According
to
Manuscript
E there
was a
Turtle
who
played a
major
role in
explaining
why one
of the
explorers
had to
leave.
This
happened
not long
after
the
feast on
fishes
in
Hanga
Hoonu
(Bay of
Turtles):
... They
all sat
down and
rested
[on the
plain of
Oromanga],
when
suddenly
they saw
that a
turtle
had
reached
the
shore
and had
crawled
up on
the
beach.
He [Ira]
looked
at it
and
said,
'Hey,
you! The
turtle
has come
on
land!'
He said,
'Let's
go!
Let's go
back to
the
shore.'
They all
went to
pick up
the
turtle.
Ira
was the
first
one to
try to
lift the
turtle -
but she
didn't
move.
Then
Raparenga
said,
'You do
not have
the
necessary
ability.
Get out
of my
way so
that I
can have
a try!'
Raparenga
stepped
up and
tried to
lift the
turtle -
but
Raparenga
could
not move
her. Now
you
spoke,
Kuukuu:
'You
don't
have the
necessary
ability,
but I
shall
move
this
turtle.
Get out
of my
way!'
Kuukuu
stepped
up,
picked
up the
turtle,
using
all his
strength.
After he
had
lifted
the
turtle a
little
bit, he
pushed
her up
farther.
No
sooner
had he
pushed
her up
and
lifted
her
completely
off the
ground
when she
struck
Kuukuu
with one
fin. She
struck
downward
and
broke
Kuukuu's
spine.
The
turtle
got up,
went
back
into the
(sea)
water,
and swam
away.
All the
kinsmen
spoke to
you
(i.e.
Kuukuu):
'Even
you did
not
prevail
against
the
turtle!'
They put
the
injured
Kuukuu
on a
stretcher
and
carried
him
inland.
They
prepared
a soft
bed for
him in
the cave
and let
him rest
there.
They
stayed
there,
rested,
and
lamented
the
severely
injured
Kuukuu.
Kuukuu
said,
'Promise
me, my
friends,
that you
will not
abandon
me!'
They all
replied,
'We
could
never
abandon
you!' They
stayed
there
twenty-seven
days in
Oromanga.
Everytime
Kuukuu
asked,
'Where
are you,
friends?'
they
immediately
replied
in one
voice,
'Here we
are!'
They all
sat down
and
thought.
They had
an idea
and
Ira
spoke,
'Hey,
you!
Bring
the
round
stones
(from
the
shore)
and pile
them
into six
heaps of
stones!'
One of
the
youths
said to
Ira,
'Why do
we want
heaps of
stone?'
Ira
replied,
'So that
we can
all ask
the
stones
to do
something.'
They
took
(the
material)
for the
stone
heaps (pipi
horeko)
and
piled up
six
heaps of
stone at
the
outer
edge of
the
cave.
Then
they all
said to
the
stone
heaps,
'Whenever
he
calls,
whenever
he calls
for us,
let your
voices
rush (to
him)
instead
of the
six (of
us)
(i.e.,
the six
stone
heaps
are
supposed
to be
substitutes
for the
youths).
They all
drew
back to
profit
(from
the
deception)
(? ki
honui)
and
listened.
A short
while
later,
Kuukuu
called.
As soon
as he
had
asked,
'Where
are
you?'
the
voices
of the
stone
heaps
replied,
'Here we
are!'
All (the
youths)
said,
'Hey,
you!
That was
well
done!'
...
Given
that my
interpretation
so far
is
right,
viz.
that the
explorers'
feast on
delicious
fishes
can be
put in
parallel
with
such
stars as
Naos,
Heap of
Fuel,
and
Bright
Fire -
described
from Ga2-27
to
Ga3-2 -
we
should
look for
6 stone
heaps
somewhere
not far
later in
the
text:
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| Ga2-24 |
Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26 (56) |
Ga2-27 |
| φ Gemini (118.4) |
Drus (119.9) |
ω Cancri (120.2) |
8h (121.7) |
| χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3) |
| July 17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
July 20 (201) |
| ºJuly 13 |
14 (195) |
15 (*116) |
ºJuly 16 |
| 'June 20 (171 - 80 + 366 = *457) |
Solstice |
22 (*93) |
'June 23 (*460) |
| "June 6 (*77) |
7 (*444) |
8 (525) |
"June 9 (*80) |
| ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) |
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) |
τ Aquilae (303.8) |
20h (304.4) |
| η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
| January 16 (*301) |
17 |
18 (383) |
January 19 (*304) |
| ºJanuary 12 |
13 (378) |
14 (*299) |
ºJanuary 15 (*300) |
| 'December 20 (354) |
Solstice |
22 |
'December 23 (*277) |
| "December 6 (*260) |
7 |
8 (342) |
"December 9 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-2 (61) |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 |
| χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) |
Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
| υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
| July 24 (*125) |
25 |
26 |
27 (208) |
| ºJuly 20 (*121) |
21 |
22 |
23 (204) |
| 'June 27 |
28 (*465) |
29 (*100) |
30 (181) |
| "June 13 (*84) |
14 (165) |
15 |
16 |
| Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox Herd Boy-9 |
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)
Arneb
|
ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)
Alnilam
|
Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)
Phakt
|
| DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7) |
| January 23 (388) |
24 |
25 (*310) |
26 |
| ºJanuary 19 (*304) |
20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
| 'December 27 |
28 |
29 (*283) |
30 (364) |
| "December 13 (*267) |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
I
suggest
these 6
solitary
'piles of
stones' (pipi
horeko)
are at
Ga3-17:
| Pipi 1. Bud, sprout; to bud, to sprout; ku-pipi-á te tumu miro tahiti, the trunk of the miro tahiti has sprouted. 2. A small shellfish, common on the coast. Vanaga.
