The Rear Spout
of the Arabs
(Al Fargh al
Thāni) was
their 25th
manzil and
similar to the
view of the
ancient
Babylonians
there was one
spout in front (Al
Fargh al Mukdim)
and one behind.
Sirrah (March
21) - Markab
Pegasi (March 5)
= 16 days. Our
Aquarius on the
other hand has
only a single
'spout' with a
towel behind,
which I
interpret as a
declaration of
the daytime rule
of the Sun (in
contrast to the
double
spouts of the
Moon).
At the π glyph
Gb3-14 (another
π glyph was
Gb3-4 at March
14) Gienah - the
ruling star of
the Raven - was
close to the
Full Moon and
when half a year
later Gienah
rose with the
Sun it was
spring equinox Easter
Island:
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 |
 |
 |
| Gb3-11 (301) |
Gb3-12 |
Gb3-13 |
Gb3-14 (π) |
Gb3-15 |
| January 16 |
17 |
18 (383) |
19 |
20 |
| Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
σ Andromedae (3.0), ζ Tucanae (3.5), π Tucanae (3.7), ρ Andromedae (3.9) |
no star listed (4) |
| 0h (365.25) |
| Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8) |
| March 21 (80) |
22 (446) |
23 (383 + 64) |
24 (14 * 32) |
25 |
| ºMarch 17 |
18 (77) |
19 (443 = 383 + 60) |
20 (14 * 29½ + 31) |
21 (*0) |
| 'February 22 |
23 (Terminalia) |
24 (Bis-sextum) |
25 (14 * 4) |
26 (*342) |
| "February 8 |
9 (40) |
10 (*326) |
11 |
12 (408) |
| JULY 17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
21 (*122) |
| 12h (182.6) |
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 |
Chang Sha (186.3) |
| ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5) |
GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9) |
| September 19 |
20 |
21 (264) |
equinox |
23 |
| ºSeptember 15 |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
| 'August 23 |
24 (236) |
25 (*157 = 314 / 2) |
26 |
27 |
| "August 9 |
10 (222) |
11 |
12 (*144) |
13 |
At the time
of the
Hyades Gate
the sign of
Gienah close
to the Full
Moon would
instead have
indicated at
time 64 days
earlier in
the year,
viz. July 20
(201).
Spring
equinox on
Easter
Island is
approximately
185 days
later than
spring
equinox
north of the
equator.
Instead of
counting to
80 from
January 1
they may
have counted
80 + 185 =
265 days
from January
1.
Or they
could have
counted 265
- 364 / 2 =
83 days from
day 182
(July 1), a
method which
possibly
explains
hakaariki
in Ca4-7:
 |
171 |
 |
98 |
 |
| Ca4-7 (83) |
Ca9-27 (255) |
Ca13-11 (354) |
| 272 |
Although
so far I
have
assumed
Ca1-1
was
referring
to March
22 -
i.e.
with
Ca4-7 at
March 22
(*1) +
82 = *83
(June
12) when
the
Scorpion
was
close to
the Full
Moon:
| 'May 13 |
14 (500) |
15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
| June 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 (165) |
| December 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 (348) |
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 |
 |
|
 |
 |
| Ca4-4 |
Ca4-5 |
Ca4-6 |
Ca4-7 (83) |
Ca4-8 |
Ca4-9 |
| tagata - te rau hei |
te hokohuki i te moko |
te rau hei |
e gagata hakaariki |
manu |
te rau hei |
| Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) |
Nihal (81.7) |
Mintaka (82.4), ε Columbae (82.6) |
Al Hak'ah-3 / Mrigashīrsha-5 / Turtle-20 |
Three Stars-21
ANA-IVA |
γ Leporis (85.9)
Yang Mun
|
| Arneb (83.0, φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA (83.2), Hatysa (83.5), φ² Orionis (83.6), Alnilam (83.7) |
Heavenly Gate, ν Columbae (84.0), ALNITAK, PHAKT (Phaet) (84.7) |
| β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6) |
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
12
(346)
-
June
12
(163)
=
183.
... Orion, the Giant, Hunter, and Warrior, admired in all historic ages as the most strikingly brilliant of the stellar groups, lies partly within the Milky Way, extending on both sides of the celestial equator entirely south of the ecliptic, and so is visible from every part of the globe.
... Scorpio, or Scorpius, the Scorpion, was the reputant slayer of the Giant, exalted to the skies and now rising from the horizon as Orion, still in fear of the Scorpion, sinks below it ...
Orion would have been at the northern spring equinox around 83 * 71 = 5893 years earlier than in rongorongo times, i.e. around 4000 B.C.
The silent
bird in
Cb1-11 (403)
may however have
been at day
*365, in
which case
we could
count with
day *365 -
(403 - 83) =
*365 - 320 =
*45 at
Ca4-7. This
was May 5
(125):
... Although the evidence point at the heliacal dates on one hand at the time the Hyades Gate and on the other hand at the time of Bharani we should anyhow quickly investigate other alternatives and the place to do so ought to be here:
 |
 |
 |
| Gb2-34 |
Gb2-35 |
Gb3-1 |
| JANUARY 4 (369) |
5 (= 69 - 64) |
*291 (= *355 - 64) |
| ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (353.6) |
κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9) |
ο Gruis, SNOWBALL NEBULA (355.0) |
| March 9 |
10 (69) |
11 (*355 = *314 + 41) |
| ºMarch 5 |
6 (65 = 69 - 4) |
7 (*351) |
| 'February 10 |
11 (42 = 69 - 27) |
12 (*328) |
| "January 27 |
28 (28 = 69 - 41) |
29 (*314) |
'February 10 (at the time of Al Sharatain) was the day after the Chorti had gone to the sacred spring to fetch 5 stones of the proper shapes and colours. Like December 13 being defined from the position of the Sun - at the northern winter solstice - we can assume February 9 was also firmly bound to a position of the Sun (and not to the stars who moved ahead in the year due to the precession). From day 355 (winter solstice) to day 405 (February 9) there were 50 days.
