Would it not be reasonable to assume the creator of the G text began his work by assigning a layout for the tablet based on the Gregorian calendar? It would be the 'leader' and its beginning would be the point of origin for the whole text. As a consequence the Gregorian calendar would run out before the manzil calendar (and also before the days of a year beginning with 'March 21).
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Ga7-31 (201) |
Ga7-32 (*265) |
Ga7-33 |
Ga7-34 |
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σ Ophiuchi (263.6) |
Lesath (264.7),
Alwaid, Maasym (265.1), Shaula (265.3) |
Kuma (265.6), Ras Alhague (266.1), Sargas (266.3) |
μ
Ophiuchi (266.5), Nan Hae (266.6), ι Herculis (266.7) |
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'December 10 |
'11 (345) |
'12 |
'13 (Lucia) |
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12 |
Az Zubana
13 |
Akleel 1 (210) |
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December 13 (the date of Lucia) is day 347. The maximum Sun number can be regarded as 19 (as in the Mayan calendar defined by 18 regular months with 20 days in each + 5 extra days for the 19th month). The Gilbertese Polynesians never counted a month beyond the 20th night. 347 / 19 = ca 18.263, which is close to 365¼ / 20 (= 18.2625).
Rei in Ga7-31 (where 73 * 1 = 365 / 5 can be added to 73 * 4 at Ga7-34) is the 7th of 12 such glyphs. They fit nicely in the Gregorian structure:
| glyph positions |
+ 63 |
+ 80 |
| 1 |
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Ga1-30 (31) |
*94 |
'June 23 (St John's Eve) (174) |
| 2 |
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Ga2-27 (58) |
*121 |
'July 20
(201) |
| 3 |
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Ga4-17 (101) |
*164 |
'September 1 (244) |
| 4 |
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Ga5-1 (112) |
*175 |
'September12
(255 = 355 - 100) |
| 5 |
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Ga5-6 (117) |
*180 |
'September 17
(260 = 255 + 5) |
| 6 |
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Ga7-22 (192) |
*255 |
'December 1
(335 = 255 + 80) |
| 7 |
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Ga7-31 (201) |
*264 |
'December 10 (344 = 244 + 100) |
December 13 (347) is 173 days after June 23 (St John's Eve). This means Rei number 8 (the perfect number) has position 174 + 174 = 348 (see below). 348 = 12 * 29.
All the last 5 Rei glyphs are in line a8, beyond 'December 13 and close to the solstice:
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Ga8-1 (205) |
Ga8-2 |
Ga8-3 (*270) |
Ga8-4 (208) |
Ga8-5 |
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Girtab, ο Serpentis
(267.6), Kelb Alrai (268.1) |
Kew Ho (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), Apollyon (268.9), Muliphen
(269.0) |
Basanismus (269.5), Pherkard (269.9) |
Rukbalgethi Genubi
(271.1) |
ξ Herculis (271.5),
Etamin, ν
Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8), ζ Serpentis (272.4) |
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'December 14 (348) |
'15 |
'16 |
'17 |
'18 |
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Akleel 3 |
4 |
5
(214) |
6 |
7 |
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Ga8-6 |
Ga8-7 |
Ga8-8 |
Ga8-9 (213) |
| τ
Ophiuchi (272.9) |
Nash (273.7), Zhōngshān (274.0) |
π
Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) |
Polis (275.9) |
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'December 19 |
'20 (354) |
'18h (274.9) |
'22 |
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Akleel 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Ga8-10 |
Ga8-11 |
Ga8-12 (216) |
| η
Sagittarii (276.9) |
Kaus Medius, κ
Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3), ξ Pavonis
(278.4) |
Al
Athfar (278.6), Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
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'December 23 |
'Christmans Eve |
'Christmas Day |
| 12 |
Akleel13
(222) |
Qalb al Akraab 1 |
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Ga8-13 (*280) |
Ga8-14 |
Ga8-15 (219) |
Ga8-16 |
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ν Pavonis (280.4) |
κ Cor. Austr. (280.9), θ
Cor. Austr. (281.0) |
Vega (281.8) |
ζ
Pavonis (283.4) |
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'December 26 (360) |
'27 |
'28 |
'29 |
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Qalb al Akraab 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Akleel is connected with Corona Borealis and Qalb al Akraab with Antares (which at the time of G rose heliacally 30 days before Ga8-12) - a manzil exceptional in its short length, only 9 days.
The text has its 12th and last Rei at Vega. The magnificent Lyra bird has his face up for someone looking down on the celestial globe, i.e. we down on earth can only see his back side:
The strings on his Lyre follow beyond 'December 29. But the last Lyra star, θ, which was rising 291.8 - 281.8 = 10.0 days after α (Vega), is in his left wing:
We should presumably count the strings (nights)
from ζ to λ (to the point where 'Land' is ending, to Nunki):
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Ga8-17 |
Ga8-18 (222) |
Ga8-19 |
Ga8-20 |
Ga8-21 |
| λ
Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7),
ζ Lyrae (283.8),
φ Sagittarii (284.0) |
μ Cor. Austr.
(284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8), Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) |
λ
Pavonis (285.7), Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3) |
κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya
(286.6), ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Cor. Austr.,
Sulaphat (287.4) |
λ Lyrae (287.7),
Ascella (287.9), Nunki
(288.4) |
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'December 30 |
'31 |
'January 1 (366) |
'2 |
'3 |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
Qalb al Akraab
9 |
Shaula 1 (232) |
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Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23 (*290) |
Ga8-24 |
Ga8-25 (*292) |
Ga8-26 (230) |
| ζ
Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), γ Cor. Austr. (289.3), τ
Sagittarii (289.4) |
ι
Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8), Al Baldah, Alphekka Meridiana
(290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
Aladfar (291.1) |
Nodus II (291.5),
ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2) |
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'19h (289.2) |
'January 5 |
'6 |
'7 (372) |
'8 |
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Shaula 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (236) |
6 |
Tagata at left (in the past) in Ga8-19 probably indicates the end of the old Gregorian year. Perhaps the 8 + 1 glyphs beyond 'December 31 allude to the 8 dark nights when Venus is invisible before she reappears as Morning Star. What better place to move over from side a to side b?
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