I am fairly
certain
Sirius (Te
Pou) has
been
depicted in
Gb6-20:
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| Gb6-20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (177) |
| 3-15 |
Martius 16 |
17 |
18 (77) |
19 |
| APRIL 27 (482) |
28 |
29 |
30 (*40) |
MAY 1 (121) |
| SIRIUS (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7) |
τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) |
θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) |
Adara (104.8) |
ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8), Mekbuda (105.9) |
| June 30 |
July 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (185) |
| 'June 3 (*64) |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (158) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| OCT 27 (300) |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (*224) |
| South Dipper-8 |
Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1), λ Pavonis (285.7)
Atlas
|
χ Octantis (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) |
Al Na'ām-18 / Uttara Ashadha-21 |
| Φ SAGITTARII (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8) |
NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) |
| Dec 30 (364) |
31 |
January 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
| 'December 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (*260) |
7 (341) |
| KO RUTI 10 |
11 (290) |
12 |
13 |
14 (*213) |
| KO RUTI 15 |
16 (290) |
17 |
18 |
19 (*213) |
Double
straight strings
with
3
mata
on
each
are
hanging
down
in a
strange
way,
as
if
there
was
a
wind
blowing
them
backwards
in
time.
I
imagined
for
a
while
it
could
mean
time
in a
way runs
backwards
in
front.
As I
have
explained
precession
moves
the
cardinal
points
of
the
Sun
earlier
in
the
year
in
relation
to
the
stars,
which
means
the
stars
are
moving
correspondingly ahead
relatively
to the
cardinal
points
in a
Sun
calendar:
| March 21 |
22 (81) |
23 |
24 |
21 |
| no glyph |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
| koia |
ki te hoea |
ki te henua |
| Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
θ Andromedae (2.7), ζ Tucanae (3.5) |
| 0h (365.25) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8), χ Pegasi (2.1) |
| Caph, SIRRAH (0.5) |
| 1842 A.D. |
1771 A.D. |
1700 A.D. |
1629 A.D. |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| September 20 |
21 (264) |
equinox |
23 |
| 12h (182.6) |
Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 |
Zaniah (185.8), Chang Sha (186.3) |
| Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1) |
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) |
| 'Sea' |
| April 15 |
16 |
17 (107) |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-25 |
Ca1-26 |
Ca2-1 (27) |
| kiore ki te huaga |
kua moe ki te tai. |
Te heke |
| no star listed |
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
| Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| 67 A.D. |
5 B.C. |
76 B.C. |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| October 15 |
16 |
17 (290) |
| τ Bootis (208.3), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
no star listed |
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
| 'Sea' |
'Land' |
In G the same phenomenon could have motivated a gradual change of view from the time of rongorongo to the time of Hyades II, beginning at the point in the text where the calendar cycle was ending (before all the glyphs on the tablet had been used up).
A basic astronomical cycle could have ended at July 4 (185), when Nunki (σ Sagittarii) was at the Full Moon.
... This [σ] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...
It would then be possible to let side b end where there would be a continuity of the text on to the beginning of side a.
If we should count also the empty glyph space at the beginning of side a, then Gb6-17 will be number 400. The end of the calendar cycle formed at the time of Taurus may have finished at Sirius, after a June (Jupiter) solstice period beginning where in the G text hair (or feathers) - covers the apex heads of the tagata figures:
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 |
 |
| Februarius 28 |
Martius 1 |
2 (61) |
3 |
4 (428) |
5 (64) |
| Gb6-5 |
Gb6-6 |
Gb6-7 (160) |
Gb6-8 |
Gb6-9 |
Gb6-10 (392) |
| APRIL 12 |
4-13 (468) |
14 (104) |
15 (*25) |
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
| 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) |
6h (91.3) |
| χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7) Zuben Elgenubi |
ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6) |
| June 15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
18 |
19 |
20 (171) |
| 'May 19 (*59) |
20 (140) |
21 |
22 |
23 (*63) |
24 (144) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| OCTOBER 12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
15 (*208) |
16 |
17 (290) |
| 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 |
Zhōngshān (274.0), π Pavonis (274.6) |
| 18h (273.4) |
| NASH (273.7), θ Arae (273.8) |
| December 15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (354) |
| 'November 18 |
19 (*243) |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 (*246) |
23 (327) |
| TAGAROA URI 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (277) |
*198 = *273 - *75 |
31 |
| TAG URI 31 |
KO RUTI 1 (275) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (*199) |
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 |
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 |
| Martius 6 |
7 |
8 (432) |
9 |
10 |
11 (70) |
| Gb6-11 (393) |
Gb6-12 (165) |
Gb6-13 |
Gb6-14 |
Gb6-15 |
Gb6-16 |
| APRIL 18 |
19 (*29) |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
23 (478) |
| ξ Orionis (92.5) |
Al Han'ah-4 / Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8 |
Furud (94.9) |
Well-22 |
no star listed (96) |
β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0) |
| TEJAT PRIOR (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) |
δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) |
| Solstice |
June 22 (173) |
23 |
St John's Eve |
25 |
26 |
| 5-25 |
'May 26 |
27 |
28 (*68) |
29 |
30 (150) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| OCTOBER 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
23 (*216) |
| ι Pavonis (275.1), Polis (275.9)
Menkar
|
η Sagittarii (276.9) |
Purva Ashadha-20 |
Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9) |
| KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) |
φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6) |
| Solstice |
December 22 |
23 |
Christmas Eve |
25 |
26 (360) |
| 'November 24 |
25 (329) |
26 (*250) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| KO RUTI 1 (*200) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (285) |
| KO RUTI 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
*204 = *279 - *75 |
11 (285) |
Hotu arrived to Easter Island in Tangaroa Uri 15 and the explorers returned home to Hiva 10 days later. We do not know how the date Tangaroa Uri 25 in Manuscript E should be understood. There is, however, a possibility that the equation Tangaroa Uri = OCTOBER was used by the creator of the G text, in which case Gb6-18 should correspond to day (400 + 1 - 230 = 171 = 9 * 19) when the explorers went home:
Gb6-19 (Martius 14) could mark a cardinal zero point (= March 21 + 100), the day before heliacal Sirius, when someone was running away.
