1. The 8 weeks (57 days) difference between the dates for the heliacal risings at the time of G and the dates of the manzil system can be explained as the difference between 137 and 80:
If we count 57 glyphs beyond Rogo in Gb6-26 we should therefore arrive at the beginning of the manzil system. 409 + 57 = 466:
Thus the manzil system seems to count its beginning from the Pleiades rather than from Sheratan (β Arietis), from May 17 (137) rather than from April 17 (107):
Not long ago the Pleiades were rising together with Sun in May 16. But it will not be until around 72 * 30 = 2160 years in the future before Sheratan will rise together with Sun at that date. The nawaa Al Thuraya, with 40 days, could be a transition zone - similar to the end of side b on the G tablet - and possibly refer to the 'signs of land' before it truly will be reached:
The 3 manzils of Al Thuraya could correspond to the 3 islets outside Easter Island:
At the opposite side of land there is another triplet of 'mountain tops':
Though 'the mountain goat' has only his tail out in the sea:
... On the following day, 20 November 1770, Commander José Bustillo took formal possession of Easter Island 'in the name of the King and of Spain, our Lord and Master Don Carlos the third', renaming the island 'San Carlos'. Several hundred Rapanui - probably members of the Koro 'o 'Orongo tribe of the eastern 'Otu 'Iti - observed the ceremony not far from Poike's parasitic cones Parehe, Teatea, and Vai 'a Heva, on the tops of which the Spaniards had planted three crosses. Following three boisterous 'Viva el Rey!' for each cross, the land party let off three salvos of musketry, whereupon the two Spanish vessels San Lorenzo and Santa Rosalia responded with 21 cannon salutes ... 3 + 21 = 24. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