1. To blanch, to etiolate. 2. A spark, to sparkle. 3. Young branches, shoot, sprout, to bud. Mq.: pipi, tip of the banana blossom. 4. Snail, T, pea, bean. P Mgv.: pipi, small shellfish in the shape of a mussel. Mq.: pipi, generic term for shells. Ta.: pipi, generic term for beans. 5. To boil with hot stones. 6. A wave. 7. Thorn, spiny, uneven. 8. Small; haha pipi, small mouth. 9. Rump, the rear. Pipine, to be wavy, to undulate. Churchill. |
| Hore (Hore, horehore): to cut with a knife or with an obsidian blade (also: horea). Horeko, solitary, lonely; kona horeko, solitary place, loneliness. Vanaga.
To hew, to cut off, to amputate, to castrate, to cut with a knife, to decapitate, to abridge, to incise, to set landmarks; a notch, incision, tenon; hore poto, to cut short off; hore te gao, to chop the head off. Churchill. |
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 |
|
Ga3-10 |
Ga3-11 |
Ga3-12 |
Ga3-13 (72) |
|
no star listed |
ζ
Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ο Cancri (134.6) |
Acubens,
Talitha Borealis (135.0),
σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) |
ν Cancri (136.0),Talitha Australis (136.1), ωHydrae (136.8) |
|
August 1 |
2 (580 - 80 = 500) |
3 (215) |
4 (*136) |
|
ºJuly
28 |
29 (210) |
30 |
31 (*132) |
|
'July 5 (186) |
6 (553 - 80 = 473) |
7 (*108) |
8 |
|
Solstice
(*92) |
"June 22 (173) |
23 |
St John's Eve |
|
μ Aquarii
(316.0) |
ε Equulei (317.8) |
no star listed (318) |
21h (319.6) |
| Armus
(319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7) |
|
January 31 |
February 1 (32) |
2 (*318) |
3 (399) |
|
ºJanuary
27 (392) |
28 |
29 (*314) |
30 |
|
'January 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
|
Solstice (*275) |
"December 22 |
23 (357) |
Christmas Eve |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga3-14 (73) |
Ga3-15 |
Ga3-16 |
|
9h (137.0) |
no star listed (138) |
π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3),
Tureis (139.8) |
|
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0),
κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4), Alsuhail (137.5), σ²
Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7),
ξ Cancri
(137.8) |
|
August 5 (*137) |
6 (584) |
7 (219) |
|
ºAugust
1 |
2 (214) |
3 (*135) |
|
'July 9 |
10 (*111) |
11 (192) |
|
"June 25 (*96) |
26 (177) |
27 |
| χ
Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3),
γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) |
δ
Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) |
Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9) |
|
February 4 (400) |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
|
ºJanuary
31 (396) |
ºFebruary
1 (32) |
2 |
|
'January
8 (373) |
9 |
10 (*295) |
|
"December 25 |
26 (360) |
27 (*281) |
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 |
 |
| Ga3-17 |
Ga3-18 (77) |
Ga3-19 |
| no star listed (140) |
Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6) |
Star-25 / ANA-HEU-HEU-PO |
| ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7) |
| August 8 (*140) |
9 |
10 (222) |
|
ºAugust 4 (216) |
5 (*137) |
6 |
| 'July 12 (193) |
13 (560) |
14 (*115) |
| "June 28 |
29 (180) |
30 (*101) |
| Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) |
γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6) |
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 |
| Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9) |
| February 7 (403) |
8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
|
ºFebruary 3 (399) |
4 (*320) |
5 (36) |
| 'January 11 (*296) |
12 (377 + 366 - 80 = *663) |
13 (378) |
|
"December 28 (*648) |
29 (729) |
30 (364) |
Between
the
feast
on
fishes
and
the
fatal
incident
with
the
Turtle
the
text
reads:
...
They
prepared
the
fish
in
the
fire
on
the
flat
rocks,
cooked
them,
and
ate
until
they
were
completely
satisfied.
Then
they
gave
the
name
'The
rock,
where
(the
fish)
were
prepared
in
the
fire
with
makoi
(fruit
of
Thespesia
populnea?)
belongs
to
Ira'
(Te
Papa
Tunu
Makoi
A
Ira).
They
remained
in
Hanga
Hoonu
for
five
days.
On
the
twenty-third
day
of
the
month
of
July
('Anakena'),
they
reached
Rangi
Meamea.
