4. In the G text has evidently been underlined a division of the solar year determined by the heliacal risings of δ Leporis and δ Lupi:
Counting from atariki and the heliacal rising of δ Leporis in June 18 (day 169 in our calendar) we will reach the heliacal rising of δ Lupi in November 9 after 144 days. Wikipedia: Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ) ... is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Dalet
Letters that come from delta include Latin D and Cyrillic Д. A river delta (originally, the Nile River delta) is so named because its shape approximates the upper-case letter delta (the shape is a triangle) ... Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets ... The letter is based on a glyph of the Middle Bronze Age alphabets, probably called dalt 'door' (door in Modern Hebrew is delet), ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door
The Egyptian glyph has the door lying on its side, possibly 'to kill' it, making it harmless (number 4 is unlucky). A door is a dangerous place, you never know what you will encounter on the other side. The picture below is from Wilkinson, Hieroglyphernas Värld:
Wilkinson says it is from the grave of Sennedjem (Thebe, 19th dynasty) and we can here see 'the doors to heaven'. |