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On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', began their agricultural year by going to a sacred spring where they selected five stones with the proper shapes and colours. In rongorongo times and at that time of the year the 'stones' (stars, tau) of Sirius and Vega culminated at midnight and possibly they could therefore have been involved in this Mayan ceremony. Gb2-5 is glyph 260 in the text:

225
Ga1-30 Ga2-1 Gb2-2 Gb2-3 Gb2-4 Gb2-5 (260)
 Furud (94.9) Well-22 δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9) Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6)
δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
June 23 (174) ST JOHN'S EVE February 5 6 7 8
He Maro 23 24 (175)  Tehetu'upú 5 6 7 (403) 8 (*324)
ºJune 19 20 (*91) ºFebruary 1 2 3 4 (*320)
'May 27 (147) 28 (*68) 'January 9 10 (*295) 11 12
"May 13 (133) 14 (*54) "December 26 27 28 (*282) 29
Purva Ashadha-20 no star listed (138) π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8) no star listed (140) Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6)
KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6)
Dec 23 (*277) CHRISTMAS EVE August 6 7 8 (220) 9
Ko Koró 23 24 (358) Hora Iti 6 7 8 (*140) 9
ºDec 19 (*273) 20 (354) ºAug 2 (214) 3 4 (*136) 5
'Nov 26 (*250) 27 'July 10 11 12 (193) 13 (*114)
"Nov12 (*236) 13 (317) "June 26 (177) 27 28 (*99) 29
Gb2-6 (261) Gb2-7 Gb2-8
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11

BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny)

no star listed (326) Castra (327.2), BUNDA (327.5)

Sirius

Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9)
February 9 (40) 10 11
 Tehetu'upú 9 10 11 (407)
ºFebruary 5 (36) 6 7 (403)
'January 13 (378) 14 15 (*300)
" December 30 (364) 31 (*285) "January 1 (366)
Star-25

ANA-HEU-HEU-PO

Al Tarf-7 A Hydrae (144.1)

Vega

ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7) ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)
August 10 11 12 (224)
Hora Iti 10 11 12 (*144)
ºAugust 6 7 8 (220)
'July 14 (*115) 15 (196) 16
"June 30 (*101) "July 1 2 (183)

... β and ξ also constituted the Persian lunar station Bunda and the similar Coptic Upuineuti, the Foundation; but β alone marked the sieu Heu, Hiu, or , Void, anciently Ko, the central one of the seven sieu which, taken together, were known as Heung Wu, the Black Warrior, in the northern quarter of the sky. It is found in Hindu lists as Kalpeny, of unknown signification. On the Euphrates it was Kakkab Nammaχ, the Star of Mighty Destiny, that may have given origin to the title of the manzil [Al Sa'd al Su'ud], as well as to the astrologers' name for it - Fortuna Fortunarum ...

February was Tehetu'upú, which name should mean the 'birth hole of the Star' (ana), perhaps because a new Sun 'broke through', was born, in February.

Once, now quite a long time ago, when I sorted glyphs according to form I had no problem with identifying the tamaiti (little child) type in Gb2-7:

Gb2-7 tamaiti
Pu

1. To come forward to greet someone met on the road; to walk in front, to go in front: ka-pú a mu'a, let them go first. 2. Pú a mu'a, to intervene, to come to someone's rescue; he-pú-mai a mu'a, he-moaha, he came to my rescue and saved my life. 3. Ancient expression: ai ka-pú, ai ka-pú, tell us frankly what you think. 4. Hole, opening, orifice; well; circumference, rotundity; swirling water; pú-haga, vaginal orifice; pú-henua (also just henua), placenta. He pú henua nó te me'e aau, he-oti-á; ina-á me'e ma'u o te rima i-topa-ai koe, a placenta was all you had, it is a past thing now; you held nothing in your hands when you were born (stern words said to children to make them realize that they must not be demanding, since they were born naked and without possessions). 5. To dig out (tubers): he-pú i te uhi, to dig out yams. Vanaga.

