupi
(229.7),
ζ
Lupi
(229.8) |
Al
Zubānā-14b |
|
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 |
5 |
6
(310) |
|
'October
7
(280) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
"September
23 |
24 |
25
(268) |
26 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-29 |
Gb4-30
(121) |
Gb4-31 |
|
MARCH 5
(42
* 9
=
378) |
6
(*350) |
7 |
|
Zibal
(48.0),
κ
Ceti
(48.9) |
τ
Arietis
(49.7) |
Algenib
Persei
(50.0),
ο
Tauri
(50.2),
ξ
Tauri
(50.8)
Gienah |
|
May 8
(128) |
9 |
10 |
|
'April 11
(101) |
12
(*22) |
4-13 |
|
"March 28 |
29
(88) |
30
(454) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER 4 |
5
(*168) |
6
(249) |
|
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) |
Alkalurops
(233.1) |
|
November 7 |
8 |
9
(313) |
|
'October 11
(*204) |
12
(285) |
13 |
|
"September 27
(270) |
28 |
29
(*192) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-32 |
Gb4-33 |
Gb5-1
(354) |
Gb5-2 |
Gb5-3 |
Gb5-4
(128) |
|
MARCH
8 |
9 |
10 |
11
(*355) |
12
(436) |
13
(72) |
|
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
11 |
12
(*417) |
13 |
14 |
15
(500) |
16
(136) |
|
4-14 |
'April
15 |
16
(471) |
17
(107) |
18 |
19
(*29) |
|
"March
31
(90) |
"April
1 |
2
(457) |
3 |
4 |
5
(*15) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER
7 |
8 |
9
(*172) |
10 |
11
(254) |
12 |
|
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),
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) |
|
Nov
10
(314) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
|
10-14 |
'October
15 |
16 |
17
(290) |
18 |
19
(*212) |
|
"Sept
30
(*193) |
"October
1 |
2
(275) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb5-5 |
Gb5-6 (130) |
Gb5-7 (360) |
|
3-14 |
MARCH 15 |
16 (75) |
| Menkhib (57.6) Porrima
|
Zaurak (58.9) |
λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) |
|
May
17 |
18 |
19 (139) |
|
'April
20 |
21 (111) |
22 (*32) |
|
"April
6 (*16) |
7 |
8 (463) |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER
13 (256) |
14 (*177) |
15 |
| 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
|
| (241.1), Zheng (241.2), VRISCHIKA (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9) |
|
November16 |
17 |
18 (322) |
|
'October
20 |
21 (*214) |
22 (295) |
|
"October
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
I have suggested (influenced by the C text) that the Easter Islanders may have kept their Moon calendar running from the time of Julius Caesar - when it abruptly had been separated from the Sun calendar. The expression i te tahi te angahuru marima o te raa.o tagaroa uri [E: p. 74] could therefore correspond to the nakshatra night which in Roman times was perceived in 'April 15, but which in rongorongo times was seen close to the Full Moon in May 12 (27 nights later):
| Nakshatra (star) perspective in Roman times: |
| He Anakena |
Hora Iti |
Hora Nui |
Tagaroa Uri |
Ko Ruti |
Ko Koró |
| 'January |
'February |
'March |
'April |
'May |
'June |
| 'July |
'August |
'September |
'October |
'November |
'December |
| Tua Haro |
Tehetu'upú |
Tarahao |
Vaitu Nui |
Vaitu Potu |
He Maro |
Possibly we could
at Gb4-29 - where the last star
of Cetus would have been at the Full Moon
and where 42 * 9 may have
alluded to Saturn - count
nakshatra night 270 ("September
27) as day 84
from "July 5 (186).
'October 11
(*204) - 84 = *120 ('April 30).
November 7 (311) - 84 = 227
(August 15), a
π
day.
Hau tea in
Gb4-33 has its mata in
front in the normal manner, in
contrast to the following hau tea in Gb5-1. This
is the opposite of a Janus sign,
because they are not back to
back but face to
face (mata meaning face).
Here we could perhaps interpret the
glyphs to allude to
turning the 'summer canoe' around
(covering - kehu - its
'face') in order to convert it
into a 'house'. A canoe means the
sea and a house means land.
Turning a glyph around into its
mirror image means it has no future,
it is a final point.
If the time of
Bharani should be used -
because of nakshatra "September
27 at Gb4-29 - then we should
look 18 nights ahead for
nakshatra "October 15.
However, the glyphs do not appear to support
such a method. Instead, focus of
attention seems to be at vaha
kai in Gb5-10:
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 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
Gb5-8 |
Gb5-9 |
Gb5-10 (134) |
Gb5-11 |
Gb5-12 (365) |
|
MARCH 17 |
18 |
19 (78) |
20 (444) |
0h |
|
4h (60.9) |
no star listed (61) |
Beid (62.2)
Vindemiatrix |
Al Dabarān-2 |
Hyadum II
(64.2) |
|
no star listed (60)
Cor Caroli |
HYADUM I
(63.4) |
|
May 20 |
21 |
22 (*427) |
23 |
24 (144) |
|
'April
23
(*33) |
24 |
25 (*400) |
26 (116) |
27 |
|
"April
9 (99) |
10 (465) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER
16 |
17
(260) |
18 |
|
19 |
20 (*183) |
|
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) |
Heart-5 |
|
Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab
(243.3), θ Lupi,
Rutilicus (243.5),
Marfik (243.7), φ
Herculis (243.8)
|
σ
SCORPII (247.0),
Hejian (247.2), ψ
Ophiuchi (247.7) |
|
November 19 |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
|
'October
23
(*216) |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
|
"October
9 (*202) |
10 |
11 |
12 (285) |
13 |
This should not
surprise us, because the G text
was probably beginning at the
Hyades Gate
and this perspective may have
been kept all through the text.
Supposing the Easter
Islanders used our Gregorian
calendar when looking at the stars
at the Full Moon, we could
interpret Tagaroa Uri as
the month corresponding to April
north of the Equator. Then the
king and the queen would have
landed in April 15 (or in 'April
15, or in "April 15), which
would be in harmony with turning
their canoes upside down to be
used as a houses because summer
was over.
'April 15 was at Gb4-33.
The explorers arrived to Easter
Island in He Maro 1 which
should not correspond to June 1
but to 'December 1 (the darkest
month of the year). From
'December 1 to 'April 15 there
were 470 - 335 = 135 days, as if
alluding to the distance from
January 1 to Tau-ono.
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