Once again, there are 229 + 242 = 471 = 314 * 1½ glyphs on the G tablet, not enough to make a whole cycle. The first 3 lines on side b amount to 91 glyphs, as if to indicate a quarter of 364 days or 7 * 13 nights:
a1 |
30 |
30 |
b1 |
26 |
26 |
a2 |
29 |
59 |
b2 |
35 |
61 |
a3 |
24 |
83 |
b3 |
30 |
91 |
a4 |
27 |
110 |
b4 |
33 |
124 |
a5 |
30 |
140 |
b5 |
29 |
153 |
a6 |
29 |
169 |
b6 |
28 |
181 |
a7 |
34 |
203 |
b7 |
31 |
212 |
a8 |
26 |
229 |
b8 |
30 |
242 |
sum |
229 |
sum |
242 |
The assymmetry in number of glyphs on side a compared to that on side b can be explained by assuming that the counting should begin already with Gb8-24, where in rongorongo times the left foot of Perseus rose with the Sun and when γ Virginis culminated at midnight. At the time of the Hyades Gate this happened in MARCH 14 (easily understood as referring to 314 = π):
no glyph |
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Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
Ga1-5 |
0h |
March 22 (*1) |
23 |
24 (448) |
EQUINOX |
26 (85) |
May 24 |
25 (*65 + 80 = 145) |
26 (146) |
27 |
28 (*68 = *64 + 4) |
29 (514) |
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) |
229 will then change to 7 + 229 = 236 (= 8 * 29½), which also is the number of Gb8-24 counted from the beginning of side b.
Given a sequence of heliacal stars flowing in parallel with the glyphs, there has to be a break somewhere before once again reaching Gb8-24. In order to visualize this clearly we could express the flow of the heliacal stars by using the dates which I have suggested for the time of the Hyades Gate:
side b |
side a |
MARCH 14 (73) |
6 |
0 |
MARCH 22 (81) |
227 |
NOVEMBER 5 (309) |
7 |
229 |
236 = 8 * 29½ |
side b |
NOVEMBER 6 (310) |
233 |
JUNE 28 (544 = 365 + 179 = 73 + 106) |
235 |
544 (JUNE 28) = 4 * 136.
JUNE 28 (179) is 179 - 72 = 107 days later than MARCH 13 (72) and 471 - 107 = 364.
However, if we should count also MARCH 21 - although there seems to be no glyph for this date - then the number of days will become twice 236 = 472 = 8 * 59. We could then rearrange so JUNE 29 (180) would coincide with MARCH 14:
side b |
NOVEMBER 6 (310) |
234 |
JUNE 29 (545 = 365 + 180) |
6 |
MARCH 14 (545 = 73 + 365 + 107) |
242 = 11 * 22 |
In other words, one of the possible readings of the text could have been to perceive how at the time of the Hyades Gate the left foot of Perseus pointed out the π day (3-14) and how 180 - 73 = 107 days later was the final of the northern spring.
The brightest star of them all, Sirius, would rise together with the Sun in June 30 and that would mark the end of these 107 days of intense Sun light. Sirius, on the other hand, shone in the night.
