1. There
seems to be another
glyph sequence beginning
with 'May 26, a date
which on Easter Island
may have been considered
as the beginning of 'low
tide' (summer). This 2nd
'time of ebb' evidently
comes after the
Gregorian calendar has
reached its end:
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Ga8-17 |
Ga8-18 (222) |
Ga8-19 |
Ga8-20 |
Ga8-21 |
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Double
Double
(283.7), ζ
Lyrae
(283.8), φ
Sagittarii
(284.1) |
Sheliak, ν
Lyrae
(285.1) |
Ain al Rami
(286.2), δ
Lyrae
(286.3) |
Alya
(286.6), ξ
Sagittarii
(287.1),
Sulaphat
(287.4)
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λ Lyrae
(287.7),
Ascella
(287.9),
Nunki
(288.4) |
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'December 30
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'31 (365) |
'May 24
(144) |
'25 |
'26 |
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Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23
(*290) |
Ga8-24 |
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 |
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Manubrium
(288.8), τ
Sagittarii
(289.4) |
ι Lyrae
(289.5), Al
Baldah
(290.1) |
Aladfar
(291.1) |
ψ Sagittarii
(291.6), θ
Lyrae
(291.8) |
Arkab Prior
(293.0),
Arkab
Posterior,
Alrami
(293.2) |
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19h (289.2) |
'May 28
(148) |
'29 |
'30 |
'31 |
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'January 4 |
'5 |
'6 |
'7 (372) |
'8 |
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"November 2 |
"3 |
"4 |
"5 (309) |
"6 |
Aldebaran
arrives
ca 2 nights after
'Bull's Eye' (Ain) and
Nunki arrives ca 2 nights
after the Eye of the
Archer (Ain al
Rami). We can perceive 5
nights centered on
Nunki:
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Gb8-30 |
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2
(*66) |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
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Hyadum
II
(64.2) |
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Ain,
θ¹
Tauri,
θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
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Aldebaran
(68.2) |
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'May 24 |
'25 |
'26
(146) |
'27 |
'28 |
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Ga8-19 |
Ga8-20 |
Ga8-21
(*288) |
Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23 |
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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) |
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'May 24 |
'25 |
'26 (146) |
19h (289.2) |
'May 28 |
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.
If 'May 26 is
referred to with the
maitaki sign in
Ga8-21 - where we
possibly could read
'the good' (time on
Easter Island) -
then, at that time, our Gregorian calendar
ought to have pointed
at a date half a
year later (or
earlier), i.e. late in
November:
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-51 |
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Ga8-21 (233) |
Ga7-11 (181) |
Ga7-12 |
Ga7-13
(*246) |
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λ Lyrae
(287.7),
Ascella
(287.9),
Nunki
(288.4) |
Rutilicus
(243.5) |
Lesath
(244.8) |
Yed Prior
(245.5) |
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'May 26
(146) |
177 |
'November 20 |
'21 |
'22 (326) |
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45 |
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Ga7-14
(184) |
Ga7-15 |
Ga7-16
(*249) |
Ga7-17 |
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Yed
Posterior
(246.6) |
Kajam
(248.3) |
Antares
(249.1) |
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'November
23 |
'24 |
'25 |
'26
(330) |
180 |
The nakshatra method
of defining time
by using the full
moon face in the night
sky might be
implied on the back
side of the G
tablet.
There could be a
jump from observing
the stars in the
east prior to sun-up
- a method for the front
side up to 'December
31 and hanau
in Ga8-18 - to a
method of observing
the stars at
culmination in
the middle of the
night. Possibly,
though,
there was an overlap
stretching a bit
into the new year in
order to incorporate
the last part of
'Land' (with the
stars Nunki, Manubrium,
and Al
Baldah).
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