After this short repetition and
having secured what appears to be a
correct duration for the time between the
explorers leaving Hiva and
arriving to Easter Island we should go back to the
circumstances when they were leaving
the island. With the key number 157
fresh in mind we will quickly
perceive glyph 157 at Gb6-4.
Counted from the beginning of side b
there were 314 / 2 glyphs to my
suggested position for Tagaroa
Uri 25. It
ought to mean the sea journey to
Easter Island could have begun at Gb1-1.
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb5-26 (150) |
Gb5-27 (380) |
Gb5-28 |
|
APRIL 4 (*14) |
5 (460) |
6 |
|
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) |
|
June 7 |
8 (*444) |
9 (525) |
|
May 11 |
12 (*52) |
13 (133) |
|
"April 27 |
28 (118) |
29 (*39) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER 4 (277) |
5 |
6 (*199) |
|
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) |
|
December 7 |
8 (342) |
9 |
|
314 |
'November 11 |
*236 |
|
"October 27 (300) |
28 |
29 |
|
TAGAROA URI 18 (*186) |
19 |
20 (268) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb5-29 |
Gb6-1 |
Gb6-2 (384) |
Gb6-3 |
Gb6-4 (157) |
|
APRIL 7 (*17) |
8 |
9 (99) |
10 (465) |
11 |
|
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) |
|
June 10 (*446) |
11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 (530) |
|
'May 14 (*54) |
15 (135) |
16 |
17 |
18 (503) |
|
"April 30 (*40) |
"May 1 |
2 |
3 (123) |
4 (489) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER 7 (*200) |
8 |
9 (282) |
10 (648) |
11 |
|
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) |
|
Alwaid, Maasym (265.1),
Shaula (265.3),
Kuma
(265.6), σ Arae (265.9)
Hamal
|
|
December 10 |
11 |
12 |
Lucia |
14 (348 = 364 - 16) |
|
'November 13 (*237) |
14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
17 |
|
"October 30 |
31 (304) |
"November 1 |
2 |
3 (*227) |
|
TAGAROA URI 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (*192) |
25 (273) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb6-5 |
Gb6-6 (388) |
Gb6-7 (160) |
|
APRIL 12 (*22) |
4-13 (468) |
14 (104) |
|
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) |
|
χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae
(88.1),
BETELGEUZE
(88.3), ξ Columbae
(88.5), σ Columbae
(88.7)
Zuben
Elgenubi |
|
June 15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
|
'May 19 (*59) |
20 (140) |
21 |
|
"May 5 (*45) |
6 (126) |
7 (492) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER 12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
|
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) |
|
December 15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
|
'November 18 |
19 (*243) |
20 (324) |
|
"November 4 |
5 (*229) |
6 (310) |
|
TAGAROA URI 26 |
27 (275) |
28 |
But the number of
days in the month Tagaroa Uri
is
so far uncertain for us. In October there are
31 days and in April there are 30
days, an ugly
situation. Moreover, we have just
discovered the number of days
per month could have been
according to the pre-Julian
calendar - with for instance 29
days in Aprilis:
|
Martius |
31 |
31 |
- |
|
Aprilis |
29 |
30 |
+1 |
|
Maius |
31 |
31 |
- |
|
Iunius |
29 |
30 |
+1 |
|
Quintilis |
31 |
31 |
- |
|
Sextilis |
29 |
31 |
+2 |
|
Sum |
180 |
184 |
+4 |
|
September |
29 |
30 |
+1 |
|
October |
31 |
31 |
- |
|
Sum |
240 |
245 |
+5 |
If we should
use the pre-Julian
calendar also for the
lengths of the months spent
by the explorers on Easter
Island we must reduce the
number of days with a total
of 5. And it means we have to
raise the calendar day
numbers with 5 in order to
compensate:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb5-17 |
Gb5-18 |
Gb5-19 (372) |
Gb5-20 (144) |
Gb5-21 |
|
MARCH 26 |
27 |
28 (*7) |
29 (88) |
30 (454) |
|
no star listed (69) |
no star listed (70) |
Tabit (71.7), π² Orionis
(71.9) |
π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹
Orionis (72.4), π5
Orionis (72.8) |
π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο²
Orionis (73.4), Hassaleh
(73.6), π6 Orionis
(73.9) |
|
May 29 |
30 (*435) |
31 |
June 1 (152) |
2 |
|
'May 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (125) |
6 (*46) |
|
"April 18 |
19 (*29) |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 (477) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (272) |
|
ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr.
