499. Next we should examine why the
text on side a is considerably longer than that on
side b. The length of side a seems to have been
fixed as the right ascension distance from Sirrah (March 21, 80) to
Polaris (April 16, 106), i.e. to 26 + 366 = 392
days (glyphs):
Sept 20 |
21 (264) |
Equinox |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
no glyph |
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Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
March 21 (80)
Al Fargh al Thāni-25
(Rear Spout)
0h (365.25)
CAPH (Hand) =
β
Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH (Navel of the
Horse) =
α
Andromedae
(0.5),
ε
Phoenicis,
γ³
Oct.
(0.8) |
22
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
(2nd of the Blessed
Feet) /
Wall-14 (Porcupine)
ο Oct. (1.3),
ALGENIB PEGASI = γ
Pegasi
(1.8) |
23
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ
Andromedae (2.7) |
24
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι
Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae
(3.5), ρ Andromedae, π
Tucanae (3.7) |
Julian equinox
no star listed (4) |
26 (85 = 185 - 100)
ANKAA = α Phoenicis,
κ Phoenicis (5.0)
ALPHARD (α Hydrae)
|
27
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β
Tucanae (6.4)
45.0 = 86.4 - 41.4 |
Sept 27 (270)
|
28 |
378 |
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|
Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 (= 740 - 2 * 366) |
March 28
ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31),
π Andromedae (7.7)
31 = 104 - (365 - 292) |
29 (88)
ε Andromedae (8.2),
DELTA = δ Andromedae
(8.4),
SCHEDIR (Breast) = α
Cassiopeiae
(8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ
Phoenicis (8.9)
47.0 = 88.4 - 41.4 |
Oct 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
16 |
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*Ca14-24 |
*Ca14-25 |
*Ca14-26 |
*Ca14-27 (390) |
*Ca14-28 |
*Ca14-29 |
April 11 (101)
δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
12
PINWHEEL GALAXY (M33
Trianguli
(22.1), υ Andromedae
(22.9) |
13
ACHERNAR (End of the
River) =
α
Eridani
(23.3),
χ
Andromedae (23.6),
τ
Andromedae (23.9) |
14 (104)
ALSEIPH (Scimitar) =
φ Persei
(24.5),
τ
Ceti (24.7)
|
15 (470)
no star listed (25)
|
16 (1½ * 314)
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 (Triangle)
= α Trianguli
(26.9) |
Counted from
Schedir the distance is 392
- 7 = 385 right ascension
days (= 5 * 11 weeks). Side b
was therefore beginning when
the Sun reached day 290
(October 17) and the Full
Moon was at the First Point
of Aries (in April 17). In
Roman times Sheratan would
have risen heliacally in
'March 21 (80) while Alrisha would
have been at Full Moon
at the autumn equinox (265 =
80 + 185 = 365 - 100):
Oct 17 (10 *
29) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
'Sept 20
(263 = 290 -
27) |
21 (264) |
Equinox |
23 (266 =
366 - 100) |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
Cb1-5 |
April 17
(107 = 80 +
27)
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
DELTOTUM = β
Trianguli
(31.2), ι
Trianguli
(31.7), η
Arietis
(31.9)
*355.0
|
'March 21
(0h) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
Julian
equinox (84) |
Oct 22 (295
= 268 + 27) |
'Sept 25
(268) |
|
Cb1-6 (398) |
April 22
(112)
ξ¹ Ceti
(32.1) |
'March 26
(85) |
Thus
it was necessary to
extend the text on
side a for longer
than a year if the First
Point of Aries
should be at the
beginning of side b.
392 = 365 + 27 = 56
(= 7 * 8) weeks.
Day
295 (= 10 times the
measure for the
synodic lunar
month), viz. October
22 as counted from
January 1, came 5
days after Cb1-1,
and if counted from
Ca1-6 also this measure
was 56 weeks (= 2 *
28 = 4 * 14):
Sept 26
(269) |
391 |
Oct 22
(295 =
268 +
27) |
'Aug 30
(242 =
269 - 27) |
'Sept 25
(268) |
|
|
Ca1-6 |
Cb1-6
(398 = 6
+ 392) |
'Febr 28
(59 =
242 -
183) |
56 weeks |
The number of
glyphs on side b,
on the other
hand,
was designed to
be 348 (= 12 *
29 = 6 + 18 *
19) because the Sun would
then reach all
the way to Porrima in
Virgo while the
Full Moon would
arrive to the back side of
Andromeda, to
Delta:
339 |
Sept 26
|
27 (270)
|
28
|
'Aug 30
(242) |
31 |
'Sept 1 |
|
|
|
Cb14-17
(346) |
Cb14-18 |
Cb14-19
(740) |
March 27
λ
Phoenicis
(6.3), β
Tucanae
(6.4)
45.0 =
86.4 -
41.4 |
28
ANDROMEDA
GALAXY
(M31),
π
Andromedae
(7.7)
31 = 104
- (365 -
292) |
29 (88)
ε
Andromedae
(8.2),
DELTA =
δ
Andromedae
(8.4),
SCHEDIR
(Breast)
= α
Cassiopeiae
(8.6), ζ
Andromedae,
μ
Phoenicis
(8.9)
47.0 =
88.4 -
41.4 |
'Febr 28
(59 =
242 -
183) |
29 (Leap
Day) |
'March 1
(61 =
366 / 6) |
... The leap day
was introduced
as part of the
Julian reform.
The day
following the
Terminalia
(February 23)
was doubled,
forming the 'bis
sextum -
literally
'double sixth',
since February
24 was 'the
sixth day before
the Kalends of
March' using
Roman inclusive
counting (March
1 was the 'first
day'). Although
exceptions
exist, the first
day of the
bis sextum
(February 24)
was usually
regarded as the
intercalated or
'bissextile' day
since the third
century.
February 29 came
to be regarded
as the leap day
when the Roman
system of
numbering days
was replaced by
sequential
numbering in the
late Middle Ages
...
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