3. The front side of the text (on side a of the tablet) presumably corresponds to the back side of the year from the viewpoint of an observer on Easter Island. The back side of the text (on side b of the tablet) should then correspond to the front side of the year as seen from Easter Island. Maybe also glyph 266 could refer to Antares?
Gb2-10 is number 36 from the beginning of side b, possibly a sign of 63 reversed. If so, then we could be looking at the time of Antares rather than at the time of Aldebaran. From the heliacal rising of Antares in Ga7-16 (and 'November 25) to Gb2-10 there are 266 - 186 = 80 glyphs (equal to the number of days from January 1 to March 21). If Antares should be also in Gb2-10, then we can expect the surrounding glyphs to reflect its surrounding (in time) stars:
Against the idea of Antares being at Gb2-10 is the type of glyph, not a mago (with a curved tail) but a vaha mea. On the other hand could Gb2-10 possibly represent an otherwise missing 4th member in a group with lean mago figures:
71 * 6 = 426 has probably a meaning we ought to understand - it draws a line of connection between mago in Ga7-16 and mago in Gb7-16. (I have shifted Gb6-11 from a position at the beginning to the end of the fat group.) 427 - 186 = 241 could indicate that mago in Gb7-16 (a Jupiter position) is at the beginning of a season when Sun has left. The lean sharks (excepting the one in Ga7-16) have fat heads, while the fat sharks have open mouths, as if eager for food. We do not know as yet if there are positions of heliacal rising which determine glyph positions on side b. And therefore we do not know the dates (if there are such also on side b). |