The Hindu 'victorius' station (Abhijit) is exceptional (with 22 coming before 21 as a Sign in order to draw attention to π = 22 / 7 as a way to tell this was a cardinal point):
| SAGITTARIUS: |
| 20 |
Purva Ashadha |
δ and ε Sagittarii |
Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket |
278 = 260 + 18 |
| first of the ashādhā (the invincible one, the name of a constellation) |
Kaus |
Dec 24 (358) |
| LYRA: |
| 22 |
Abhijit |
α, ε, and ζ Lyrae |
- |
282 = 278 + 4 |
| victorious |
Vega |
Dec 28 (362) |
| SAGITTARIUS: |
| 21 |
Uttara Ashadha |
ζ and σ Sagittarii |
Elephant tusk, small bed |
288 = 282 + 6 |
| second of the ashādhā |
Nunki |
Jan 3 (368) |
Notably the figure in Gb6-17 has been drawn precisely as in Gb6-25, and Venus has 8 dark nights before she returns as Morning Star:
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7 |
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 |
 |
 |
| Gb6-17 |
Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 (408) |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 (181) |
| Martius 12 (71) |
Martius 20 |
21 (80) |
22 |
23 |
| APRIL 24 (114) |
MAY 2 (*42) |
3 |
4 (124) |
5 (490) |
| no star listed (98) |
7h (106.5) |
Wezen (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) |
no star listed (108) |
λ Gemini (109.4), Wasat (109.8) |
| no star listed (106) |
| June 27 |
July 5 |
6 |
7 (188) |
8 (378 / 2) |
| 'May 31 (*71) |
'June 8 |
9 (*80) |
10 (161) |
11 |
| |
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| OCTOBER 24 |
NOVEMBER 1 |
2 |
3 (*227) |
4 (308) |
| Abhijit-22 |
19h (289.2) |
Al Baldah-19 |
Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) |
| θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA (281.8) |
λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) |
AL BALDAH, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
| December 27 (361) |
January 4 |
5 (370) |
6 |
7 (12 * 31) |
| 'November 30 |
'December 8 |
9 |
10 (344) |
11 (*265) |
| KO RUTI 7 |
KO RUTI 15 (*214) |
16 (295) |
17 |
18 |
| KO RUTI 12 (286) |
KO RUTI 20 (*214) |
21 (295) |
22 |
23 |
The traditional way from the beginning of a year went by a string of stars descending from high up down to Spica:
| BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS: |
| 1 |
1-iku |
Field measure |
τ (Anunitum) Pisces |
16.5 |
April 6 (96) |
| 2 |
Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku |
Front of the Head of Ku |
β (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) Arietis |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
| 3 |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku |
Back of the Head of Ku |
α (Hamal) Arietis |
30.5 |
April 20 (110) |
| 4 |
Temennu |
Foundation Stone |
η (Alcyone) Tauri |
56.1 |
May 16 (136) |
| 5 |
Pidnu-sha-Shame |
Furrow of Heaven |
α (Aldebaran) Tauri |
68.2 |
May 28 (148) |
| 6 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu |
Star in the Bull towards the north |
β (El Nath) Tauri |
80.9 |
June 9 (160) |
| 7 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū |
Star in the Bull towards the south |
ζ (Heavenly Gate) Tauri |
84.0 |
June 13 (164) |
| 8 |
Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu |
Front of the Mouth of the Twins |
η (Tejat Prior) Gemini |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
| |
| 12 |
Mash-mashu-arkū |
Eastern One of the Twins |
β (Pollux) Gemini |
116.2 |
July 15 (196) |
| 13 |
Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu |
Southeast Star in the Crab |
δ (Ascellus Australis) Cancri |
131.4 |
July 30 (211) |
| |
| 16 |
Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru |
4th Son behind the King |
ρ (Shir) Leonis |
158.9 |
Aug 26 (238) |
| 17 |
Zibbat A. |
Tail of the Lion |
β (Denebola) Leonis |
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
| 18 |
Shēpu-arkū sha-A |
Hind Leg of the Lion |
β (Alaraph) Virginis |
178.6 |
Sept 15 (258) |
| 19 |
Shur-mahrū-shirū |
Front or West Shur (?) |
γ (Porrima) Virginis |
191.5 |
Sept 28 (271) |
| 20 |
Sa-Sha-Shirū |
Virgin's Girdle |
α (Spica) Virginis |
202.7 |
Oct 9 (282) |
Therefore it would have been natural to regard Vega high up (and once a star at the pole) as the point of origin (the same idea as Polars followed by the First Point of Aries):
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