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The reason for 348 glyphs on side b of the C tablet was perhaps partially due to 364 - 16 = 348 (= 12 * 29):

413 = 14 * 29½

= 365 + 48 = 348 + 65

= 364 + 49 = 350 + 63

= 355 + 58

Gb2-1 (256)

Cb12-4 (392 + 278) = 414 - 256

DRAMASA (*320.0)

*304 + *16 = *320 20h (*304.4)
9h (*137.0) *137 - *121 = *16 NAOS (*121)

According to the epoch of Bharani the Sun would have reached right ascension day *304.4 - *41.4 = *263.0 in "December 9 (343 = 7 * 7 * 7) when Naos at the Stern of Argo Navis was at the Full Moon.

How can we use this piece of the great puzzle when investigating the B text? Because we can rely on Alcyone, identified at position 422 in the C text:

te ua koia ra kua tuku ki to mata - ki tona tukuga e kiore - henua - pa rei

Ua. 1. Cause, reason why something happens or is done; he ûa te ua, au i-ta'e-iri-ai ki tooku hare, because of the rain, I did not go home; ua kore, without cause, without reason. 2. Ceremononial stave with a human face carved at one extremity. Vanaga. Cfr toko. 1. A long club T. 2. Mgv.: ua, the genitalia. Ta.: hua, id. Mq.: hua, id. Ha.: hua, testicles. 3. Ta.: ua, the back of the neck. Ma.: ua, id. Sa.: ua, the neck. 4. Ta.: ua, a land crab which shears iron. Ma.: uka, lobster. Sa.: uga, the hermit crab. Churchill. Ûa. Rain; 1. ûa hakamito, persistent, but not strong, rain; 2. ûa kura, fine rain, drizzle; 3. ûa matavaravara, strong rain; 4. ûa parera, torrential rain; 5. ûa tai, rain followed by fair weather at sea. Ehu ûa, drizzle. Vanaga. Ûaûa. Tendons, muscles. 1. Hau ûaûa kio'e, line made from rats' tendons. 2. Ûaûa toto, vein, artery. 3. Ûaûa piki, spasm. Vanaga. 1. Rain; hoa mai te ua, to rain; mou te ua, to cease raining. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ua, rain. 2. Vein, artery, tendon (huahua 1) (uha G); ua nene, pulse; ua nohototo, artery, ua gaei, pulse. Uaua, vein, tendon, line; kiko uaua, muscle T. Hakauaua, to mark with lines. P Pau.: tare-ua, tendon. Mgv., Mq., Ta.: uaua, vein, tendon. Churchill. U'a. Of the tide, to reach its maximum; tai u'a, high tide. Vanaga. Wave, surge; tai ua, high tide. Churchill. Uá. Ata uá, morning twilight. Uáuá, to reside; resident; noho uáuá to settle somewhere; ina koe ekó noho uáuá, do not establish yourself there. Vanaga.

Tukuga, mat spread on the ground. ... I pass over the preliminary installation of the chief as Tui Nayau at Nayau Island, though its significance will be taken into account. The ensuing investiture of the Tui Nayau as paramount of Lau consciously follows the legend of an original odyssey, which brought the ancestral holder of the title into power at Lakeba, ruling island of the Lau Group. The chief thus makes his appearance at Lakeba from the sea, as a stranger to the land. Disembarking at the capital village of Tubou, he is led first to the chiefly house (vale levu) and next day to the central ceremonial ground (raaraa) of the island. At both stages of this progression, the pretender is led along a path of barkcloth by local chieftains of the land. In Lau, this barkcloth is prescriptively a type considered foreign by origin, Tongan barkcloth ... 

Cb2-4 (420 = 7 * 60) Cb2-5 (29) Cb2-6 (422 = 366 + 56) Cb2-7
CLOSE TO THE SUN:

May 14

→ Itzam-Yeh defeated

δ Persei (54.7)

15 (500 = 365 + 135)

Al Thurayya-27 (Many Little Ones) / Krittikā-3 (Nurses of Kārttikeya) / TAU-ONO (Six Stones)

ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA (Frog) = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)

16 (136)

Hairy Head-18 (Cockerel) / Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)

ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27 Tauri) (56.3) 

May 17

MENKHIB (Next to the Pleiades = ζ Persei (57.6)

PORRIMA (γ Virginis)

... 236 (Moon) + 263 (Venus) = 499. Notably the Raven, who 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 ...

'April 17 (80 + 27) 18 (108 = 135 - 27) 19 20
"April 3 4 5 (95) 6
MARCH 11 12 (135 - 64 = 71 = 55 + 16) 13 (72) 14 (→ π)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Nov 13

κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7),  COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9)

*196.0 = *237.4 - *41.4

14

π Cor. Borealis, UNUK ELHAIA (Necks of the Serpents) = λ Serpentis (238.1), CHOW = β Serpentis (238.6)

15 (136 + 183)

κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), BA (= Pa) = ε Serpentis, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)

Nov 16 (320)

λ Librae (240.0), β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8)