(252.1), η Herculis, β
Apodis (252.5) |
Atria (253.9) |
Tail-6 |
ι Ophiuchi (255.3),
Grafias (255.4) |
κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ
Arae (256.5), ε Arae
(256.8), Cujam (256.9) |
|
Wei, η Arae
(254.3),
DENEBAKRAB
(254.7) |
|
November 28 |
29 (333) |
30 |
December 1 |
2 (336) |
|
'November 1 |
2 |
3 (*227) |
4 (308) |
5 |
|
"October 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (*214) |
22 (295) |
|
TAGAROA URI
9 |
10 (*178 = *253 - *75)
|
11 |
12 (260) |
13 |
|
TAGAROA URI 14 |
15 (*178) |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb5-22 (146) |
Gb5-23 |
Gb5-24 |
Gb5-25 (378) |
|
MARCH 31 (*10) |
APRIL 1 |
2 (457) |
3 (93) |
|
Almaaz (74.7),
Haedus
I
(74.8) |
Haedus II
(75.9) |
5h (76.1) |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis
(77.6) |
|
ε Leporis (76.0),
Cursa
(76.4), λ Eridani (76.7) |
|
June 3 |
4 (520) |
June 5 |
6 (157) |
|
'May 7 |
8 (128) |
*414 |
10 (*50) |
|
"April 23 |
114 = 6 * 19 |
25 |
26 (*36) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER 30 (273) |
OCTOBER 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
no star listed (257) |
17h (258.7) |
Mula-19 |
Nodus I (260.0), π
Herculis (260.7), Ras
Algethi (260.8) |
|
no star listed (258) |
Sabik (259.7),
η
SCORPII (259.9) |
|
December 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (340) |
|
'November 6 (*230) |
7 |
8 |
9 (313) |
|
"October 23 (*216) |
24 |
25 |
26 (299) |
|
TAGAROA URI 14
|
15 (*183 = *258 - *75) |
16 |
17 (265) |
|
TAGAROA URI 19 |
20 (*183) |
21 |
22 (265) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb5-26 (150) |
Gb5-27 (380) |
Gb5-28 |
|
APRIL 4 (*14) |
5 (460) |
6 |
|
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) |
|
June 7 |
8 (*444) |
9 (525) |
|
May 11 |
12 (*52) |
13 (133) |
|
"April 27 |
28 (118) |
29 (*39) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER 4 (277) |
5 |
6 (*199) |
|
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) |
|
December 7 |
8 (342) |
9 |
|
314 |
'November 11 |
*236 |
|
"October 27 (300) |
28 |
29 |
|
TAGAROA URI 18 (*186) |
19 |
20 (268) |
|
TAGAROA URI 23 (*186) |
24 |
25 (268) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gb5-29 |
Gb6-1 |
Gb6-2 (384) |
Gb6-3 |
Gb6-4 (157) |
|
APRIL 7 (*17) |
8 |
9 (99) |
10 (465) |
11 |
|
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) |
|
June 10 (*446) |
11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 (530) |
|
'May 14 (*54) |
15 (135) |
16 |
17 |
18 (503) |
|
"April 30 (*40) |
"May 1 |
2 |
3 (123) |
4 (489) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER 7 (*200) |
8 |
9 (282) |
10 (648) |
11 |
|
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) |
|
Alwaid, Maasym (265.1),
Shaula (265.3),
Kuma
(265.6), σ Arae (265.9)
Hamal
|
|
December 10 |
11 |
12 |
Lucia |
14 (348 = 364 - 16) |
|
'November 13 (*237) |
14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
17 |
|
"October 30 |
31 (304) |
"November 1 |
2 |
3 (*227) |
|
TAGAROA URI 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (*192) |
25 (273) |
|
TAGAROA URI
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (*192) |
30 (273) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb6-5 |
Gb6-6 (388) |
Gb6-7 (160) |
|
APRIL 12 (*22) |
4-13 (468) |
14 (104) |
|
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) |
|
χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae
(88.1),
BETELGEUZE
(88.3), ξ Columbae
(88.5), σ Columbae
(88.7)
Zuben
Elgenubi |
|
June 15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
|
'May 19 (*59) |
20 (140) |
21 |
|
"May 5 (*45) |
6 (126) |
7 (492) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER 12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
|
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) |
|
December 15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
|
'November 18 |
19 (*243) |
20 (324) |
|
"November 4 |
5 (*229) |
6 (310) |
|
TAGAROA URI 26 |
27 (275) |
28 |
|
TAGAROA URI 31 |
KO RUTI 1 (275) |
2 (*196 = *271 - *75) |
For a time I felt
tempted to here say this would
complicate matters too much.
Instead we could argue that
on Land the Gregorian
Sun calendar should have
been
used in order to give the proper
month lengths (whereas out
on the
Sea the stars were
necessary)
- ua for Land and
rapa for the Sea.
However,
truth should not stay hidden for
long. Gb5-28 could coincide with
the night when the explorers
went home to Hiva.
The kava ceremony (Gb5-25)
is 3 days earlier - i.e. in the
interval between the arrival
of the King and the Queen in
Tagaroa Uri 15 (*70) and the home
voyage of the explorers in
Tagaroa Uri 25 (*80).