1. A trumpet. P Mgv.: pu, a marine shell. Mq.: pu, conch shell. Ta.: pu, shell, trumpet. 2. A small opening, hole, mortise, stirrup, to pierce, to perforate, to prick; pu moo naa, hiding place; taheta pu, fountain, spring; hakapu, to dowel, to pierce, to perforate. PS Sa., Fu., Niuē: pu, a hole. Churchill.

Mq.: Pu, source, origin. Ma.: pu, root, origin, foundation. Churchill.

Hetu

Hetu 1. To (make) sound; figuratively: famous, renowned. 2. To crumble into embers (of a bonfire). Hetu'u. Star, planet; hetu'u popohaga morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri meteorite. Vanaga

Hetu 1. Star (heetuu); hetu rere, meteor; hetu pupura, planet. P Pau.: hetu, star. Mgv.: etu, id. Mq.: fetu, hetu, id. Ta.: fetu, fetia, id. The alternative form fetia in Tahiti, now the only one in common use, need not be regarded as an anomaly in mutation. It seems to derive from Paumotu fetika, a planet. Its introduction into Tahiti is due to the fashion of accepting Paumotu vocables which arose when the house of Pomare came into power. 2. Capital letter (? he tu). 3. To amuse. 4. To stamp the feet. Hetuhetu, to calk, to strike the water. Hetuke, sea urchin. Churchill.

The Tail of the Goat (Deneb Algiedi, δ Capricorni) rose with the Sun 329.8 - 315.8 = 14 days after the Belly of the Goat (Baten Algiedi, ω Capricorni) and in rongorongo times this was 329 days after 0h - which immediately should remind us of day 329 counted from January 1 (i.e. 249 days after 0h) when Antares rose with the Sun. 265 (Gb2-10) - 80 = 185 (Ga7-16):

Ga7-15 Ga7-16 (185) Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18

ANA-MUA

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 24 25 26 (*250) 27 28
Ko Ruti 24 25 26 27 28 (332)
ºNovember 20 21 (325) 22 23 24 (*248)
'October 28 (301) 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 14 15 (*208) 16 17 (290) 18
Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) ANA-MURI no star listed (69)
θ² Tauri, AIN, θ¹ Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 25 26 (146) 27 28 29
Vaitu Potu 25 26 27 28 (148) 29
ºMay 22 23 24 (*63) 25 (144) 26
'April 28 29 30 (*40) 'May 1 (121) 2
"April 14 15 16 17 (107) 18 (*28)
75
Gb2-9 Gb2-10 (265) Gb2-11
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)
February 12 13 14 (45)
 Tehetu'upú 12 (408) 13 (*329) 14
ºFebruary 8 9 (40) 10
'January 16 (*301) 17 18 (383)
"January 2 3 (368) 4
Ukdah (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), Subra (145.8) ψ Leonis (146.4), Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) Vathorz Prior (147.9)
August 13 14 15
Hora Iti 13 14 15 (227)
ºAugust 9 10 (222) 11
'July 17 18 19 (200)
"July 3 (*204) 4 5 (186)

The shark in Gb2-10 has its tail divided with toes visible at left (in the past) and with a fin in front. It means 'land' ends here and 'water' begins here. The figure probably refers to Deneb Algiedi because Hevelius has visualized this point of division in time.

Gb2-10 illustrates a shark (mago) of the type which is basically vaha mea, but this is no ferocious shark but a peaceful one:

Antares 80 days earlier ought to represent the opening up of a new cycle and Deneb Algiedi drawn to represent autumn equinox (September 22, 265).

79
Ga7-16 (185) Gb2-10 (265)
July 4 September 22
185 + 64 = 249 265 + 64 = 329
(249.1)  (329.8)
November 25 February 13
329 409

On Easter Island February it is not a spring month but a month in autumn. However, the overall meaning of the text could simply have been to show how once upon a time the northern spring equinox was at the Hyades Gate - in rongorongo times pushed ahead by the precession from 0h to 64.2 (May 24) - and with Antares rising heliacally half a year later, at the end of summer:

no glyph 182 79
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga7-16 (185) Gb2-10 (265)
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) no star listed (66) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8) 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)
0h 1 2 185 265
spring equinox March 22 (81) 23 September 22 (265) December 11 (345)

For symmetry reasons 80 days before 0h could have been balanced by another 80 days after Antares.