2. The ancient Chinese liked periods of time which were 1½ years long. This makes sense if we guess they had a 'bicycle' of time defined by a pair of wheels each measuring 21h. Such a perception of cosmos would agree with the twice 21 assessors in the Hall of the Two Truths (see at 8): ... They tightly swathed the broken body in linen bandages, and when they performed over it the rites that thereafter were to be continued in Egypt in the ceremonial burial of kings, Isis fanned the corpse with her wings and Osiris revived, to become the ruler of the dead. He now sits majestically in the underworld, in the Hall of the Two Truths, assisted by forty-two assessors, one from each of the principal districts of Egypt; and there he judges the souls of the dead ...  2 * 21h = 42h and counting from spring equinox we will find the first 'wheel' ending with day 314:
Next wheel will move us ahead from the last part of January to a position which is 10½ months later. 10 months from the beginning of February equals the beginning of December. Adding half a month and we are in the middle of December, close to the solstice. In G we maybe should go ahead from Gb1-21 to glyph number 80 + 314 + 314 = 708, because 708 - 472 = 236:
There are 258 - 244 = 14 days from the end of Shaula to the beginning of Al Baldaah. The general shape of the figure in Gb1-6 agrees with the general shape of the figure in Gb1-21.
Should we read 1-21 as corresponding to the first 'assessor' (or district) among 42? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
