Sorry-- which article do you mean? Joanne Conman's on Egyptian hypsomata? What didn't you like about it, or are you referring to something else?
Yeah, no written support, just playing with Stellarium is not enough. The same should be said of my op, we are all acting like morons.
Ptolemy, as you know, refers to the different Babylonian vs. Egyptian terms, and says he prefers the Babylonian.
I am not sure you understand the irony, but we only have evidence of the ''Egyptian'' terms being present in Babylonian tablets. It appears the Hellenistic sources are not very reliable when it comes to historical transmissions and accuracy.
The later domiciles were apparently arranged around the pre-existing exaltations.
The domiciles are arranged around the seven-zone and have little to do with the pre-existing exaltations. As Brennan notes, they stand well on their own. But now I personally think that the trine and sextile stuff is just a mere coincidence. Each star has two domiciles, so the chance of there being some configuration is not that negligible. And even if true, I do not see it is as enough of a justification for the exaltation signs and especially the degrees - it does not explain s.
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