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Once again. The beginning of side a on the G tablet contains glyphs which are similar to those in the 9th text line on side b of the B tablet:

MARCH 26 (85) 27 (*6) 28 29 (88)
Ga1-5 Ga1-6 Ga1-7 Ga1-8
May 29 30 (150) 31 June 1 (152 = 115 + 37)

... On the twenty-fifth day of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ... [E:17]

kava o te ariki e huarae - ma to rima - ki te ragi e rere ia mai - ki to huki ko to huki ka to ihe - kua reva te ika
Bb9-24 (350) Bb9-25 Bb9-26 Bb9-27 (353)

Rae. First (always follows the noun): te tagata ra'e, the first man; (the other ordinal numerals, second, third, etc., precede the noun. Translator's note: ra'e is likely the noun which means forehead, face, in other Polynesian language, e.g. Tahitian rae). Vanaga. 1. Commencement, beginning, to strike up, to essay, to occasion, to proceed, former, primitive, precedent, predecessor, first-fruits; rae ki te mea hou, to innovate; oho rae, to march at the head; tagata rae, advance guard, van; raega, commencement, beginning, occasion, first-fruits. 2. To attack, to provoke; kakai rae, toua rae, to provoke. Churchill.

Dec 16 (85 + 265) 17 (351) 18 19 (88 + 265)
(250, Sept 5) (251, 6) (252, 7) (253, 8)
JULY 5 (186) 6 (251 - 64) GREDI (188) 8 (253 - 64)
OBSERVED CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Ga4-23 Ga4-24 Ga4-25 (108 = 188 - 80) Ga4-26
KERB *354 = 251 - 80 + 183 *355 *356

... With α Andromedae [Sirrah → Navel] and γ Pegasi [Kerb], as the Three Guides, it [Caph → Phoenician Kaph, Hand] marks the equinoctial colure, itself exceedingly close to that great circle; and, being located on the same side of the pole as is Polaris, it always affords an approximate indication of the latter's position with respect to that point. This same location, 32º from the pole, and very near to the prime meridian, has rendered it useful for marking sidereal time. When above Polaris and nearest the zenith the astronomical day begins at 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds; when due west the sidereal time is 6 hours; when south and nearest the horizon, 12 hours, and when east, 18 hours; this celestial clockhand then moving on the heavenly dial contrary to the motion of the hands of our terrestrial clocks, and at but one half the speed ...

... τ, 4.5, with υ, was Al Sufi's Sa'd al Na'amah, which Knobel thinks should be Al Na'āim, the Cross-bars over a well; but they also were known as Al Karab, the Bucket-rope. The usual titles for τ - Markab and Sagma or Salma - are from Bayer, but the last two should be Salm, a Leathern Bucket ...

Although the glyphs are evidently illustrating different points of view:

MARCH 26

kava o te ariki

The First King (te ariki ra'e) might be the reading of Ga1-5. According to Manuscript E this should then be Ko Oto Uta [E:1] a name which indicates moving up from the sea and inlands.

In March 25 was the Julian spring equinox.

Uta. Higher up (from the coast, or from another place); i uta era, further up, up there; ki î te îka i uta, as there are lots of fish on the beach. Vanaga. 1. Inland, landward; paepae ki uta, to strand, to run aground; mouku uta, herbage. 2. To carry; uta mai, to import; hakauta, to give passage. Campbell.

And the change from the quarter of the Sea to Land ought to have occurred at the Knot (Al-risha), the last star of Pisces according to my list:

... This [σ Sagittarii] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...

E tupu ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro rutua

Rutu.1. To read, to recite, to pronounce words solemnly; he-rutu i te kohau motu, to read the rongorongo tablets; hare rutu rogorogo mo hakama'a ki te ga poki ite kai, i te rogorogo, rongorongo school, house in which children were taught reading and writing the rongorongo signs. 2. To pelt with stones. 3. To gather in great numbers (of people). Vanaga. Sound. Rutu-rongorongo = the sound of recitation. Barthel. T. Beat. Henry. To recite; tae rutu, irreverence. Churchill. Pau.: rutu, a drum. Mgv.: rutu, to beat, to cause to resound. Ta.: rutu, a drum, to drum. Mq.: utu, to drum. Sa.: lutu, to shake a rattle. Churchill.

Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396) Cb1-5
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
17 (91 + 16)

Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 (Dog) / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 (Front of the Head of Ku)

SEGIN = ε Cassiopeia, MESARTHIM = γ Arietis, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN (Pair of Signs) = β Arietis, φ Phoenicis (27.4)

*351.0 = *27.4 - *41.4
18 (108)

ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8)

19

ALRISHA (The Knot) = α Piscium, χ Phoenicis (29.2), ε Trianguli (29.4), ALAMAK (Caracal) = γ Andromedae (29.7)

*353.0 = *29.4 - *41.4
April 20

Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head of Ku)

2h (30.4)

κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (Sheep) = α Arietis (30.5)

ALKES (α Crateris)
21 (111)

DELTOTUM = β Trianguli (31.2), ι Trianguli (31.7), η Arietis (31.9)

... The present limit of the celestial polar regions can be defined from the declination of the star γ Andromedae ... Its current place is at declination 42º 05' N. In other words the measure across the polar regions should be 2 * (90º - 42º 05') = 2 * 47º 55' = 95º 50' or around 96º. The width of the polar regions is thus around 2 * 96º = 192º and 360 - 192 = 168 = 2 * 84 (→ Julian spring equinox).

