4. We must not forget the possibility to read the glyphs as referring to midnight culminations (see at Culmination): ... Adding 228 to June 21 will bring us to glyph 256 (= 16 * 16), certainly an important glyph:
The place in the sky dome which at summer solstice north of the equator is rising heliacally must obey the culmination rule of 228 days just as if it was a star. Its culmination will be at zenith at midnight in February 4, and maybe this accounts for the similarity between Ga1-27--28 on one hand and Gb1-26--Gb2-1 on the other ... After reducing the dates with 1 day (for the effects of precession since the time of G), and relocating the stars correspondingly, we can identify approximate dates for the culminating stars:
From right ascension '6h (Ga1-27) to right ascension '21h (Gb2-1) there are 228.3 days. Each right ascension hour corresponds to 228.3 / (21 - 6) = 15.22 days. ... Earth moves around Sun once in a year and the stars in the background will appear to move in the opposite direction. The observer down on Earth is not still but moves - both in the daily round and in the yearly round - and therefore the mechanical result must be increased by ca 46 days. 183 + 46 = 229 ... The distance from heliacal risings to midnight culminations is not constant over the year (see at Cor Serpentis). However, if a star was rising heliacally in June then the distance from midnight culmination ought to have been around 229 days away:
The 2nd half of the Gregorian year - 'born heliacally' at the June solstice - cannot be 'swallowed' (culminate at midnight) 229 days later. Instead it should be the 1st half of the year - born heliacally in early November - which is 'swallowed' at the June solstice:
Rogo at left in Ga6-24 is drawn to be in the past and seems to have been born 136 days earlier, at the 'June solstice. There are also 136 days at the beginning, before the 1st manzil, in the Arabic system:
From the heliacal rising of a star it is possible to move in time either forward or backward in time (or in the G text): ... We have grasped an important insight, viz. the possibility to move forward 136 days from the heliacal rising of a star to its culmination at midnight:
In a cycle with 365 days it is possible to move forward 136 days and reach the same date as when moving 229 days in the opposite direction ... This pattern makes it possible for us to move out in both directions from the heliacal position of the back side (dorsum) of the Old Goat, from day 399:
Thus, in 'June the star Dorsum should have been culminating at midnight:
Tagata rima aueue in Ga1-29 could illustrate the 'swallowed old goat' and if so then the picture is presumably referring to the season on Easter Island because in 'June it indeed was winter solstice. The sign of Jupiter was in ancient Babylonia located at the opposite side of the sky compared to the Goatfish:
The synodical cycle of Jupiter is 399 nights, equal to the day number when Dorsum was rising heliacally at the time of G. By mapping the midnight culminations of stars against the G text we seem to be in harmony with the seasons on Easter Island. By mapping the heliacal risings against the G text we seem to be in harmony with the seasons north of the equator. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
