On side b there are 12 glyphs in a
group beyond nakshatra Apollyon:
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Gb5-26 (150) |
Gb5-27 (380) |
Gb5-28 |
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APRIL 4 (*14) |
5 (460) |
6 |
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ĸ Leporis (78.0),
Rigel
(78.1), Flaming Star
(78.2), Capella
(78.4), ο Columbae,
τ Orionis (78.8)
Thuban
|
λ Aurigae (79.0), λ
Leporis (79.6), ρ
Aurigae (79.7)
Arcturus
|
σ Aurigae (80.4),
Bellatrix, Saif al
Jabbar (80.7),
Elnath (80.9) |
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June 7 |
8 (*444) |
9 (525) |
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May 11 |
12 (*52) |
13 (133) |
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"April 27 |
28 (118) |
29 (*39) |
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NAKSHATRA DATES: |
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OCTOBER 4 (277) |
5 |
6 (*199) |
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Sarin (261.0), ο
Ophiuchi (261.4)
Alrisha
|
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2),
θ Ophiuchi, ν
Serpentis, ζ, ι
Apodis (262.4), ι
Arae (262.8), ρ
Herculis (262.9) |
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ
Arae (263.5), σ
Ophiuchi (263.6) |
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December 7 |
8 (342) |
9 |
|
314 |
'November 11 |
*236 |
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"October 27 (300) |
28 |
29 |
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TAGAROA URI 18
(*186) |
19 |
20 (268) |
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Gb5-29 (153) |
Gb6-1 |
Gb6-2 (384) |
Gb6-3 |
Gb6-4 |
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APRIL 7 (*17) |
8 |
9 (99) |
10 (465) |
11 |
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ψ Orionis (81.1),
Nihal (81.7) |
Mintaka, υ Orionis
(82.4), χ Aurigae
(82.5), ε Columbae
(82.6) |
Al Hak'ah-3 /
Mrigashīrsha-5 /
Turtle-20 |
Three Stars-21 /
ANA-IVA (9) |
ο Aurigae (85.8), γ
Leporis (85.9)
Yang Mun |
|
Arneb, Crab Nebula
(83.0,
φ¹ Orionis
(83.1),
HEKA,
Orion Nebula (83.2),
φ² Orionis
(83.6),
Alnilam
(83.7) |
Heavenly Gate, ν
Columbae (84.0), ω
Orionis
(84.2),
ALNITAK,
PHAKT
(Phaet) (84.7) |
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June 10 (*446) |
11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 (530) |
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'May 14 (*54) |
15 (135) |
16 |
17 |
18 (503) |
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"April 30 (*40) |
"May 1 |
2 |
3 (123) |
4 (489) |
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NAKSHATRA DATES: |
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OCTOBER 7 (*200) |
8 |
9 (282) |
10 (648) |
11 |
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Lesath, δ
Arae (264.7), Choo
(264.9) |
Al Shaula |
Ras Alhague (266.1),
Sargas
(266.3), μ Ophiuchi,
π Arae (266.5), Nan
Hae (266.6), ι
Herculis (266.7) |
λ Arae (267.1),
Girtab, ο
Serpentis (267.6) |
Kelb Alrai, μ Arae
(268.1), Kew Ho
(268.6), η Pavonis
(268.7),
Apollyon
(268.9) |
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Alwaid, Maasym
(265.1),
Shaula
(265.3), Kuma
(265.6), σ Arae
(265.9)
Hamal |
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December 10 |
11 |
12 |
Lucia |
14 (348 = 364 - 16) |
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'November 13 (*237) |
14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
17 |
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"October 30 |
31 (304) |
"November 1 |
2 |
3 (*227) |
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TAGAROA URI 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (*192) |
25 (273) |
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Gb6-11
(164) |
Gb6-12 |
Gb6-13 |
The 4
tagata
figures in
the center
show the
same
outline,
with the
front of their
necks higher
-
as also tagata
in Gb6-2 -
they were
not 4 but 5.
Makoi
had stayed
behind and
Kuukuu
had fallen
victim to
the Turtle.
Possibly,
therefore:
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| Gb6-2 (155) |
Gb6-6 |
Gb6-9 |
Gb6-12 |
Gb6-15 (168) |
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Ira |
Raparenga |
Uure |
Nonoma |
Ringiringi |
... Ira,
Raparenga,
Uure,
Nonoma,
and
Ringiringi
got up and
left the
'Dark Abyss
of Hau Maka'
(i.e.
