<bron69.htm> [Bronze Age
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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. |
