At the
time of
G there
were 122
days
from the
heliacal
rising
of Sham
(the
Arrow)
to day
500,
i.e. 100
less
than the
number
of
Toliman:
... The
distance
from
Ga1-2
(Ain) to
Ga8-21
(Nunki)
is 288 -
66 = 222
glyphs,
my
Toliman
number.
Perhaps
'the
Ostriches'
(Arabic
Al
Thalīmain
= The
Two
Ostriches)
are
putting
their
heads
('eyes')
down
into the
sand at
Ga8-22
...
'May 15
is day
500 (=
365 +
135)
and
Gb8-22
ought to
be in
harmony
with
Ga8-22
(see at
222):
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb8-30 |
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 (*66) |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
| Hyadum II (64.2) |
|
Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) |
|
Aldebaran (68.2) |
| 'May 24 |
'25 |
'26 (146) |
'27 |
'28 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga8-19 |
Ga8-20 |
Ga8-21 (*288) |
Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23 |
| Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3) |
Alya (286.6), ξ Sagittarii (287.1), Sulaphat (287.4) |
λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella (287.9), Nunki (288.4) |
Manubrium (288.8), τ Sagittarii (289.4) |
ι Lyrae (289.5), Al Baldah (290.1) |
| 'May 24 |
'25 |
'26 (146) |
19h (289.2) |
'May 28 |
We have
earlier
(see at
Atlas
and
Pleione)
noticed
manu
rere
in
Gb1-12:
... My
conjecture
is that
Gb1-12
is meant
to
coincide
with α
Pavonis.
Counting
from
Gb8-22
(464) to
Gb1-12
(242)
there
are 8 +
242 =
250
glyphs:
| Peacock |
α Pavonis |
1225.65m |
1000.85 / 1440 * 360 = 250 days |
| Celaeno |
16 Tauri |
224.80m |
The peacock is a symbol for the opposite of total darkness, viz. a creature who has been created for visual display and who is 'all eyes'. Allen:
'... this bird has long been a symbol of immortality, fancifully said to be from the annual renewing of its feathers; but this is common to all birds, and the symbolism probably is from the fact that its starry tail rendered the peacock sacred to Juno, the immortal queen of the heavens, and thus in classical times, as in the days of chivalry, an object of adjuration.
This bird was still further astronomical in originally having been Argos, the builder of the ship Argo, who was changed by Juno to a peacock when his vessel was transferred to the sky ...'
My model for translating the right ascension positions of stars to glyphs in the G text clearly is basically correct, although there still are details to be worked out. And we can suspect the star which was 'struck by lightning' is related to Peacock:
... Celaeno, or Celeno, has been called the Lost Pleiad, which Theon the Younger said was struck by lightning!
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Counting
again:
Right
ascension
20h 21m
(according
to my
astronomy
book)
corresponds
to day
(20 * 60
+ 21) /
1440 *
365.25 =
309.7,
and this
is not
at
Gb1-12
but 5
days
later:
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