R (Small
Washington Tablet)
10. Perhaps line Ra4 was similar to line Aa8 because they both were about the last part (the tail) of a cycle (a tale).
I have suggested that the turtle glyphs following the September equinox were associated with the Neck (Zaniah) in Virgo:
And Antares (Ana-mua) had two wives: ... Antares, visible in the morning sky of December-January, came to stand for summer heat; hence the saying, 'Rehua cooks (ripens) all fruit'. The generally accepted version of the Rehua myth, according to Best, is that Rehua had two wives, the stars on either side of Antares. One was Ruhi-te-rangi or Pekehawani, the personification of summer languor (ruhi), the other Whaka-onge-kai, She-who-makes-food-scarce before the new crops can be harvested ... The northern autumn (fall) defined from η Virginis (Zaniah, the Corner) should therefore be balanced by η Andromedae (*11):
On the wild side (of the spring brutes) there was a sanctuary for the Wolf (Upwaut)
and on the domesticated side there was a corner with a Kennel (for breeding dogs).
... At the beginning of 44 B.C. - when Ceasar was still alive - the Senate decided to raise statues of him in all the temples and to sacrifice to him on his birthday in the month Quintilis, which in honour of him was renamed July. He was raised to the status of a god (among the other gods of the state) under the name Jupiter Julius. Marcus Antonius, who this year was consul together with Caesar, became high priest and responsible for the ceremonies. In the middle of February, at the time of the old feast of Lupercalia [Lupus = Wolf], he ran around naked and whipped the Roman ladies with thongs made from goat-skin [februa], in order to promote their fertility ...
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