Adding 107 to Gb8-24 (236) leads to number 236 + 107 = 343 counted from Gb1-1. And 343 - 242 = 101 counted from Ga1-1. This was where Sirius could be assumed to have been, rising as always with the Sun and unperturbed by the precession:
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Ga3-23 (82) |
Ga3-24 |
Ga4-1 |
JUNE 11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
no star listed (18) |
Adhil (19.3) |
Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) |
April 8 |
9 |
10 (100) |
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Ga4-2 (85) |
Ga4-3 |
Ga4-4 |
JUNE 14 (165) |
15 |
16 |
δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
υ Andromedae (22.9) |
Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) |
April 11 (101) |
12 |
13 |
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Ga4-5 (88) |
Ga4-6 |
Ga4-7 |
JUNE 17 (168) |
18 |
19 |
no star listed (24) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
April 14 (104) |
15 |
16 |
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Ga4-8 (91) |
Ga4-9 |
Ga4-10 |
JUNE 20 (171) |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
April 17 (107 = 171 - 64) |
18 (108) |
19 |
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Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
JUNE 28 |
29 (180) |
30 |
JULY 1 |
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no star listed (36) |
no star listed (37) |
ν Arietis (38.5) |
SIRIUS (101.2) |
April 25 |
26 (116 = 180 - 64) |
27 |
28 (118 = 2 * 59) |
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Ga4-20 |
Ga4-21 (104) |
Ga4-22 |
JULY 2 |
3 |
4 (185) |
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) |
ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9) |
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 |
π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ² Eridan, σ Arietis (41.7) |
April 29 |
30 (120) |
May 1 (121 = 185 - 64) |
March |
21 |
80 |
0 |
31 |
90 |
10 |
April |
30 |
120 |
40 |
May |
31 |
151 |
71 |
June |
21 |
172 |
92 |
30 |
181 |
101 |
July |
31 |
212 |
132 |
August |
31 |
243 |
163 |
September |
22 |
265 |
185 |
30 |
273 |
193 |
Oktober |
31 |
304 |
224 |
November |
30 |
334 |
254 |
December |
21 |
355 |
275 |
31 |
365 |
285 |
January |
31 |
31 |
316 |
February |
28 |
59 |
344 |
March |
21 |
80 |
365 |
31 |
90 |
375 |
April |
30 |
120 |
405 |
May |
31 |
151 |
436 |
We can compare with the heliacal stars and dates at the time of rongorongo, as earlier was extrapolated from May 25 at Ga1-1:
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Ga4-5 (88) |
Ga4-6 |
Ga4-7 |
Ga4-8 |
Ga4-9 |
August 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (236) |
Al Jabhah-8 / Maghā-10 |
λ Hydrae (153.2) |
Adhafera, Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7) |
Algieba, q Carinae (155.5) |
Tania Australis (156.0), Ghost of Jupiter (156.8) |
10h (152.2) |
AL JABHAH (152.4), Regulus (152.7) |
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Ga4-10 (93) |
Ga4-11 |
Ga4-12 |
Ga4-13 |
August 25 (237) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
Extended Net-26b |
Shir (158.9) |
p Carinae (159.3) |
φ Hydrae (160.3) |
μ HYDRAE (157.1) |
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Ga4-14 |
Ga4-15 (98) |
August 29 |
30 (242) |
no star listed (161) |
Vathorz Posterior (162.1), Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6) |
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Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
ν Hydrae (163.1) |
no star listed (164)
Altair
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Wings-27 |
ANA-TIPU |
ALKES (165.6) |
Merak (166.2), DUBHE (166.7) |
Hora Iti 31 (243) |
Hora Nui 1 (*164) |
2 |
3 |
ºAugust 27 |
28 (240) |
29 (*161) |
30 |
'August 4 (216) |
5 (*137) |
6 |
7 |
"July 21 (*122) |
22 (22 / 7) |
23 (204) |
24 |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9) |
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) |
Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini, τ Gruis (347.4), Fomalhaut (347.8) |
Fum al Samakah (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9) |
March 1 (426 - 366 = 60) |
2 (427 - 81 = *346) |
3 |
4 (63) |
ºFebruary 27 (*341) |
28 |
29 (424) |
ºMarch 1 (60) |
'February 3 (399) |
4 (*320 = *346 - 26) |
5 (36) |
6 |
"January 20 |
21 (*306) |
22 |
23 (388) |
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Ga4-20 |
Ga4-21 (104) |
September 4 |
5 (248) |
11h (167.4) |
Al Sharas (168.6) |
χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3) |
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Ga4-20 |
Ga4-21 (104) |
JULY 2 |
3 |
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) |
ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9) |
April 29 |
30 (120) |
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Ga4-26 |
Ga4-27 (110) |
September 10 |
11 (254) |
ο¹ Centauri (173.8) |
ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8) |
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Ga4-26 |
Ga4-27 (110) |
JULY 5 |
6 |
3h (45.7) |
Misam (46.2), Botein (46.9) |
Algol (45.9) |
May 5 (125) |
6 |
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