1. Compared to the previous star list the right ascension days are here given as they would have been 72 years earlier (than according to my astronomy book), in an attempt to show the dates when the G text was composed. Below time begins at March 21 and I have denoted this date as 'March 21 in order to make the reader observe it is not the current such date but 'March 21' ca 72 years before 0h according to my astronomy book. "Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ..." (Wikipedia) Numbers with asterisk, e.g. *3 at Gb7-1, indicate number of days beyond 'March 21. Date numbers within parenthesis, e.g. (88) at Gb7-6, indicate number of days from 'January 1. It might be argued that I am wrong in assigning my 'planetary colours' to the text on the back side of the tablet. However, colours should appear when Sun returns at spring equinox and at Easter (the earliest date of which is March 22) the major signs are eggs and rainbow colours.
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