The structure of the Mama-ri (Egg) tablet, with 392 glyphs on
one side and 348 on the other,
Side a |
Side b |
(1) |
6 |
386 |
6 |
342 |
392 |
348 |
Mama. 1. To chew. 2. To mouth-feed (arch.) he-mama
i te vai tôa koia ko te tiapito kiroto ki te haha o te poki,
she mouth-feeds the child with sugarcane juice together with
tiapito juice. 3. A sea mollusc (with an eight-horned
shell). Vanaga. 1. To leak, to ooze, (maamaa). P
Pau., Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 2. To chew. P Mgv., Mq.,
Ta.: mama, id. 3. Light not heavy, (maamaa). P
Mgv., Ta.: mama, id. 4. A limpet (Chiton
magnificus). Mgv., Mq., mama, a shellfish. 5. To
open the mouth; hakamama, to yawn, to gape, to be
ajar. Pau.: hamama, to open. Mgv.: akamama, to
burst open. Ta.: haamama, to open. Mq.: haámama,
to open the mouth. 6. Ta.: mama-orero, conclusion of
a council. Ha.: mama, to finish, to have done with a
thing. Churchill.
Ri. 1. Mgv.:
ri, a string, a girdle,
to tie together. Sa.: li,
the sennit lashing of canoe outriggers. Mgv.:
rino, to twist a
thread between the forefinger and thumb. Ta.:
nino, to twist, to
spin. Mq.: nino, id.
Ma.: rina, a twist of
two or three strands. 2. Ta.: ri,
to hang. Ha.: li, to
hang by the neck. Hakariga,
to subdue. Churchill.
Mamari. Egg, fish roe. mâmari ata rauhau, last
small egg laid by a hen before she turns broody. Vanaga. Egg (of
fowl or fish), (gamamari), (Cf. komari.);
mamari punua, chicken in the shell. Churchill.
does resemble the eye-catching arrangement of the tresses on the back side of
the stone statue of Pacha-mama (World Mother) in South America:
Counting the knots in her tresses we will find the sum to be 396
(if we disregard the fractions). According to my interpretation of
the text at the beginning of side b on the C tablet this
could correspond to the position of Hamal:
te rima |
E tupu |
ki roto |
o te hau tea |
ki te henua - te maro |
rutua - te
pahu |
Rutu.
1. To read, to recite, to pronounce words
solemnly; he-rutu i te kohau motu, to read the
rongorongo tablets; hare rutu rogorogo mo hakama'a ki
te ga poki ite kai, i te rogorogo, rongorongo
school, house in which children were taught reading and
writing the rongorongo signs. 2. To pelt with stones. 3.
To gather in great numbers (of people). Vanaga. Sound.
Rutu-rongorongo = the sound of recitation.
Barthel. T. Beat. Henry. To recite; tae rutu,
irreverence. Churchill. Pau.: rutu, a drum. Mgv.:
rutu, to beat, to cause to resound. Ta.: rutu,
a drum, to drum. Mq.: utu, to drum. Sa.: lutu,
to shake a rattle. Churchill.
Pahu.
Drum. Pahu-rutu-roa =
Long-beating-drum. Barthel. M. Pahū.
Tree gong. Starzecka.
Pahu uma,
coffin; in modern usage, any sort of jar. Pahupahu
= To dig a hole. Vanaga. A trough, barrel, cask, cradle,
drum, chest, box; pahu
nui, a kettle;
pahu oka, a
drawer; pahu papaku,
coffin; pahu rikiriki,
sheath; pahu viriviri,
hogshead. Pahupahu,
box. Churchill. A trough, barrel, cask, cradle, drum,
chest, box; pahu nui,
a kettle; pahu oka,
a drawer; pahu papaku,
coffin; pahu rikiriki,
sheath; pahu viriviri,
hogshead; pahupahu,
box. P Mgv., Ta.: pahu,
a drum. Mq.: pahu,
a drum, a large cylindrical container. (To.:
bahu, a
hollow tree set in water as a filter.) Sa.:
pusa, a box.
To.: buha,
id. Fu.: pusa,
id. Niue: puha,
id. Pau.: puha,
id. Pahuahi,
lantern, beacon. Paukumi,
closet, cupboard.
Pahupopo, a mould;
pahupopokai,
cupboard for food.
