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Assuming next that instead there are 30 days (= glyphs) in every month of summer, we must arrive at Gb5-2 after 9 months, not at Gb5-11:

Gb4-33 Gb5-1 Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4 Gb5-5 Gb5-6
268 269 270 271 272 273 274
Gb5-7 Gb5-8 Gb5-9 Gb5-10 Gb5-11 Gb5-12
275 276 277 278 279 280

9 * 30 = 270 measures 9 months of the 360 days in a regular year, while 279 would measure 9 months of a year with 372 days (which obviously is wrong).

The reversal illustrated with Gb4-33 and Gb5-1 marks an important calendar point, and we have earlier noted how it is located at the beginning of the 4th quarter of the text:

2nd half year 116 10 106
Gb1-7 Gb4-33 Gb5-1 Gb5-12
236 353 354 365
3rd quarter of text 4th quarter of text

With Gb5-12 (haga te pau) as the 365th and last glyph (day) of the year it seems to indicate how the year is ending after 9 months, viz. after 9 months of summer. 471 * 75 % = 353.25.