The great tagata in Ga4-1 probably indicates where a major division of time is ending ('fully grown'). Mago in Ga3-23 is positioned 2 / 5 of the way from equinox to day 365:
A
new
season
was
evidently beginning
ca 150
days
beyond
equinox:
"The manzil An Nathrah, the Gap in the hair under the muzzle of the supposed immense ancient Lion, was chiefly formed by Praesaepe ..." (Allen)
Praesaepe is the Beehive star (ε) in Cancer, which rose heliacally in 'July 29 at the time of G. This star is at Ga3-7, where we presumably are meant to read 3 * 7 = 21 as an allusion to the day number of 'July 29 (according to the Gregorian calendar). Counted from 'January 1 the Beehive marks the last day in 30 weeks:
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Ga3-6 |
Ga3-7 (*130) |
Ga3-8 (68) |
Ga3-9 |
η Cancri (128.5 |
π¹ Ursa Majoris and δ Hydrae (129.6), Al Minhar al Shujā and Museida (129.9), Beehive (130.4) |
Ascellus Borealis (130.9), η Hydrae (131.0), Ascellus Australis (131.4) |
ε Hydrae (131.9), ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4) |
'July 28 |
'29 (210) |
'30 |
'31 |
Alhena 7 (73) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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Ga4-5 |
Ga4-6 (90) |
Ga4-7 |
υ² Hydrae (151.8), Al Jabhah (152.4) |
Regulus (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2) |
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'10h (152.2) |
'August 21 (233) |
'22 |
An Nathra 4 |
5 |
6 |
Regulus is α Leonis and in the picture of Hevelius located where the heart of the Lion ought to be:
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Ga4-8 |
Ga4-9 (*156) |
Ga4-10 |
Adhafera, Tania Borealis (154.7) |
Algieba (155.5), Tania Australis (156.0) |
μ Hydrae (157.1) |
'August 23 |
'24 (236) |
'25 |
An Nathra 7 |
8 (100) |
9 |
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Ga4-11 |
Ga4-12 |
Ga4-13 (*160) |
Ga4-14 |
Ga4-15 |
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Shir (158.9) |
φ Hydrae (160.3) |
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'August 26 |
'27 |
'28 (240) |
'29 |
'30 (242) |
10 |
11 |
12 |
An Nathra 13 |
Alterf 1 (106) |
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Ga4-16 (100) |
Ga4-17 (*164) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
ν Hydrae (163.1) |
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Alkes (165.6), Merak (166.2) |
'August 31 |
'September 1 |
'2 |
'3 |
Alterf 2 |
3 (108) |
4 |
5 |
The 3rd Rei in the text coincides with day 108 in the manzil structure. Alterf is λ Leonis which at the time of G was rising heliacally in 'August 11 (80 days counted from Gb8-30 and at the first day of the 'Knot'):
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Ga3-20 (80) |
Ga3-21 |
Ga3-22 |
ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7), Alterf, τ² Hydrae (143.4) |
ξ Leonis (143.5), A Hydrae (144.1) |
Ukdah (145.4) |
'August 11 |
'12 |
'13 (225) |
Murzim 8 |
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10 |
The Knot (Ukdah) |
Modern star charts has time increasing from right to left, and Alterf (λ Leonis) is in the mouth of the Lion. Perhaps it means the 'old year' is 'being devoured' (coming to its end). The manzil date Alterf 1 corresponds to 'August 30 - in the Gregorian day number 242, equal to the number of glyphs on side b of the tablet.
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