At Gb5-18 we
could count 51 * 8 = 408 and
there were 100 glyphs
remaining to 471 (= 1½ *
314). At mauga ('the
last') in Gb5-28 we can
count 52 * 8 = 416 = 16 *
26. And 528 = 2 * 264.
Other arguments can
also be used for
applying the pre-Julian
calendar measures and I
need a new page for a
further discussion. Anyhow, I should
here point out
we ought to change the position of
He Maro 1 from Gb2-10 (265)
to Gb2-9 (264):
|
Nakshatra
(star)
perspective
in Roman
times: |
|
1
Vaitu
Nui (29) |
2
Vaitu
Potu
(31) |
3
He Maro
(29) |
4
He
Anakena
(31) |
5
Hora Iti
(29) |
6
Hora Nui
(29) |
|
'April'
(30) |
'May'
(31) |
'June'
(30) |
'July'
(31) |
'August'
(31) |
'September'
(30) |
|
7
Tagaroa
Uri (31) |
8 Ko Ruti
|
9
Ko Koró |
10
Tua Haro |
11 Tehetu'upú |
12
Tarahao |
|
'October'
(31) |
'November'
(30) |
'December'
(31) |
'January'
(31) |
'February'
(28) |
'March'
(31) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb2-6 |
Gb2-7 |
Gb2-8 |
Gb2-9 (264) |
Gb2-10 (36) |
Gb2-11 |
| DECEMBER 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (345) |
12 |
| Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 |
no star listed (326) |
Castra (327.2), Bunda (327.5)
Sirius
|
Nashira (328.0), Azelfafage, κ Capricorni (328.7) |
Enif, Erakis (329.2), 46 Capricorni, Jih (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), Deneb Algiedi (329.8) |
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1) |
| Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9) |
| BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny) |
| February 9 |
10 (41) |
11 |
12 (408) |
13 |
All Hearts |
| 'January 13 |
14 |
15 (*300) |
16 |
17 |
18 (383) |
| "December 30 |
31 |
"January 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
4 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| JUNE 8 |
9 (525) |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
| The Knot (Ukdah) |
ψ Leonis (146.4), Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) |
Vathorz Prior (147.9) |
υ¹ Hydrae (148.4), Ras Elaset Borealis (148.7) |
| Al Tarf-7 |
A Hydrae (144.1)
Vega
|
Ukdah (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), Subra (145.8) |
| ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5) |
| August 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (227) |
16 |
| 'July 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
| "July 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (186) |
6 |
|
VAITU POTU 27 |
28 |
29 (150) |
30
(*71 = *146 - *75) |
HE MARO 1 |
2 |
|
VAITU POTU 28 |
29 |
30 (150) |
HE MARO 1 |
2 |
3 (*73 = *148 - *75 |
The Knot (Ukdah)
could easily
have associated
to how canoes should be
securely bound
up when the
voyagers left
them on the
beach, walking
inlands:
… the hau
cords which
secured the
purlins to the
rafters and the
rafters to the
ridge pole were
always to be
knotted towards
the right and in
three
revolutions,
'like [tying
off] the
umbilical cord
of a baby'.
A similar
practice was
once utilised
(and
occasionally
still is) to
fasten the lines
on a boat.
Hotu Matu'a, they
said, had
promised that if
this triplicate
practice were
followed,
fishermen would
not lose their
lives when their
boats capsized
at sea and
hare paenga
would not be
torn from their
foundations by
the wind ...
... At the
moment of
delivery the man
who ties the
navel cord (tangata
hahau pito)
is called in.
The tying of the
navel cord is
sacred and must
be performed
according to
ritual ... The
first knot (hahau
a te matau,
string of the
right) is tied
after the string
has made
transverse turns
around the navel
cord passing
from left to
right. After
three more
transverse turns
around the navel
cord right to
left, the second
knot (hahau
patu maui,
string to the
left) is tied.
These knots keep
the child's
strength in his
body. The navel
cord is cut by a
boy or girl (kope
or vie nagi
pito, young
man or woman who
bites the navel)
...
It should be
noted that with
He Maro 1
at glyph 35
counted from the
beginning of
side b my
initial estimate
for the number
of days out at
sea (37) now has
come down to 35.
This number
could have felt
more urgent to
present for the
readers of
Manuscript E
than 314 / 2.
... Thus the regular old Roman
year ended with Februarius 23
and it was 350 nights long, 25
fortnights. Then followed 5
extra nights, or as the Romans
saw it 5 + 1 = 6 nights in order
to include March 1, the first
day of the new regular year.
This means the last 4 months of
the year contained 3 * 29 + 23 =
110 regular nights, or as the
Romans saw it 110 + 1 = 111
regular nights, with 5 extra
nights immediately before the
last regular night
...
| November |
29 |
30 |
+1 |
| December |
29 |
31 |
+2 |
| Ianuarius |
29 |
31 |
+2 |
| Februarius |
28 |
28 |
- |
| Sum |
355 |
365 |
+10 |
|