Rano Kau),
arrived at
Hanga Te
Pau, put
the canoe
into the
water, and
sailed off
to Hiva,
to Maori.
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Sons of Hau Maka |
Sons of Hua Tava |
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Ira |
Sun |
(Kuukuu) |
Mars |
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Raparenga |
Moon |
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
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|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
|
Uure |
Venus |
|
(Makoi) |
Saturn |
|
Mercury |
Jupiter |
Venus |
Saturn |
Sun |
Moon |
Mars |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
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15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
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22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
My colour
scheme does
not seem
to work in
this place.
At first I
thought the
reason could
be that
'time was
running
withershins'.
When a war
canoe was
landing it
had its bow
out towards
the sea in
case a quick
departure
should be
necessary.
Therefore
its rear
would have
been first
encountered
when the
explorers
were on
their way to move
out again.
The Sunken
Ship has
also its
stern
arriving
first in
time:
... The Ship
appears to
have no bow
... Aratos
wrote:
...Sternforward
Argō
by the
Great Dog's
tail // Is
drawn; for
hers is not
a usual
course, //
But backward
turned she
comes, as
vessels do
// When
sailors have
transposed
the crooked
stern // On
entering
harbour; all
the ship
reverse, //
And gliding
backward on
the beach it
grounds. //
Sternforward
thus is
Jason's
Argō
drawn
...
Another
argument
should be
the strength
of the Sun
(alias
Ira):
... It is an
interesting
fact,
although one
little
commented
upon, that
myths
involving a
canoe
journey,
whether they
originate
from the
Athapaskan
and
north-western
Salish, the
Iroquois and
north-eastern
Algonquin,
or the
Amazonian
tribes, are
very
explicit
about the
respective
places
allocated to
passengers.
In the case
of maritime,
lake-dwelling
or
river-dwelling
tribes, the
fact can be
explained,
in the first
instance, by
the
importance
they attach
to anything
connected
with
navigation:
'Literally
and
symbolically,'
notes
Goldman ...
referring to
the Cubeo
of the
Uaupés
basin, 'the
river is a
binding
thread for
the people.
It is a
source of
emergence
and the path
along which
the
ancestors
had
travelled.
It contains
in its place
names
genealogical
as well as
mythological
references,
the latter
at the
petroglyphs
in
particular.'
A little
further on
... the same
observer
adds: 'The
most
important
position in
the canoe
are those of
stroke and
steersman. A
woman
travelling
with men
always
steers,
because that
is the
lighter
work. She
may even
nurse her
child while
steering ...
On a long
journey the
prowsman or
stroke is
always the
strongest
man, while a
woman, or
the weakest
or oldest
man is at
the helm ...
The
text of
Manuscript E
was handwritten
in ink
on common paper,
not carved
into wood. A
journey down into
the
Underworld,
to the
ancestors in
Hiva,
should begin at
the horizon
in the southwest,
go under the
earth, and
end at dawn
in the northeast.
In other
words it
would go
withershins.
The
preferred order
with the
strong Ira
first (in
Manuscript
E) therefore
appears to
be a copy of the
shadowy mirror image
of Ira
down in the
Underworld.
The G text,
on the other
hand, could
have had Ira
last because
he should be
at the bow
of the
canoe. And
the women should
be at the
stern of the
canoe in
order to
steer the
vessel.
Thinking
along these
lines I
decided to
try to change my
first table
above into:
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| Gb6-2 (155) |
Gb6-6 |
Gb6-9 |
Gb6-12 |
Gb6-15 (168) |
|
Uure |
Raparenga |
Ringiringi |
Nonoma |
Ira |
Venus (Uure)
should steer
and the Moon
(Raparenga)
should also
be at the
stern. The
weak Mercury
- half man
and half
woman - had
to be in the
center. The
real males
Jupiter (Nonoma)
and Sun (Ira)
should be in
the bow.
However, I
would like
to see
Rapa-renga
(Yellow
Dance-paddle)
in the
central
position:
The form
of the
body of
this
pair of
honu
pictures
resembles
that of
the
dance-paddle,
including
the
little
knob at
bottom,
perhaps
alluding
to how
dance-paddles
may have
facilitated observations
of stars
close to
the
Moon.
The face
of the
Sun is
completely
light,
not half
black.
