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Ba10.8

From knowing that Dramasa was at the right ascension line *320 (= 21h) we can perceive the key 32 (twice 16 = 320 / 10) glyphs in line Ba10:

... Allen has documented all his star culminations at 21h, which could be due to an effort of keeping the culminations at their proper places according to the ancients, 24h (spring equinox) - 21h = 3h = 24h / 8 = 45º. 3h corresponds to 366 / 8 = 45.75 of my right ascension days and *366 - *46 = *320 (Dramasa, σ Octantis) ...

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 32 421 b10 42 418
  b11 43 461
b12 45 506
sum 421 sum 506

It could mean the last 32 right ascension days on side a of the B tablet were intended to be connected with the south celestial pole. If so, then the total number of days up until line Ba10 could be associated with 390 (including a day zero at Haedus I).

Ba10-1 (390) Ba10-2 Ba10-3 Ba10-4 Ba10-5 Ba10-6
ka mai ki te Raa kua vaha ko te henua kua puu ko te henua kua hakaora ia raua - kua hora koia - kua hakatetea ko raua

Hora. Ancient name of summer (toga-hora, winter summer). Vanaga. 1. In haste (horahorau). 2. Summer, April; hora nui, March; vaha hora, spring. 3. 'Hour', 'watch'. 4. Pau.: hora, salted, briny. Ta.: horahora, bitter. Mq.: hoáhoá, id. 5. Ta.: hora, Tephrosia piscatoria, to poison fish therewith. Ha.: hola, to poison fish. Churchill. Horahora, to spread, unfold, extend, to heave to; hohora, to come into leaf. P Pau.: hohora, to unfold, to unroll; horahora, to spread out, to unwrap. Mgv.: hohora, to spread out clothes as a carpet; mahora, to stretch out (from the smallest extension to the greatest), Mq.: hohoá, to display, to spread out, to unroll. Ta.: hohora, to open, to display; hora, to extend the hand in giving it. Churchill.

Tetea. To have many descendants. Vanaga.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
APRIL 25 26 27 28 (118) 29 30 (366 - 64 - 182)
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
No star listed (282)

ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)

*242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4

South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)

Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)

SHELIAK (Tortoise) = β Lyrae, ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7)

ATLAS (27 Tauri)

χ Oct. (286.0), AIN AL RAMI (Eye of the Archer) = ν Sagittarii (286.2), υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), ALYA (Fat Tail) = θ Serpentis (286.6)

*245.0 = *286.4 - *41.4
Dec 27 28 29 30 (364) 31 Jan 1

From APRIL 25 (115 = 460 / 4) to MAY 25 (145 = 290 / 2) there were 30 days:

Ba10-29 Ba10-30 Ba10-31 (420 = 7 * 60) Ba10-32 (→ 320)
ma te maitaki koia ra kua hoki to rarahoi kua tu ki to toga Etagata itiiti

Rara. Mgv.: a branch of a tree. Ta.: rara, id. Mq.: rara, small branches. Sa.: lala, id. Ma.: rara, id. Churchill.

Toga. 1. Winter season. Two seasons used to be distinguished in ancient times: hora, summer, and toga, winter. 2. To lean against somehing; to hold something fast; support, post supporting the roof. 3. To throw something with a sudden movement. 4. To feed oneself, to eat enough; e-toga koe ana oho ki te aga, eat well first when you go to work. Vanaga. 1. Winter. P Pau., Mgv.: toga, south. Mq.: tuatoka, east wind. Ta.: toa, south. 2. Column, prop; togatoga, prop, stay. Togariki, northeast wind. Churchill. Wooden platform for a dead chief: ka tuu i te toga (Bb8-42), when the wooden platform has been erected. Barthel 2. The expressions Tonga, Kona, Toa (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the quarter of an island or of the wind, between the south and west, and Tokelau, Toerau, Koolau (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the opposite directions from north to east - expressions universal throughout Polynesia, and but little modified by subsequent local circumstances - point strongly to a former habitat in lands where the regular monsoons prevailed. Etymologically 'Tonga', 'Kona', contracted from 'To-anga' or 'Ko-ana', signifies 'the setting', seil. of the sun. 'Toke-lau', of which the other forms are merely dialectical variations, signifies 'the cold, chilly sea'. Fornander.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
MAY 23 24 (12 * 12) 25 (145) 26
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

OKUL = π Capricorni (309.6), BOS = ρ Capricorni (309.9)

ARNEB (α Leporis)

MINTAKA (δ Orionis)

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

HEKA (λ Orionis)

ALNILAM (ε Orionis)

ROTTEN MELON = ε Delphini, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

PHAKT (α Columbae)

ALNILAK (ζ Orionis)

*270.0 = *311.4 - *41.4

ROTANEV = β Delphini, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN = α Delphini, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8)
Jan 24 25 26 27 (392)
NOV 21 22 23 24 (328)

From Ba9-5 to Ba10-1 there were 45 (= 360 / 8) days.

For me it seems reasonable to associate the pair of Mayan sun symbols above with Ca5-20 and Ba9-5, given that we rotate the glyphs around with a quarter (respectively with half a quarter).

70

110

Ba9-5 (345 = 300 + 45)

Ca5-20 (125)

Ba9-5 (135 ← 527 → 364)
ki te mea ke hakapekaga mai ki te mea ke

δ Persei (54.7)

Bright Fire (125.4)

*125.4 - *41.4 = *84.0

ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)

May 14 (134 = *419)

July 24 (205 = *490)

Nov 12 (316 = *236 = *601 - *365)

"April 3 (93, *13 = *378)

"June 13 (164, *84 = *449)

"Oct 2 (275 = *195 = *560 - *365)

MARCH 11 (70, *355)

MAY 21 (141, *61 = *426)

SEPT 9 (252, *172 = *537 - *365)

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