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I have classified these three glyphs as belonging to the kava type:

Gb5-25 Gb6-3 Gb7-31

The kava signs are far from evident, though. The undulating 'limbs' caught my attention.

All three glyphs are on the 'dark side':

208 9 * 29
Ga1-26 Gb1-6
210 261
471

210 glyphs presumably reflect the half year when sun is 'present', 26 weeks = 182 days, while 261 is the number of nights when sun is 'absent', 26 weeks + 1 night = 183 nights. The limited size of the tablet necessitated a shortening from 521 to 471 glyphs.

50 further summer glyphs couldn't be lodged, and with 210 = 5 (fingers, fire) * 6 (sun) * 7 (moon) a message of light ought to be read. Especially as 261 = 9 (dark) * 29 (dark). Furthemore, 210 = half 420 ('the 7th flame of the sun', the cycle of conjunction between the two great lights in the sky).

Of course, looking at the glyphs without counting would also inform the observant reader that Ga1-26 and Gb1-6 defined the time between the solstices. The 'feathers' in Gb1-6 on the standing figure would immediately tell which was summer solstice, or - seeing Ga1-26 first - the figure sunk very low would immediately tell about winter solstice.