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The structures in the B and C texts seem to indicate a sequence of glyphs stretching for 413 right ascension nights:

412

513

Ba10-24 (413)

14 * 29½

3 * 171

Bb12-45 (927)

412

250

Cb1-21

Cb1-22 (414)

Cb11-21 (273)

Cb11-22 (666)

14 * 29½

513 - 9 * 29 = 252

ALTAIR (*300)

Counting in the G text we will find glyph 413 late on side b of the tablet:

JAN 15 (*300) 16 17 18 (383)
Gb6-25 (229 + 178) Gb6-26 (408) Gb6-27 Gb6-28

θ Oct. (364.4)

*323.0 = *364.4 - *41.4

Al Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)

0h (365.25)

CAPH (Hand) = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8)

Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 (2nd of the Blessed Feet) / Wall-14 (Porcupine)

ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8)
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
March 20 (444) 21 (0h) 22 (*1) 23 (82)
°March 16 (*360) 17 18 (77) 19
'Febr 21 (*337) 22 (418) Terminalia 24 (*340)

... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

"Febr 7 (403) 8 (*324) 9 10 (41)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
JULY 17 (*118) 18 19 (200) 20

12h (182.6)

ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9)

Hasta-13 (Hand) / Chariot-28 (Worm)

GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis (185.9)

*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4
Sept 19 (*182) 20 (263 = 77 + 186) 21 Equinox
°Sept 15 (*178) 16 17 18 (261)
'Aug 23 (*155) 24 (236 = 472 / 2) 25 26
"Aug 9 (*141) 10 (222) 11 12

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

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

The Rogo type of glyph at heliacal Sirrah suggests the creator of the G text saw the present beginning not at the beginning of side a but 64 calendar days earlier, i.e. 64 precessional days later compared to the Golden Age of the Bull.

Glyph number 413 should then be 5 days later, at the tamaiti glyph, i.e. 64 - 5 = 59 (= 2 * 29½) nights before the beginning of the text on side a:

tamaiti

Gb7-3

Tama. 1. Shoot (of plant), tama miro, tree shoot; tama tôa, shoot of sugarcane. 2. Poles, sticks, rods of a frame. 3. Sun rays. 4. Group of people travelling in formation. 5. To listen attentively (with ear, tariga, as subject, e.g. he tama te tariga); e-tama rivariva tokorua tariga ki taaku kî, listen carefully to my words. Tamahahine, female. Tamahine (= tamahahine), female, when speaking of chickens: moa tamahine, hen. Tamâroa, male. Vanaga. 1. Child. P Pau.: tama riki, child. Mgv.: tama, son, daughter, applied at any age. Mq.: tama, son, child, young of animals. Ta.: tama, child. Tamaahine (tama 1 - ahine), daughter, female. Tamaiti, child P Mq.: temeiti, temeii, young person. Ta.: tamaiti, child. Tamaroa, boy, male. P Mgv.: tamaroa, boy, man, male. Mq.: tamaóa, boy. Ta.: tamaroa, id. 2. To align. Churchill. In the Polynesian this [tama na, father in the Efaté language] is distinguished from táma child by the accent tamā or by the addition of a final syllable which automatically secures the same incidence of the accent, tamái, tamana ... Churchill 2

... Nut, whom the Greeks sometimes identified with Rhea, was goddess of the sky, but it was debatable if in historical times she was the object of a genuine cult. She was Geb's twin sister and, it was said, married him secretly and against the will of Ra. Angered, Ra had the couple brutally separated by Shu and afterwards decreed that Nut could not bear a child in any given month of any year. Thoth, Plutarch tells us, happily had pity on her. Playing draughts with the Moon, he won in the course of several games a seventy-second part of the Moon's light with which he composed five new days. As these five intercalated days did not belong to the official Egyptian calendar of three hundred and sixty days, Nut was thus able to give birth successively to five children: Osiris, Haroeris (Horus), Set, Isis and Nepthys ...

JAN 19 (384) 20 21 (*306) 22
Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 Gb7-4 (414)
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7)

Julian equinox

No star listed (4)

ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

ALPHARD (α Hydrae)

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)

*6.4 - *41.4 + *366.0 = *331.0

= *148.0 + 183.0
March 24 (*3) 25 (84) 26 (*370) 27 (451 = 387 + 64)
°March 20 (*364) 0h 22 (81) 23 (447 = 82 + 365)
'Febr 25 26 (57 = 84 - 27) 27 (*343) 28 (424 = 451 - 27)
"Febr 11 12 (43 = 84 - 41) 13 (*329) All Hearts' Day (2-14)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
JULY 21 7-22 (*123) 23 24 (205)
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)

INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)

*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)
Sept 23 (*186) 24 25 (268) 26
°Sept 19 20 (*183 = *123 + *60) 21 (264) Equinox
'Aug 27 28 (240 = 267 - 27) 29 (*161 → φ) 30
"Aug 13 14 (226 = 267 - 41) 15 (227 → π ) 16 (*148)

For me this is quite convincing:

412

513

Ba10-24 (413)

14 * 29½

3 ' 171

412

250

Cb1-21

Cb1-22 (414)

Cb11-21 (273)

Cb11-22 (666)

14 * 29½

513 - 9 * 29 = 252

ALTAIR (*300)
412 57 NO GLYPH
ANKAA (*5.0) Gb7-4 (414)

Ga1-1 (473)

14 * 29½ 59 AIN (*65)

Although a conceptual mystery now becomes evident:

Because although the distance from the Phoenix constellation (as represented by Ankaa at *5) to the Crux constellation (represented by Acrux at *187) - from birth to death so to say - equals 364 / 2 = 182 right ascention days, the view of Hevelius above shows the distance is about 8 sections out of 12.

8 / 12 * 365.25 = 243½ = 244 / 2 + 121 (→ Beltane):

... Considering the number of glyphs on side a of the B tablet, one of several ways to perceive 421 is to add 121 + 300.

121 = May 1, and 365 - 121 = 4 * 61 (= 121 + 123).

... Beltane is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature and it is associated with important events in Irish mythology. It marked the beginning of summer and was when cattle were driven out to the summer pastures. Rituals were performed to protect the cattle, crops and people, and to encourage growth. Special bonfires were kindled, and their flames, smoke and ashes were deemed to have protective powers. The people and their cattle would walk around the bonfire, or between two bonfires, and sometimes leap over flames or embers. All household fires would be doused and then re-lit from the Beltane bonfire. Doors, windows, byres and the cattle themselves would be decorated with yellow May flowers, perhaps because they evoked fire. In parts of Ireland, people would make a May Bush; a thorn bush decorated with flowers, ribbons and bright shells. Holy wells were also visited, while Beltane dew was thought to bring beauty and maintain youthfulness ...

... Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Beltaine is derived from a Common Celtic *belo-te(p)niâ, meaning 'bright fire'. The element *belo- might be cognate with the English word bale (as in bale-fire) meaning 'white' or 'shining'; compare Old English bael, and Lithuanian/Latvian baltas/balts, found in the name of the Baltic; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means 'white', as in Беларусь (White Russia or Belarus) or Бе́лое мо́ре (White Sea). A more recent etymology by Xavier Delamarre would derive it from a Common Celtic *Beltinijā, cognate with the name of the Lithuanian goddess of death Giltinė, the root of both being Proto-Indo-European *gelH- ('suffering, death') ...