Exploring Antient Skies, 7-11

Exploring Antient Skies (7-11)

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7.1.2.3 p. 221, Table 7.4 Sumerian constellations

*name*	*meaning*	*identity*
Amus^en	eagle	Aquila
APIN	plough	Triangulum
BAN	bow	Canis Major + Puppis
GAG.SI.SA	arrow	Sirius
GIR.TAB	scorpion	Scorpius
GUD.AN.NA	bull	Taurus
IKU	field	great square in Pegasus
EN.TE.NA.MAS^.LUM	centaur	Centaurus
KUA	fish	Piscis Austrinus
LU.HUN.GA	farmer	Aries
MAR.GID.DA	wagon	Ursa Major
MAS^.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL	great twins	Gemini
MUL.MUL	7-fold divinity	Pleiades
S^U.GI	old manor	Perseus
SIBA.ZI.ANNA	true shepherd of sky	Orion
UGAmus^en	raven	Corvus
UR.GU.LA	great hound	Leo
UZA	goat	Lyra

Reiner & Pingree (1981)

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7.1.3.3 p. 228b, Table 7.8 planetary associations

*metal*	*planet*	*angel*	*animal*
lead	Kronos	Thaphabaoth	ass
tin	Aphrodite	Erathaoth	hound
bronze	Zeus	Thauthabaoth	bear
iron	Hermes	Gabriel	eagle
alloy	Ares	Raphael	serpent
silver	Selene	Suriel	bull
gold	Helios	Michael	lion

Chadwick 1953/1965, pp. 334 & 345-6 (citing :- Origenes : Contra Celsum 6:22)

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8.1.6 p. 271a identifications of Aegyptian constellations

*constellation*	*identity*
falcon-headed human	Ursa Minor
lion	Leo
bird	Leo Minor
large crocodile	Hydra
small crocodile	Cancer
"man in front"	Gemini
scorpion-goddess	Virgo
hippopotamus with crocodile on back	Ophiuchus
"man behind bull"	Boo:tes
cords & stake	Hercules

Davis (1985)

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9.1.2.1 p. 289, Table 9.2 lunar mansions depicted in temple at Trichinopoly (Tiruchchirappalli)

#	*animal*	*bird*	*tree*
1^st	horse	falcon	etti
2^nd	elephant	crow	velli (Phyllan)
3^rd	ram	peafowl	fig
4^th	snake	white owl	naga (Euphorbia)
5^th	snake (m.)	fowl	carangalis (black tree)
6^th	hound	swan	tchampaca
7^th	cat (f.)	swan	bamboo
8^th	ram	crow	aquatic coconut
9^th	cat (m.)	vitchouli	paeme
10^th	rat	eagle	"multipliant"
11^th	rat (f.)	eagle (f.)	vahni (Premnus spinosa)
12^th	ox	turtledove	pla (Arlocarpus)
13^th	cattle	kite	arca (Giant Asclepias)
14^th	tigre	kite	grenadier
15^th	ram	kite	teli
16^th	tigress	cock	vihna
17^th	doe	goose	maquila (Mimitsops e.)
18^th	buck	conil	kla (shrub)
19^th	monkey (f.)	wasp	vahni
20^th	monkey (m.)	crow	coconut palm
21^st	cow	lark	vahni
22^nd	monkey (f.)	pigeon	pla (bread-tree)
23^rd	ox	crow (f.)	taley (spiny plant)
24^th	mare	crow (f.)	cadamba (Nandea c.)
25^th	tigre	snipe	pippwala (Ficus rel.)
26^th	buck	brown goose	meurukha (Balen frondosa)
27^th	elephant (f.)	eippy	Bassia latifolia

Mollien 1853

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9.3.3 p. 305, Figure 9.13 pelelintangan (10-day week sequences) in Bali

#	#	*name*	*figures depicted*
1^st	1^st	kala sunsan	daimon who standeth on his head
7^th	2^nd	kukus	fire, smoke, comet
13^th	3^rd	asu	hound attempting to steal eggs
19^th	4^th	kartika	books, scholars (Pleiades)
25^th	5^th	naga	large lazy snake
26^th	6^th	banyak anrem	goose & human egg-thief
32^nd	7^th	ru	deer shot by archer (Orion’s Belt)
3^rd	8^th	patrem kris	swords
9^th	9^th	lembu	bull
15^th	10^th	sidamalun / kala rau	sow & daimon Rahu
16^th	11^th	tangis	woman crying over man in bed
22^nd	12^th	salah ukur	wrong measurement
28^th	13^th	prahu pegat	broken ship
34^th	14^th	puwuh atarun	fighting quails
5^th	15^th	laweyan	headless man (his head is in his heart)
6^th	16^th	kelapa	coconut palm
12^th	17^th	yuyu	crab
18^th	18^th	lumbun	rice granary
24^th	19^th	kumba	pot (Aguarius)
30^th	20^th	udan	prawns & fisherman
31^st	21^st	begoon	head in tree (bodyless apparition)
2^nd	22^nd	gajah	elephant
8^th	23^rd	kiriman	gift to others through intermediary
14^th	24^th	jon sarat	overladen boat
20^th	25^th	tiwa-tiwa	cremation caerimonies (corpse, torch)
21^st	26^th	sanka-tikel	broken hoe
27^th	27^th	bubu bolon	leaky fishtrap (with eel)
33^rd	28^th	sunene	sunflower
4^th	29^th	uluku	plough
10^th	30^th	pedati	empty cart
11^th	31^st	kuda	horse
17^th	32^nd	gajahmina	elephantfish [walrus]
23^rd	33^rd	bade	cremation tower
29^th	34^th	magelut	to be bound by problems
35^th	35^th	pagelanan	to stare at something interesting

Eiseman (1990)

9.3.3 p. 307b "Hostetter’s discovery that the name Inanna is still applied to Venus ... has not been known to previous western investigators." (referring to Hostetter 1991, pp. 153-155) {Howbeit, goddess Inana & Inini (cf. Sumerian goddesses In-anna &In-inni) as queens of souls in the world of the dead, have long been known by western investigators for the Iban of Borneo.}

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10.1.4.1 p. 327b "Liu Hsin (46 B.C. –A.D. 23) used an era base of 143, 231 B.C." (Chang 1980, pp. 16-7);

Han dynasty "world cycle" of 23,639,040 years =

planetary cycles’ repetition of 138,240 years * 3-thung cycle of 4617 years (Needham 1959, p. 408).

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11.3 p. 344 Bugis bintoe`n (asterims)

p.	*asterism*	*meaning*	*identity*
344a	balu Mandara>	Mandar widow-before-marriage	a, b Ursae Majoris
	kappaka>e`	ship	a-h Ursa Majoris; b, c Ursae Minoris
	woron-poronne` pitu	cluster of 7	Pleiades
	timoro>	eastern	a Aquilae
	rakkalae`	plough	a-h Orionis
	lambarue`	skate	northern part of Scorpius
	bale` manniwen	shark	southern part of Scorpius
	balue`	widowed-before-marriage	a, b Centauri
	bola ke`ppan	incomplete house	Crux Australis
344b	tanra Bajau	sign of the Sea Gypsies	?

Ammarell 1999, Ch. 4

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David H. Kelley & Eugene R. Milone : Exploring Ancient Skies : an Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy. Springer Verlag, 2005.