I will continue beyond hipu in Gb4-17 with focus mainly on the heliacal (blue-marked) stars:
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Gb4-12 |
Gb4-13 |
Gb4-14 |
Gb4-15 |
Gb4-16 (336) |
Gb4-17 (108) |
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February 16 |
17 (413) |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 |
21 |
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η Arietis (31.9) |
no star listed (32) |
θ Arietis (33.3),
Mira (33.7) |
no star listed (34) |
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no star listed (36) |
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April 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25
(115) |
26 |
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ºApril 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
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'March 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (88) |
30 |
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"March 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 (π) |
15 |
16 (75) |
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AUGUST 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (235) |
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14h (213.1) |
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 Primus (217.8) |
τ Lupi (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)
Fomalhaut
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| χ
Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
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) |
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October 20 (293) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
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ºOctober 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (293) |
21 |
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'September 23 |
24 |
25
(268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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"September 9 |
10 |
11
(254) |
12 (*175) |
13 |
14 |
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| Gb4-18 (109) |
Gb4-19 |
Gb4-20 |
| Februarius 22 (53) |
Terminalia |
Bissextum (420) |
| no star listed (37) |
ν Arietis (38.5) |
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) |
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April 27 |
28 (118) |
29 |
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| Gb4-21 (112) |
Gb4-22 (342) |
Gb4-23 |
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Februarius 25 |
26 (57) |
27 (423) |
| ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9) |
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 |
no star listed (42) |
| π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ² Eridan, σ Arietis (41.7) |
| April 30 |
May 1 (121) |
2 |
Its unclear whether the text describes a normal year or a leap year with double calendar days for FEBRUARY 24. However, Gb4-23 points at 423 = 31 + 27 + 365 and 2-27 (FEBRUARY 27) points at 314 = 22 / 7. Below I have tried with a kind of leap year with FEBRUARY 27 at Gb4-24:
| Leap year: |
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| Gb4-28 |
Gb4-2 |
Gb4-30 (350) |
Gb4-31 (122) |
| March 3 |
4 |
5 (64) |
6 |
| Misam (46.2), Botein (46.9) |
ζ Arietis (47.7) |
Zibal (48.0) |
τ Arietis (49.7) |
| May 6 |
7 |
8 (128) |
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This can then be compared with the beginning of side a, where a continuation of the heliacal stars and dates from the end of side b has JULY 12 (193) at heliacal τ Arietis. 64 + 1 = 65 (MARCH 6) and 192 + 1 = 193 (JULY 12) = 65 + 128:
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| Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
Ga1-5 |
| Back side reading: |
| JULY 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (192) |
| May 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (128) |
| ρ Arietis (43.0), Acamar (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7) Denebola
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Menkar (44.7) |
3h (45.7) |
Misam (46.2), Botein (46.9) |
ζ Arietis (47.7) |
Zibal (48.0) |
| Algol (45.9) |
| JANUARY 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (375) |
| November 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (311) |
| Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4), Zuben Elakribi (226.8) |
Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9) |
15h (228.3) |
ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8) |
Al Zubānā-14b |
μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3) |
| Zuben Hakrabim (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9) |
χ Bootis (230.2), χ Bootis (230.3), Princeps (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (230.8) |
| Front side reading: |
| 0h |
March 22 (*1) |
23 |
24 (448) |
EQUINOX |
26 (85) |
| May 24 |
25 (*65 + 80 = 145) |
26 (146) |
27 |
28 (*68 = *64 + 4) |
29 |
| Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star listed (66) |
no star listed (67) |
Rohini-4 / ANA-MURI |
no star listed (69) |
| AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) |
ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5) |
| September 20 |
21 (*184) |
EQUINOX |
23 (266) |
24 |
25 |
| November 23 |
24 (145 + 183 = 328) |
25 (*249 + 80 = 329) |
26 (330 = 147 + 183) |
27 |
28 |
| Heart-5 |
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) |
| σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) |
ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
The rising fish at Gb4-31 has a dot in front, which probably indicates we should count here. The glyph is number 351 from the beginning of side a.
... 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 ...
Closely following τ, as if a twin, was 63 Arietis, a star about halfway between Musca Borealis and the Pleiades. But neither τ nor 63 are indicated in the famous constellation card:
If each glyph corresponded to a day, then counting the glyph for FEBRUARY 24 twice should be the rule for a leap year. The rising fish with a dot in glyph 351 could then be counted as number 352 in a leap year. 352 = 11 * 32. And then, in a leap year the number to count on the G tablet would not be 471 but 472 = 16 * 29½.
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