Mercury
never
sails in
the sky,
instead
is
always
keeping
close to
Mother
Earth,
therefore
Raparange
could
have had
2 places
in the
canoe -
the Moon
had 2
faces:
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| Gb6-2 (155) |
Gb6-6 |
Gb6-9 |
Gb6-12 |
Gb6-15 (168) |
|
Uure |
Raparenga |
Raparenga |
Nonoma |
Ira |
We
should
also
consider
the New
Year
launching
of
canoes:
... the
first
month of
the
Moriori
year,
was
named
Rongo
(Lono).
On the
first of
the new
year the
Moriori
launched
a small
canoe to
Rongo,
although
they
built
and used
only
rude
craft
for
their
fishing
excursions.
The
canoe
was
manned
by
twelve
figures
symbolizing
the
personifications
of the
twelve
months.
Sometimes
twenty-four
figures
were
placed
in the
canoe,
and
Skinner
interprets
the
additional
twelve
as
representing
the
female
counterparts
of the
months.
As an
old
Maori
once
remarked.
'Everything
has its
female
counterpart.'
... A
curious
diversion
appears
in the
month
list of
the
people
of
Porapora
and
Moorea
in the
Society
Islands,
which
sheds
light on
the
custom
of the
Moriori
who
sometimes
placed
24
figures
in the
canoe
which
they
dispatched
seaward
to the
god
Rongo
on new
years
day. The
names of
the
wives of
the
months
are
included,
indicating
that
other
Polynesians
besides
the
Chatham
Islanders
personified
the
months
...
At the
beginning of
page 87 in
Manuscript E
there are 4
glyph lines
and the name
Vaka a
Tea Hiva.
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Vaka
Canoe,
small
boat;
vaka
ama,
outrigger
canoe.
Vaka-ivi,
graves
under
ahu
which
hold
skeletons
(lit.
'bone
canoe').
Vaka-ure,
to
lay
foundation
stones
in
the
outline
of a
canoe
(e.g.
for
hare
paenga);
nowadays
used
in
the
more
general
sense,
without
reference
to a
special
shape
of
outline.
Vanaga.
Canoe,
boat,
bateau,
shallop,
barge.
Vakapoepoe
(vaka
-
poepoe)
boat.
P
Pau.:
vaka,
canoe.
Mgv.:
vaka,
canoe,
raft.
Mq.:
vaka,
canoe.
Ta.:
vaa,
canoe,
boat.
Vakavaka,
narrow.
Mq.:
vakavaka,
vaávaá,
small,
fine,
thin.
Churchill. |
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Tea
1.
Light,
fair,
whitish.
2.
To
rise
(of
the
moon,
the
stars);
ku-tea-á
te
hetu'u
ahiahi,
the
evening
star
has
risen.
Vanaga.
1.
To
shine,
be
bright,
brilliant,
white;
tea
niho,
enamel
of
the
teeth;
ata
tea,
dawn;
teatea,
white,
blond,
pale,
colorless,
invalid;
rauoho
teatea,
red
hair;
hakateatea,
to
blanch,
to
bleach.
P
Pau.:
faatea,
to
clear,
to
brighten.
Mgv.:
tea,
white,
blanched,
pale.
Mq.:
tea,
white,
clear,
pure,
limpid.
Ta.:
tea,
white,
brilliant.
2.
Proud,
vain,
haughty,
arrogance,
to
boast;
tae
tea,
humble;
teatea,
arrogant,
bragging,
pompous,
ostentatious,
to
boast,
to
show
off,
haughty;
hakateatea,
to
show
off.
Mgv.:
akateatea,
pride,
vanity,
ostentatious,
to
be
puffed
up.
Ta.:
teoteo,
boastful,
proud,
haughty.
3.
Mgv.:
teatea,
heavy
rain.
Ha.:
kea,
the
rain
at
Hana
and
Koolau.
Churchill.
1.
White,
clear;
fair-complexioned
person,
often
favorites
at
court;
shiny,
white
mother-of-pearl
shell,
cfr.
keakea,
kekea,
Mauna
Kea.
Po'o
kea,
towhead,
gray-haired
person.
One
kea,
white
sand
(this
is
shortened
to
ōkea
or
kea,
as
in
the
expression
kea
pili
mai,
drift
gravel
-
vagabond).
(PPN
tea).
2.
Breast
milk.
See
Nu'a-kea.