*199.0 = *240.4 - *41.4

'Oct 17 18 19 (292) 20
"Oct 3 4 5 (278) 6
SEPT 10 11 12 (255) 13 (240 + 16 = 256)
a1 26 26 b1 24 24
a2 25 51 b2 6 30
19 49
a3 25 76 b3 22 71
a4 29 105 b4 23 94
a5 35 140 b5 21 115
a6 28 168 b6 29 144
a7 31 199 b7 27 171
a8 29 228 b8 29 200
a9 27 255 b9 30 230
a10 29 284 b10 22 252
a11 32 316 b11 22 274
a12 27 343 b12 4 30 + 248
21 299
a13 20 363 b13 30 329
a14 29 392 b14 19 348
sum 392 sum 348
(1 + 392) + (1 + 348) = 742 = 14 * 53
e tagata haga era ki te mea ke

8

koia kua here i to reva ika - kua huka ia - i to maro

65

e tagata itiiti mea mau - i te vaha

Ba10-24 (413)

Bb1-1 (422 = 322 + 100)

Bb1-2

Bb2-37 (68)

ZIBAL (*413 = *48)

MENKHIB (*422 = *57)

ZAURAK (*58)

AL TARF (*489 = *124)

FEBR 17 (413 = 48)

FEBR 26 (422) 27 (58) MAY 4 (124)
April 22 → 4-22 May 1 (*41 = *57 - *16) 2 (*241 - *199 = *42) July 7 (*307 - *199 = *108)
*231 = *413 - *182 *240 = *57 + *183 *241 = *42 + *183 + *16 GREDI (*307)
a1 47 47 b1 31 31
a2 40 87 b2 47 78
a3 37 124 b3 43 121
a4 40 164 b4 42 163
a5 43 207 b5 40 203
a6 44 251 b6 40 243
a7 43 294 b7 41 284
a8 46 340 b8 42 326
a9 49 389 b9 50 376
a10 24 413 b10 42 418
8 421
  b11 43 461
b12 45 506
sum 421 sum 506
(1 + 421) + 506 = 928 = 2 * 464 = 29 * 32

9 days before Bb1-1 is glyph number 413 (= 14 * 29½), which means we could compare Ba10-24 (413) with glyph 413 in the C text:

hoea ko te rima kua oo ki te vai ma te ua
Cb1-21 (413) Cb1-22 Cb1-23 Cb1-24
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 7 8 (128) 9 10
ζ Arietis (47.7) ZIBAL (Young Ostriches) = ζ Eridani (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9) τ Arietis (49.7)

ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

GIENAH (γ Corvi)
'April 10 (100) 11 (128 - 27 = 101) 12 13
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Nov 6 (310) 7 8 (129 + 183) 9

Al Zubānā-14b (Claws)

χ Bootis (230.3), PRINCEPS = δ Bootis (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (Northern Claw) = β Librae (230.8)
μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3), ο Librae (231.8)

ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi (232.5), PHERKAD (The Dim One of the Two Calves) = γ Ursae Min. (232.6), ε Librae (232.7), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9)

*191.0 = *232.4 - 41.4
ALKALUROPS (The Herdsman's Lance) = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH (Male Hyena) = ι Draconis (233.2)
'Oct 10 (283) 11 (311 - 27 = 284) 12 13
Eaha te honu kua tupu i to maitaki - o te hau tea te hono huki - maro
Cb2-1 (417) Cb2-2 (26) Cb2-3 (392 + 27)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 11 12 (132) 13
σ Persei (51.6) No star listed (52)

ψ Persei (53.1)

ACRUX (α CRUCIS)
'April 14 (104) 15 (288 + 183 = 471) 16
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Nov 10 (314) 11 (132 + 183) 12
NUSAKAN (Pauper's Bowl) = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9)

θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9)

SIRRAH (α Andromedae)
φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)

... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ...

'Oct 14 15 (288) 16

Hau tea in a balanced state in Cb2-2 correlates well with Gemma at the Full Moon.

hau tea

Cb2-2

Therefore the last glyph in line Gb1 should be when the Full Moon was at 413 - 80 = *233, and *233 - *183 = *50.0 (Algenib Persei = α Persei).

Thus the Young Ostriches (Zibal, *48.0) ought to be precisely 2 days earlier, viz. at Cb1-22 (→ 2 * 61).

Ba10-24 (413)

Cb1-22 (414)

ZIBAL (*48.0)

48 + 360 = 408 (→ 472 - 64), and there were 48 constellations in the night:

... According to a variety of sources of the legend, the Argo was said to have been planned or constructed with the help of Athena. According to other legends it contained in its prow a magical piece of timber from the sacred forest of Dodona, which could speak and render prophecies. Argo Navis is the only one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy that is no longer officially recognised as a constellation. It was unwieldy due to its enormous size: were it still considered a single constellation, it would be the largest of all. In 1752, the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille subdivided it into Carina (the keel, or the hull, of the ship), Puppis (the poop deck), and Vela (the sails). When Argo Navis was split, its Bayer designations were also split. Carina has the α, β and ε, Vela has γ and δ, Puppis has ζ, and so on. The constellation Pyxis (the mariner's compass) occupies an area which in antiquity was considered part of Argo's mast (called Malus). However, Pyxis is not now considered part of Argo Navis, and its Bayer designations are separate from those of Carina, Puppis and Vela ...

48 + 2 = 50 = 364 - 314.

Ostriches are landlocked; they cannot fly nor do they swim.