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29. At the time of rongorongo another star than Nunki had moved to the Full Moon position when Sirius rose with the Sun, viz. Φ Sagittarii:

June 20 SOLSTICE 22 (*93) 23 (174) CANOPUS (*95)
Ga1-27 Ga1-28 Ga1-29 Ga1-30 Ga2-1
December 20 SOLSTICE 22 23 CHRISTMAS EVE
June 25 26 (177 = 6 * 29½) 27 28 29 SIRIUS (*101) July 1
SOLSTICE ºJune 22 23 ST JOHN'S DAY (*95) 25 26 (177) 27
Ga2-2 (32) Ga2-3 Ga2-4 Ga2-5 Ga2-6 Ga2-7 Ga2-8
December 25 26 (360) 27 28 29 Φ SAGITTARII 31 (*285)
SOLSTICE °December 22 23 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 26 27
July 2 (183) 3 (*104 = 8 * 13) 4 (*105 = 7 * 15) 5
ºJune 28 29 (*100) SIRIUS ºJuly 1 (182)
Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ga2-11 Ga2-12 (42)
January 1 2 3 (*288 = 4 * 72) 4 (369 = 9 * 41)
°December 28 29 NUNKI 31 (*285 = 15 * 19)
Egyptian bread, (-t, female determinant) Phoenician qoph Greek phi Φ(φ)

... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ...

Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...

... The king, wearing now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer manifest.

When he reappears he is clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I traverse it as I desire.' ...

... 'Tell us a story!' said the March Hare. 'Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice. 'And be quick about it', added the Hatter, 'or you'll be asleep again before it's done.' 'Once upon a time there were three little sisters', the Dormouse began in a great hurry: 'and their names were Elsie [ε], Lacie [λ], and Tillie [τ]; and they lived at the bottom of a well — '

'What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking. 'They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two. 'They couldn't have done that, you know', Alice gently remarked. 'They'd have been ill.' 'So they were', said the Dormouse; 'very ill'. Alice tried a little to fancy herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much: so she went on : 'But why did they live at the bottom of a well?'

'Take some more tea [= t as in duration of time]', the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. 'I've had nothing yet', Alice replied in an offended tone: 'so I can't take more [<]'. 'You mean you can't take less [>]', said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take more than nothing'. 'Nobody asked your opinion', said Alice. 'Who's making personal remarks now?' the Hatter remarked triumphantly.

Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question. 'Why did they live at the bottom of a well?'

1 Horn α Virginis (Spica) Crocodile (202.7) Oct 9 (282) 282 = 265 + 17
2 Neck κ Virginis Dragon (214.8) Oct 21 (294) 294 = 282 + 12
3 Root α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) Badger (224.2) Oct 31 (304) 304 = 295 + 9
4 Room π Scorpii (Vrischika) Hare (241.3) Nov 17 (321) 321 = 304 + 17
5 Heart σ Scorpii Fox (247.0) Nov 23 (327) 327 = 321 + 6
6 Tail μ Scorpii (Denebakrab) Tiger (254.7) Nov 30 (334) 334 = 327 + 9
7 Winnowing Basket γ Sagittarii (Nash) Leopard (273.7) Dec 19 (353) 353 = 334 + 19
December solstice
8 South Dipper φ Sagittarii Unicorn (284.0) Dec 30 (364) 364 = 353 + 11
9 Ox / Herd Boy β Capricornii (Dabih) Buffalo (308.0) Jan 23 (388) 388 = 364 + 24
10 Girl ε Aquarii (Albali) Bat (314.8) Jan 29 (394) 394 = 388 + 6
11 Emptiness β Aquarii (Sadalsud) Rat (325.9) Feb 9 (405) 405 = 394 + 11
12 Rooftop α Aquarii (Sadalmelik) Swallow (334.6) Feb 18 (414) 414 = 405 + 9
13 House α Pegasi (Markab) Pig (349.5) Mar 5 (429) 429 = 414 + 15
March equinox
14 Wall γ Pegasi (Algenib) Porcupine (1.8) Mar 22 (81) 81
15 Legs η Andromedae (?) Wolf (11.4) Apr 1 (91)   91 = 81 + 10
16 Bond β Arietis (Sheratan) Dog (27.4) Apr 17 (107) 107 = 91 + 16
17 Stomach 4¹ Arietis (Bharani) Pheasant (41.4) May 1 (121) 121 = 107 + 14
18 Hairy Head η Tauri (Alcyone) (?) Cockerel (56.1) May 16 (136) 136 = 121 + 15
19 Net ε Tauri (Ain) Crow (65.7) May 25 (145) 145 = 136 + 9
20 Turtle Head λ Orionis (Heka) Monkey (83.2) Jun 12 (163) 163 = 145 + 18
21 Three Stars ζ Orionis (Alnitak) Gibbon (84.7) Jun 13 (164) 164 = 163 + 1
June solstice
22 Well μ Gemini (Tejat Posterior) Tapir (95.4) Jun 24 (175) 175 = 164 + 11
23 Ghost ρ Gemini ? Goat (112.1) Jul 11 (192) 192 = 175 + 17
24 Willow δ Hydrae Stag (129.6) Jul 28 (209) 209 = 192 + 17
25 Star α Hydrae (Alphard) Horse (142.3) Aug 10 (222) 222 = 209 + 11
26 Extended Net ε Hydrae / μ Hydrae Ox (131.9 / 157.1) Jul 30 (211) / Aug 25 (237) 237 = 222 + 15
27 Wings α Crateris (Alkes) Snake (165.6) Sep 2 (245) 245 = 237 + 8
28 Chariot γ Corvi (Gienah) Worm (185.1) Sep 22 (265) 265 = 245 + 20
September equinox

The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said 'It was a treacle-well.' 'There's no such thing!' Alice was beginning very angrily, but the Hatter and the March Hare went 'Sh! Sh!' and the Dormouse sulkily remarked 'If you ca'n't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself.' 'No, please go on!' Alice said very humbly. 'I wo'n't interrupt you again. I dare say there may be one.'  'One, indeed!' said the Dormouse indignantly. However, he consented to go on. 'And so these three little sisters - they were learning to draw, you know —' 'What did they draw?' said Alice, quite forgetting her promise. 'Treacle', said the Dormouse, without considering at all, this time.

'I wan't a clean cup', interrupted the Hatter: 'let's all move [hop] one place on.' He moved as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change; and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upsed the milk-jug into his plate [creating the Milky Way river] ...