3. A
variety
of
sugar
cane,
among
Hawaiians
one
of
the
best-known
and
most-used
canes,
especially
in
medicine:
clumps
erect,
dense,
of
medium
height;
pith
white.
Ua
ola
ā 'ō
kō
kea,
living
until
kea
cane
tassels
(until
the
hair
turns
gray).
4.
Name
listed
by
Hillebrand
for
kolomona
(Mezoneuron
kavaiense);
see
uhiuhi.
Wehewehe.
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KEA.
adj.
Haw.,
also
keo,
keo-keo,
white,
lucid,
clear;
a-kea,
openly,
public;
au-akea,
at
noon,
midday.
Sam.:
tea-tea-vale,
be
pale;
ao-atea,
forenoon;
atea-tea,
wide,
spacious.
Tah.:
tea,
white;
teo-teo,
pride,
haughtiness;
atea,
clear,
distinct,
far
off.
Marqu.,
tea,
atea,
white,
broad
daylight,
also
name
of
the
principal
god;
light
generally,
as
opposed
to
darkness.
Fiji.,
cea-cea,
pale,
deathlike;
cecea,
daybreak,
light
of
morning.
Malg.,
tziok,
brilliant,
snowwhite.
Ceram
(Mahai),
teen,
a
star.
Greek, θεος, m. θεα, f. god, goddess, divinity generally. In Greek, θεος signified no god in particular, but was applied ot almost all the gods, though perhaps more often to the sun. As the first gods were the sun, moon, &c., their brilliancy and whiteness were the underlying sense of the names given them. That primary sense was apparently lost in the Greek and the other West Aryan branches, though in the Polynesian both the primary and derivative sense has been preserved, ans in the Marqu. atea, both god and light, in the Tah. tapu-tea, the rainbow, and the Sam. tapu-i-tea, the evening star...
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As to these 4
glyph lines
Barthel (The
Eighth
Island,
Appendix 1.)
states they
are segments
from the
lines Ba6,
Ba5, Ba7,
and Ba8 on
the Aruku
Kurenga
Tablet.
Unfortunately
he did not
copy these
glyphs for
us.
I te toru
te kauatu.o
te raā.o
tangaroa uri
= On the
30th day of
the month
Tangaora Uri.
This could
be at Gb6-9
(6 * 9 = 54)
respectively
at Ga1-26
(12 * 6 =
72):
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|
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|
Ga1-22 |
Ga1-23 |
Ga1-24 |
Ga1-25 |
Ga1-26 |
|
APRIL 12 (*22) |
13 (468) |
14 (104) |
4-15 |
16 |
|
μ Columbae,
Saiph (86.5), τ
Aurigae, ζ
Leporis (86.6) |
υ Aurigae
(87.1), ν
Aurigae (87.2),
Wezn, δ Leporis
(87.7), Tze
(87.9) |
Ardra-6
/
ANA-VARU (8) |
η Leporis
(89.0),
Praja-pāti,
Menkalinan,
Mahashim, and γ
Columbae (89.3),
π Aurigae
(89.4), η
Columbae (89.7) |
μ Orionis
(90.3), χ²
Orionis (90.5) |
|
χ¹ Orionis, ξ
Aurigae (88.1),
BETELGEUZE
(88.3), ξ
Columbae (88.5),
σ Columbae
(88.7)
Zuben Elgenubi
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|
June 15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
18 |
19 |
|
ºJune 11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 |
15 |
|
'May 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (*63) |
|
"May 5 |
6 (126) |
7 |
8 |
9 (*49) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
|
OCTOBER 12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
15 (*208) |
16 (654) |
|
Muliphen
(269.0),
Basanismus
(269.5),
Pherkard (269.9) |
Ptolemy Cluster
(270.5) |
Rukbalgethi
Genubi (271.1),
ξ Herculis
(271.5), Etamin,
ν Herculis
(271.7), ν
Ophiuchi (271.8) |
ζ Serpentis
(272.4), τ
Ophiuchi (272.9) |
Winnowing
Basket-7 |
|
18h (273.4) |
|
NASH
(273.7),
θ Arae (273.8) |
|
December 15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 (*273) |
|
ºDecember 11 |
12 (*266) |
LUCIA |
14 (348) |
15 |
|
'November 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (*246) |
|
"November 4 |
5 (*229) |
6 (310) |
7 |
8 |
|
TAGAROA URI 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (277) |
30 |
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