2. The distance
from the heliacal rising of a star to
its midnight
culmination should vary with the
season of the year, from
ca 130 days (= 365 - 235) to
ca 140 days (= 365 - 225). With
heliacal risings on side a the
jump in time to side b and the
assumed dates
for culmination could be ca 135
days.
From 'January 1
to 'May 24
there are 143 days (= 80 + 63) and maybe the
culmination dates could begin
10 days earlier than with Ga8-19:
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|
 |
 |
| Ga8-17 |
Ga8-18 (222) |
Ga8-19 |
Ga8-20 |
| Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) |
Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) |
δ Lyrae (286.3) |
Alya (286.6), Sulaphat (287.4) |
| 'December 30 (364) |
'31 |
'May 24 (144) |
'25 |
Alternatively
'May
11
(131)
could
be
the
beginning
of
a
sequence of glyphs corresponding
to culminations.
13 glyphs earlier than Ga8-19
leads us to the glyph immediately beyond
haś in Ga8-5, which has a
position like that of the
reversed manu rere:
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 |
 |
 |
| Ga8-1 |
Ga8-2 |
Ga8-3 |
Ga8-4 (*271) |
Ga8-5 (209) |
| Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6), Kelb Alrai (268.1) |
Kew Ho (268.6), Apollyon (268.9), Muliphen (269.0) |
Basanismus (269.5), Pherkard (269.9) |
Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1) |
ξ Herculis (271.5), ν Herculis, Etamin (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8), ζ Serpentis (272.4) |
| 'December 14 |
'15 |
'16 (350) |
'17 |
'18 |
| "October 12 |
"13 |
"14 |
"15 |
"16 (289) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
229 |
| Ga8-6 |
Ga8-7 |
Ga8-8 |
Ga8-9 (213) |
| τ Ophiuchi (272.9), 20 M. (273.0), 8 M. (273.3) |
Nash (273.7), Zhōngshān (274.0) |
|
Polis (275.9) |
|
| 'December 19 |
18h (273.9) |
'21 (355) |
'22 |
7 |
| "October 17 (290) |
"18 |
"19 |
"20 |
7 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb8-1 (443) |
Gb8-2 |
Gb8-3 (*36) |
Gb8-4 |
Gb8-5 |
| Mira (33.7), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) |
Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) |
δ Lyrae (286.3) |
Alya (286.6), Sulaphat (287.4) |
λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella (287.9) |
| '30 (364) |
'December 31 |
'April 26 |
'27 |
'28 (118) |
| "October 28 |
"29 |
"30 |
"31 (304) |
"November 1 |
Twice 8 * 5 = 40 + 40 = 80 could correspond to the loop strings on the hands of the Nummo: ... Holding his hands apart, he passed a thread ten times round each of the four fingers, but not the thumb. He thus had forty loops on each hand, making eighty threads in all, which, he pointed out, was also the number of teeth of his jaws ...
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