... Gamma Andromedae ... is the third brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is also known by the traditional name Almach (also spelt as Almaach, Almaack, Almak, Almaak, or Alamak), from the Arabic العناق الأرض al-‘anāq al-’arđ ... 'the caracal' (desert lynx). Another term for this star used by medieval astronomers writing in Arabic was آلرخل المسلسلة Al Rijl al Musalsalah 'the Woman's Foot'. In Chinese, 天大將軍 (Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn), meaning Heaven's Great General, refers to an asterism consisting of γ Andromedae, φ Persei, 51 Andromedae, 49 Andromedae, χ Andromedae, υ Andromedae, τ Andromedae, 56 Andromedae, β Trianguli, γ Trianguli and δ Trianguli. Consequently, γ Andromedae itself is known as 天大將軍一 (Tiān Dà Jiāng Jūn yī, English: the First Star of Heaven's Great General.) In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated جمس ألنعامة Khamis al Naamat, which was translated into Latin as Quinta Struthionum, meaning the fifth ostrich ...

ko Sive (*351). ko Ngehu. ko Hatu (*353). ko Tuki. ko Bu (*355).

Hatu. 1. Clod of earth; cultivated land; arable land (oone hatu). 2. Compact mass of other substances: hatu matá, piece of obsidian. 3. Figuratively: manava hatu, said of persons who, in adversity, stay composed and in control of their behaviour and feelings. 4. To advise, to command. He hatu i te vanaga rivariva ki te kio o poki ki ruga ki te opata, they gave the refugees the good advice not to climb the precipice; he hatu i te vanaga rakerake, to give bad advice. 5. To collude, to unite for a purpose, to concur. Mo hatu o te tia o te nua, to agree on the price of a nua cape. 6. Result, favourable outcome of an enterprise. He ká i te umu mo te hatu o te aga, to light the earth oven for the successful outcome of an enterprise. Vanaga. 1. Haatu, hahatu, mahatu. To fold, to double, to plait, to braid; noho hatu, to sit crosslegged; hoe hatu, clasp knife; hatuhatu, to deform. 2. To recommend. Churchill. In the Polynesian dialects proper, we find Patu and Patu-patu, 'stone', in New Zealand; Fatu in Tahiti and Marquesas signifying 'Lord', 'Master', also 'Stone'; Haku in the Hawaiian means 'Lord', 'Master', while with the intensitive prefix Po it becomes Pohaku, 'a stone'. Fornander. 

Gregorian equinox 'March 22 (81) 23 (107 - 29) 24 Julian equinox
7 (66 = 80 - 14) "March 8 9 (68) 10 11
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

MUPHRID (Solitary Star) = η Bootis (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)

φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9)

AGENA (At the Knee) = β Centauri (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), THUBAN (Dragon) = α Draconis (212.8)

14h (213.1)

π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), MENKENT (Shoulder of the Centaur) = θ Centauri (213.1)

Neck-2 (Dragon)

ASELLUS TERTIUS (3rd Ass Colt) = κ Bootis, κ Virginis, 14 Bootis (214.8)

... The sky should be moving (rutua te maeva) at the Caracal - when the Full Moon would have been at right ascension day *29.4 + *365¼ / 2 = *212 = at Thuban ...

... Thuban had been the star at the North Pole when the great Egyptian pyramids where built ... The star could be seen, both by day and night, from the bottom of the central passage of the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Knum Khufu) at Ghizeh, in 30° of north latitude, as also from the similar points in five other like structures; and the same fact is asserted by Sir John Herschel as to the two pyramids at Abousseir ...

... For some reason, too, it had taken their fancy to place the Great Pyramid almost exactly on the 30th parallel at latitude 29º 58' 51". This, a former astronomer royal of Scotland once observed, was 'a sensible defalcation from 30º', but not necessarily in error: For if the original designer had wished that men should see with their body, rather than their mental eyes, the pole of the sky from the foot of the Great Pyramid, at an altitude before them of 30º, he would have had to take account of the refraction of the atmosphere, and that would have necessitated the building standing not at 30º but at 29º 58' 22' ...

'Sept 20 (236 + 27) 21 Equinox 23 24 (267)
59 520 13 * 37 270
Ab1-1 (→ 11) Ab7-26 (→ 12 * 36) Aa5-7 Aa8-26 (→ 12 * 41)
580 = 20 * 29 26 * 29 = 755 - 1
46 * 29 = 1335 - 1 = 5 * 267 - 1

267 = September 24

236 (Moon) + 263 (Venus) = 499.

... Notably the Raven, which was ascending in day 236 (= 8 * 29½) in Roman times ('August 24), had moved ahead due to the precession of the equinoxes with 27 days to 'a clean cup' in day 263 at the time of rongorongo ...