Dates of Julian Years commencing on January 1.
| According to Chronologists. | According to Astronomers. | Corresponding years of the period of Scaliger. |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | -5 | 4708 |
| -5B | -4B | 4709 |
| — | — | — |
| -4 | -3 | 4710 |
| -3 | -2 | 4711 |
| -2 | -1 | 4712 |
| -1B | -0B | 4713B |
| Physical instant when the era commenced. | ||
| +1 | +1 | 4714 |
| +2 | +2 | 4715 |
| +3 | +3 | 4716 |
| +4B | +4B | 4717B |
| — | — | — |
| +5 | +5 | 4718 |
[77] Loc. cit., p. 29.
[78] Probably too great a value by two or three days.
[79] Op. cit., p. 48.
[80] Goodwin has already asked, "Does the Smith Papyrus refer to some rectification of the calendar made in the fourth dynasty, similar to that made in Europe from the old to the new style?" Quoted by Riel, "Sonnen-und Sirius-Jahr," p. 361.
[81] On the 7th Epiphi of the tenth year of Ptolemy III. the ceremony of the stretching off the cord took place. Dümichen, Aeg. Zeit., 2, 1872, p. 41.
[82] Op. cit., p. 37.
[83] Dümichen, "Bauurkunde der Tempelanlagen von Dendera," p. 20.
[84] Brugsch thus translates one of the inscriptions:—"Horus in weiblicher Gestalt ist die Fürstin, die Mächtige, die Thronfolgerin und Tochter eines Thronfolger. Ein fliegender Käfer wild (sie?) geboren am Himmel in der uranfänglichen Stadt (Denderah) zur Zeit der Nacht des Kindes in seiner Wiege. Es strahlt die Sonne am Himmel in der Dämmerung, wann ihre Geburt vollbracht wird." Brugsch, "Astron. Inscript.," p. 97.