Then
they
arrived
there,
they
looked
around
and
gave
the
name
'Rangi
Meamea
A
Hau
Maka'.
They
also
named
the
mountain
'Peke
Tau
O
Hiti
Hau
Maka'.
They
went
around
to
the
other
side
of
the
mountain
Hau
Epa,
looked
around,
and
gave
the
name
'Hau
Epa
A
Hau
Maka'.
When
he
(i.e.
Ira)
saw
that
the
beach
was
white
and
clean,
he
said,
'Hey,
you!
Here
is
the
plain
where
the
king
can
live!'
They
stayed
there
and
surveyed
the
plain
with
great
care.
Ira
knew
with
certainty
that
it
was
very
good.
He
named
the
bay
'Hanga
Moria
One'
and
the
plain
'Oromanga'.
They
sat
down
and
rested
...
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|
| maitaki |
Ga3-17 |
| Maitaki Clean, neat, pure, pretty, nice, beautiful, handsome; tagata rima maitaki, clean-handed man, correct man. Vanaga.
1. Good. Henua maitaki = the good earth. 2. Shine. Marama maitaki = the shining moon. Barthel.
Ce qui est bon. Jaussen according to Barthel.
Meitaki, good, agreeable, efficacious, excellent, elegant, pious, valid, brilliant, security, to please, to approve (maitaki); ariga meitaki, handsome, of pleasant mien; mea meitaki ka rava, to deserve; meitaki ke, marvelous, better. Hakameitaki, to make good, to amend, to do good, to bless, to establish. Meitakihaga, goodness. PS Pau.: maitaki, good. Mgv.: meitetaki, beautiful, good. Mq.: meitai, good, agreeable, fit, wise, virtuous. Ta.: maitaiki, good, well. Niuē: mitaki, good. Maitakia, clean. Churchill. |
The
date
given
for
reaching
the
mountain
Rangi
Meamea
was
in
the
Manuscript
stated
as 'Anakena
23',
which
could
correspond
to
manu
kake
in
Ga3-1
(ºJuly
19 =
July
23).
Counting
5
days
for
their
stay
at
Hanga
Hoonu
could
mean
we
should
begin
from
Ga2-25
and
heliacal
χ
Carinae
(Drus)
-
the
star
just
before
the
root
of
the
mast
of
the
sunken
ship:
| Hanga Hoonu ? |
|
|
|
 |
 |
| Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26 (56) |
Ga2-27 |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
| Drus (119.9) |
ω Cancri (120.2) |
8h (121.7) |
ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) |
Tegmine (123.3) |
| χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3) |
| July 18 |
19 (*120) |
20 (201) |
21 |
22 |
| ºJuly 14 (195) |
15 |
16 |
17 (*118) |
18 |
| Solstice (172) |
'June 22 |
23 (*460) |
St John's Eve |
25 (*96) |
| "June 7 (158) |
8 (525) |
9 (*80) |
10 |
11 |
| ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) |
τ Aquilae (303.8) |
20h (304.4) |
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) |
Tso Ke (306.3) |
| η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
| January 17 |
18 (383) |
19 (*304) |
20 |
21 |
| ºJanuary 13 (378) |
14 |
15 (*300) |
16 |
17 |
| Solstice (355) |
'December 22 |
23 (*277) |
Christmas Eve |
25 |
| "December 7 (*261) |
8 (342) |
9 |
10 |
11 (*265) |
| Rangi Meamea ? |
 |
| Ga3-1 (60) |
| Al Tarf (124.3)
Ras Algethi
|
| Anakena 23 (*124) ? |
| ºJuly 19 (200) |
| 'June 26 (177) |
| "June 12 (163) |
| Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9) |
| January 22 |
| ºJanuary 18 (383) |
| 'December 26 (360) |
| "December 12 (346) |
On the
other
hand
could a
better
proposal
be
to count
Hanga
Hoonu
from φ
Gemini
(at the
left
hand of
Pollux)
and then
perceive
the
extraordinary
Ga2-29
as
Rangi
Meamea:
| Egyptian bread, (-t, female determinant) |
 |
Phoenician qoph |
 |
Greek phi |
Φ(φ) |
|
... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ...
Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...
... The king, wearing now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer manifest.
When he reappears he is clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I traverse it as I desire.' ... |
| Rangi Meamea |
|
| Ga2-29 |
| Tegmine (123.3) |
| Anakena 23 |
| π |
| ºJuly 18 |
| 'June 25 (*96) |
| "June 11 |
| Tso Ke (306.3) |
| January 21 |
| ºJanuary 17 |
| December 25 |
| "December 11 (*265) |
Anakena 23 would then correspond to July 22 (= ºJuly 18). And July 22 can be written 22 / 7 (= π). They stayed at Oromanga for 27 days which when counted from ºJuly 19 (200) means they would have left in day 227 (ºAugust 15).
| Hanga Hoonu |
Rangi Meamea |
Oromanga |
| 5 days |
ºJuly 18 (199) |
27 days |
| 33 days |
|