2. Hakaturou in Ga7-9 is glyph 179 counted from Gb8-30. If we assume the underlying structure refers to the time when Taurus was ruling spring equinox north of the equator, then it could be sigificant to add 80 (the number of days from January 1 to March 21) and reach 259. Day 260 will be November 19 if we count from a date which is 63 days from January 1, i.e. from March 4:
November 16 is day 320 in our calendar and at the supposed time of G the corresponding glyph would presumably have been Ga7-7 (in position 177), which can be thought of to reflect its position in the age of Taurus, when it could have been at day 257 (September 14).
Without suggesting any definite conclusion of mine as to the dates in the age of Taurus I find it useful to introduce a convention with a bis sign - e.g. "September 12 - for dates which lie 63 days earlier than those I have suggested were used in the G text. 256 = 16 * 16. And 91 * 3 (counted from "September 13) = 273 (= the day number for September 30). Reading 'September' as the 7th month (7 * 30 = 210) the calculation would instead had been 71 * 3 = 213 (= the day number for August 1). 16 * 20 = 320 and 320 - 256 = 4 * 16 = 64. 177 = 6 * 29½ and the very special henua ora has 8 feather marks in both directions - it occupies a 'Janus position'. At left (in the past) it is straight (like the beams of Sun) and in front curved (like the crescents of Moon). 8 cannot refer to 177. Instead it presumably refers to 63 + 177 = 240, because 8 * 30 = 240. At Ga7-9 we can count 7 * 9 = 63, which serves as a hint for us to indeed add 63 days. Precession moves the stars ahead with 1 day in ca 72 years and 72 * 63 = 4536 years, which implies a time for Taurus around 4536 - 1870 = 2666 B.C. November 18 is day 322 counted from January 1 and 322 days = 46 weeks, a significant number - cfr e.g. the number of glyphs on the Tahua tablet (1334 = 46 * 29). The heliacal rising of Dschubba at the time of G was evidently a sign of the arrival of the Scorpion: "Dschubba is found in the Whitall Planisphere, probably from Al Jabhah, the Front, or Forehead, where it lies." (Allen) |
