Astragalus (Knucklebones) Astrology Texts 500-400 BCE
Milkvetch flowers range from milky white to purple. This is Alpine milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus) found throughout Eurasia in mountainous areas.
Astragalus, Locoweed, Milkvetch
(February 26, 2024) "Astrogalus" is a word used for both a medicinal/poisonous plant and for ancient knucklebones used as dice indicating some deep etymology.
"Astragalus" is from the Akkadian phrases AS.TR or "astra" meaning "celestial healing's.shaper" (heavenly body) and G.LŠ or "galus" meaning "energy.influences." So together they form the phrase "heavenly-body's energy influences". This was a word given to dice like knucklebones originally used for divination.
Astragalus the plant is a large genus of over 3,000 species belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species. Astragalus is used in traditional Chinese medicine with extracts made from its roots.
About half of the Astragalus plant species contain notrotoxins (NPA, NPOH) which make them poisonous in large doses. Plants are poisonous from the time they emerge until they dry up in late summer or are killed by frost. Milkvetch poisoning may be mistaken for larkspur poisoning. Cattle readily eat milkvetch even when other plants are available.
When eaten in moderate doses, this poisoning in cattle results in crazy intoxicated behavior over several days or weeks due to spinal cord demyelination. Poisoned animals generally have respiratory problems and varying degrees of posterior paralysis. In large does the animals quickly die within 4-25 hours. One kg of green milkvetch may be a lethal dose for a 500-kg cow.
Animals that die quickly may not show clinical signs; but more often, animals die within 3 or 4 hours after eating the plant. These acutely poisoned animals generally show muscular weakness progressing to paralysis such that affected animals fall after the slightest excitement. The heart rate is often extremely high. There is no known treatment for milkvetch poisoning.
References
Dean, Charles (2021) Astragalus as a weight and monetary symbol. In , Play and Games in Classical Antiquity, p. 147-178. Online at: https://books.openedition.org/pulg/25588?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#tocfrom3n1
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Astragalus Found In Gela, Sicily 450 BCE
(February 26, 2024) Gela was founded around 688 BCE by colonists from Rhodes and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse.
Translation of Line 1 in Akkadian (Med Text 58)
(read left to right. Capital letters are on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) - Ta'u NaBu E. Ga"u Ya'u Nu EMu Ya (Med 58.1)
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)
In English
- The pasture (astrological night sky) is not from the Nourishment-Revealer (Yahu). The bursting-forth does not supervise Yahu's (Y") revelations.
Dean, Charles (2021) Astragalus as a weight and monetary symbol. In , Play and Games in Classical Antiquity, p. 147-178. Online at: https://books.openedition.org/pulg/25588?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#tocfrom3n1
Astragalus Found In Olympia, Greece 400 BCE
(February 26, 2024)
Translation of Line 1 in Akkadian (Med Text 59)
(read right to left. Capital letters are on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) - Du ETu Ṣu (Med 59.1)
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)
In English
- Life-manifestations are activated by the boundary (sky-shell)
Astragalus of Didymus Found In Susa 499 BCE
(February 25, 2024) This object was likely looted from one of the Greek cities captured by Darius during the Greco-Persian Wars which started during the Mediterranean drought of 499 BCE and lasted until 449 BC. This text is blames the drought and resulting conflict on humans interacting with the astrological powers of the night sky.
At the time of this object's excavation, the archaeological site of Susa consists of four mounds. One held the citadel which was excavated by Jacques de Morgan between 1897 and 1908. His dig uncovered this weight which was shaped like a knucklebone. These bones were ancient dice used in divination and games of chance.
It says:
- Motion-Controllers veil the boundary. Anger has fate-cursed the fertility-fluids. No-one observes YaHu (Y'). Death has gained-the-attention of the pasture (astrological night sky)
- Expectations (from astrological divinations) expel life-manifestations. Storm-powers darken the Reed-Boat (Ayu). Shedding [missing verb] the Reed-Boat....
- (Reversed Direction) Death-powers are being energized by the resistance of the life-channels. Starvation is coming from astrology-magic. Hu has confused the Revealer (Yahu)
- Life-manifestations can be energized by the Weaver (Ayu). The veil is not activating involvement (between life and astrology powers). Energize Hu. Activate the life-threads. Involvement emotionally-triggers the death-powers.
Reference
Dean, Charles (2021) Astragalus as a weight and monetary symbol. In , Play and Games in Classical Antiquity, p. 147-178. Online at: https://books.openedition.org/pulg/25588?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#tocfrom3n1
Astragalus of Didymus - Top Angled View
This is now at the Louvre, Inventory number AS 6020. It is 24.5 by 27.5 cm and weights 93.7 kg.
Reference
Dean, Charles (2021) Astragalus as a weight and monetary symbol. In , Play and Games in Classical Antiquity, p. 147-178. Online at: https://books.openedition.org/pulg/25588?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#tocfrom3n1
Astragalus of Didymus - Top
This was excavated in 1901 during the excavations of Susa, Persia conducted by Jacques de Morgan. It is made of Bronze (according to the Louvre) and dated to the reign of Achaemenid King Darius 550 – 486 BCE.
Astragalus of Didymus - Front
Astragalus of Didymus - Back
(February 25, 2024) This text style is mostly Etruscan
Translation of Line 1 in Akkadian (Med Text 60)
(read left to right. Capital letters are on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) - ARu ETu APu. AGu Mu UYa. E Ya'u ADu. GaṢu Ta'u TiQu (Med 60.1)
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)
In English
- Motion-Controllers veil the boundary. Anger has fate-cursed the fertility-fluids. No-one observes YaHu (Y'). Death has gained-the-attention of the pasture (astrological night sky)
(February 25, 2024) This text style is mostly Etruscan.
Translation of Line 2 in Akkadian (Med Text 60)
(read left to right. Capital letters are on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) - AQu Du AṢu. UMu AMu EṬu. EṢu AMu [5 letters] Š (Med 60.2)
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)
In English
- Expectations (of emotion magic) expel life-manifestations. Storm-powers darken the Reed-Boat (Ayu). Shedding [missing verb] Reed-Boat....
(February 25, 2024) The text style of line 3 going left to right is Aegean Island while line 4 is mostly Etruscan.
Translation of Lines 3 and 4 in Akkadian (Med Text 60)
(read left to right. Capital letters are on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) - (Reversed Direction) UGu Gu WaNu IDu. EKu A Tu. Ḫu Nu EŠu (Med 60.3)
- Du Gu UTu. APu Ṣu Ya Ku. Gu Ḫu. Ṣu Qu. Ku UGu IMu (Med 60.4)
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)
In English
- (Reversed Direction) Death-powers are being energized by the resistance of the life-channel. Starvation is coming from astrology-magic. Hu has confused the Revealer (Yahu)
- Life-manifestations can be energized by the Weaver (Ayu). The veil is not activating involvement. Energize Hu. Activate the life-threads. Involvement (between life and astrology powers) emotionally-triggers the death-powers.