The takaure ('horse fly' - pointing at the Flying Horse Pegasus) of the old Sun was probably depicted in Gb2-34
 
| Takaure
Fly; horse-fly. Vanaga.
A fly; takaure iti, mosquito; takaure marere ke, swarm. Churchill. |
and the following day coincided with heliacal Kerb in the center of the Pegasus Square:
When the Hyades Gate was at 0h heliacal Kerb may have been regarded as a sign of the last day of the old year (JANUARY 4) while in rongorongo times the date for heliacal Kerb was the day before 12 * 29½ = 354 counted from 0h. In the Gregorian calendar it was the day before 14 * 25 = 350 counted from 0h. In all eras heliacal Kerb could evidenty have been meaningfully connected with the end of the old year:
| Heliacal Kerb: |
| Hyades Gate |
Bharani |
Al Sharatain |
Gregorian |
Rongorongo |
| JAN 4 (369) |
"Jan 27 (392) |
'Febr 10 (406) |
ºMarch 5 (429) |
March 9 (433) |
| zero |
+23 |
+37 |
+60 |
+64 |
| last day befor new year
369 = 364 + 5 |
last day before new year
392 = glyphs on side a of the C tablet |
last day before new year
406 = 2 * (204 - 1) |
last day before new year
*350 = 12 * 25 |
last day before new year
*354 = 12 * 29½ |
The text on side a of the C tablet I had perceived as beginning at 0h, but I had not so far securely connected the glyphs with heliacal stars. Now, however, there has opened up a possibility to do so. 392 + 1 at the beginning of side b on the C tablet could be at "January 28, i.e. in parallel with stars which in rongorongo times rose with the Sun in day 393 + (64 - 23) = 434 = *354 (March 10). But I had assumed 0h was connected with no glyph and the first glyph was thus at *1. Therefore Cb1-1 may have been at 393 + 41 + 1 = 435 = *355 (March 11):
| 'March 19 |
20 |
'Equinox around 76 B.C. |
22 (81) |
23 (447) |
24 |
| April 15 |
16 |
17 (107) |
18 |
19 (474) |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| *Ca14-28 |
*Ca14-29 |
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
| te honu |
te rima |
E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
ki te henua - te maro |
| no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
2h (30.4) |
| POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5) Alkes
|
| ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (353.6) |
κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9) |
ο Gruis, SNOWBALL NEBULA (355.0) |
no star listed (356) |
ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium (357.4), λ Andromedae (357.9) |
λ Piscium (358.0), Manus Catenata (358.1), Alrai, θ Phoenicis (358.4), κ Andromedae (358.7) |
| March 9 (68) |
10 |
11 (435) |
12 |
13 (73) |
14 |
The outstanding glyph Cb1-6 could therefore have been connected alternatively with day *360 (March 16) and the silent bird in Cb1-11 alternatively with March 21 (*365):
| 'March 25 |
26 (85) |
27 (452) |
rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua |
| 'September 24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
| April 21 (111) |
22 (478) |
23 |
| October 21 |
22 (295) |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 (398) |
Cb1-7 |
| η Arietis (31.9) |
no star listed (32) |
θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) |
| Neck-2 |
Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE |
ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) |
| Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) |
15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8) |
| 'March 28 |
29 |
30 (455) |
31 (90) |
| 'September 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (273) |
| April 24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
| October 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
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 |
 |
 |
| Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
| no star listed (34) |
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no star listed (36) |
no star listed (37) |
| Asellus Primus (217.8) |
τ Lupi (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)
Fomalhaut
|
σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) |
σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
I had assumed nakshatra Arcturus was connected with Cb1-6, but if the heliacal position of the glyph was not *32 (April 22) but *360 (March 16), then the heliacal reading could continue from side a on to side b, with the beginning of side a not at 0h but when Sirius culminated at midnight (in February 11):
| March 21 |
22 (81) |
23 |
388 |
April 15 |
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
| no glyph |
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
*Ca14-28 |
*Ca14-29 (392) |
Cb1-1 |
| Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
| 0h (365.25) |
| Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8) |
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| 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) |
ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (353.6) |
κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9) |
ο Gruis, SNOWBALL NEBULA (355.0) |
| February 11 |
12 (408) |
13 (44) |
March 9 (68) |
10 |
11 (435) |
| *325 |
east |
west |
west |
east |
 |
| summer solstice |
winter solstice |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb2-6 (261) |
Gb2-7 |
Gb2-8 |
Gb2-9 |
Gb2-10 |
Gb2-11 |
| *261 = 325 - 64 |
*262 (342) |
*263 |
*264 |
*265 |
*266 (Dec 12) |
| Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11
BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny) |
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1) |
| Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9) |
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) |
| Febr 9 (40) |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
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