<bron69.htm> [Bronze Age Text]
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CLICK to enlarge The text until now was descending vertically down the rock face. After taking the clockwise move in the previous section, it now ascends the rock face immediately to the left of the preceding sections. Here the king specifies the actual
months he was present in Canada, by naming the signs of the zodiac occupied
by the sun. he came when the sun was
in Gemini (in 1700 BC, this would be April-May, for the vernal equinox lay
between Taurus and Aries). He
departed for his home in Norway when the sun was in Scorpio, meaning
August-September, for the intervening sign of Libra was not inserted into the
zodiac until about 300 BC The sign for Scorpio is partly eroded here, but
reference to the complete zodiac, as given in Woden-lithi's astronomical
text, shows what form he gave it. The significance of this section
is to specify the months mentioned in the previous section. It reads:
From April-May
until August-September. |