Pahure: 1. To sweep everything away. 2. To
wound, to lacerate, scar, bruise, lesion, sore;
pahurehure,
to wound, to scratch;
hakapahure, to wound. T Pau.:
pahure, to be
skinned; pahore,
to peel off, to scale. Mgv.:
pahore, to
cut off, to chop, to slice. Ta.:
pahore, to
flay, to skin. Churchill 2. |
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*Ca14-29 (32
+ 360) |
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
Cb1-5 |
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
April 16
(471 = 364 + 107)
ANA-NIA-10 (Pillar-to-fish by)
χ
Ceti (26.1),
POLARIS =
α
Ursae Minoris,
BATEN KAITOS
(Belly of the Fish) =
ζ
Ceti
(26.6),
METALLAH
(Triagle) = α Trianguli
(26.9) |
17 (91 + 16)
Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 (Dog) /
Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 (Front of the Head of Ku)
SEGIN = ε Cassiopeia, MESARTHIM = γ
Arietis,
ψ
Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN
(Pair of Signs) =
β
Arietis,
φ
Phoenicis (27.4)
*351.0 = *27.4 - *41.4 |
18
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) |
19
ALRISHA
(The Knot) = α Piscium,
χ Phoenicis (29.2), ε Trianguli (29.4),
ALAMAK
(Caracal) = γ Andromedae
(29.7)
*353.0 = *29.4 - *41.4 |
20
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head of Ku)
2h (30.4)
κ
Arietis (30.3),
HAMAL
(Sheep) =
α
Arietis
(30.5)
ALKES (α
Crateris) |
21 (111)
DELTOTUM = β Trianguli
(31.2), ι Trianguli (31.7), η Arietis (31.9)
*355.0
= *31 - *41 |
20 (471 - 27
= 444) |
21 (80 = 107
- 27) |
22 |
23 (2 * 41) |
'March
24 |
Julian equinox |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
no star listed (209) |
MUPHRID (Solitary Star) = η Bootis
(210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri
(211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) |
AGENA (At the Knee) =
β
Centauri
(212.1),
θ
Apodis (212.5),
THUBAN
(Dragon) =
α
Draconis
(212.8) |
14h (213.1)
π
Hydrae,
χ
Centauri (213.0),
MENKENT (Shoulder of the Centaur) =
θ
Centauri
(213.1) |
Neck-2 (Dragon)
ASELLUS TERTIUS (3rd Ass Colt) =
κ
Bootis,
κ
Virginis, 14 Bootis
(214.8) |
rutua te maeva |
Maeva. T. 1. Move.
Rangi-maeva = Moving Sky (name of a marae). 2.
Greet, greeting. Henry. |
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Cb1-6
(398) |
ξ¹ Ceti
(32.1) |
Al Ghafr-13 (The Cover) /
Svāti-15 (Very Good) /
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand
by)
15 Bootis
(215.2),
ARCTURUS
=
α
Bootis
(215.4),
ASELLUS SECUNDUS (2nd Ass Colt) =
ι
Bootis
(215.5),
SYRMA (Train of the Virgin's Robe) =
ι
Virginis,
λ
Bootis (215.6),
η
Apodis (215.8)
*174.0 = *215.4 - *41.4 |
There are 32 more (complete) knots on the left side of the head of
Pachamama than on the left:
Counting in the tresses of
Pachamama from right to left: |
1 |
26 |
78 |
1 |
29 |
90 |
2 |
26 |
2 |
30 |
3 |
26 |
3 |
31 |
4 |
25 |
104 |
4 |
34 |
124 |
5 |
26 |
5 |
31 |
6 |
27 |
6 |
30 |
7 |
26 |
7 |
29 |
Total = 396 = 182 + 214 (= 364 +
32) |
Hamal (*30 = 110) - 32 = 78 (March 18), and this ought to be
the last day before the equinox (rather than at Sirrah in March
21).
... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21
March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically
speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...
The Julian spring equinox was indeed in the day after Hamal
(we can see above), i.e., Hamal was at the back (hairy)
side of Ku.
Considering the fact that side b on the C tablet carries 348
= 12 * 29 glyphs, we could then guess the last 6 (= 354 - 348) glyphs on side a
perhaps should be regarded as corresponding to the 6 Roman
days before the Kalends of March. Or the last 7 if we should count
with a leap year.
Side a |
Side b |
392 = 360 +
32 |
348 = 12 * 29 |
360 + 26 (25) |
6 (7) |
354 = 12 * 29½
(355) |
The conspicious glyph at heliacal Ksora (δ
Cassipeia) should represent day
100 (April 10), which position in Roman times would have been
at 'March
14 (73 = 100 - 27) → 3-14 → π:
kua heheu |
te
henua |
te
honu kau |
manu kake rua |
te
henua |
te
honu |
te
rima |
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KSORA
(*20) |
*Ca14-24 |
*Ca14-25 |
ACHERNAR |
*Ca14-27 |
*Ca14-28 |
POLARIS
(392) |
April 10
(100) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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