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496. In the same way as 584 was like a signature of Venus we can assume Mercury (Babylonian Nabū) was characterized by number 115:

... Ganz ähnlich is der Name 'Gott von Duazag' des Gottes Nabū ... zu erklären. Er bezeichnet ihn als den Gott des Wachtstums, welches als aus dem Osten stammend betrachtet wird, weil die Sonne, die das Wachstum bringt, im Osten aufgeht. Dass aber Nabū als Ost-Gott aufgefasst wurde, hängt damit zusammen, dass sein Stern, der Mercur, nur im Osten oder Westen sichtbar ist ...

 Synodic cycles

Mercury

115.88 (115)

Venus

583.92 (584)

Earth

364.0 = π * 115.88

Moon

413 = 364 + 49

Mars

779.96 (780)

Jupiter

398.88 = 115.88 + 283.00

Saturn

378.09 (378)

Uranus

369.66 (370)

Number 23 as a measure for the circuit of the figure of Hawaiian Lono (Rogo) can then be associated with Mercury because 2 * 115 = 230 (or 23 if disregarding the unnecessary symbol for zero):

o te nuku erua nuku tagata oho maitaki

Nuku. 1. Pau.: nuka, crowd, throng. Ta.: nuú, army, fleet. Mg.: nuku, a host, army. 2. Mgv.: nuku, land, country, place. Sa.: nu'u, district, territory, island. Churchill.

Cb9-27 (227 → π) Cb9-28 (620 = 392 + 228) Cb9-29 Cb9-30 (230 → 10 * 23)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Nov 29 (150 + 183)

ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

30 (*254 = *71 + *183)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)
Dec 1 (365 + 335 = 700)

Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4

2 (336 = 320 + 16)

κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 30 (→ 5 * 30 = 150)

no star listed (70)

31

TABIT = π³ Orionis (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9)

320 (South Pole star, Dramasa) - 71 (Tabit) = 249 (Antares)

June 1 (152 = 136 + 16)

π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4
2

π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)

*32.0 = *73.4 - *41.4

Mercury was sometimes above the surface of Mother Earth (i nika) and sometimes below (i raro).

... 'Savage tribes knew the Pleiades familiarly, as well as did the people of ancient and modern civilization; and Ellis wrote of the natives of the Society and Tonga Islands, who called these stars Matarii, the Little Eyes: The two seasons of the year were divided by the Pleiades; the first, Matarii i nia, the Pleiades Above, commenced when, in the evening, those stars appeared on the horizon, and continued while, after sunset, they were above. The other season, Matarii i raro, the Pleiades Below, began when, at sunset, they ceased to be visible, and continued till, in the evening, they appeared again above the horizon ...

This idea seems to have been expressed in Cb9-30, where ¼ can be characterized as below and ¾ above, for instance as in 9 * 30 = 270 days = ¾ * 360. Or as 84 days below together with 9 * 28 above = 336 (= 4 * 84 = 12 * 28).

Furthermore, 168 (= 2 * 84) + 230 (= 2 * 115) = 115 + 283 (→ 28 * 3 = 84) = 398:

Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (82 + 314) Cb1-5
CLOSE TO THE SUN:

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 = *27.4 - *41.4
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) ALRISHA (The Knot) = α Piscium, χ Phoenicis (29.2), ε Trianguli (29.4), ALAMAK (Caracal) = γ Andromedae (29.7)

*353 = *29.4 - *41.4

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)

DELTOTUM = β Trianguli (31.2), ι Trianguli (31.7), η Arietis (31.9)

 

'March 21 (0h) 22 23 (82) 24 Julian equinox
Cb1-6 (398)
ξ¹ Ceti (32.1)

398 (Jupiter) = 115 (Mercury) + 260 + 23.

The distance between Cb1-6 (398) and Cb8-21 (584) is 185 days - equal, we remember, to a quarter of the total number of glyphs on the C tablet:

185 koia ia kua haga ia - kua huki koia ra - tona mea
Cb8-21 (584 = 392 + 192) Cb8-22 Cb8-23 (171 + 23 = 194)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Oct 25 (115 + 183)

τ Lupi, δ Oct. (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)
26 (365 + 299 = 664)

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), HARIS (Keeper) = γ Bootis (219.7

27 (300)

σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)

*179.0 = *220.4 - *41.4

ºOct 21 22 (295) 23
'Sept 28 29 30 (273)
"Sept 14 15 16 (259)
AUG 21 22 (600) 23 (236)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 25 (115 = 480)

ξ¹ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), ξ² Ceti (35.9)

*359.0 = *35.4 - *41.4

26

σ Ceti (36.9)

27

ν Ceti (37.9)

ºApril 21 (111) 22 23
'March 29 (88 = 115 - 27) 30 31
"March 15 (74 = 115 - 41) 16 17
FEBR 20 (51 = 115 - 64) 21 22

Cetus was clearly personifying the change from Water to Land and therefore Piscis Austrinus (Notius) ought to have personified the opposite point, viz. where Land became inundated:

Between the back side of the head and the face - between Mother Earth and Father Sky - was the place for the ears (at the horizon with Mercury). This could explain the curious eye formed like the figure of 8 in the illustration of Cetus above. Or the peculiar 'hair-lock' which was flowing on the right side of the head of Horus (the Sun child at the horizon in the east):