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Probably each glyph means 1 day ('night'), and the 192 glyphs in the text can then be understood as somewhat more than half a year. The key measure is 22 glyphs, which can be explained as a way to express π (ca 22 / 7). As a kind of confirmation the first 60 glyphs, which form a fundamental unit, end with Ka3-14 (where 3-14 alludes to 3.14):

42 65 22
Ka3-14 (60) Ka3-15 Kb1-7 Kb4-17 (170)
2 * 22 = 44 3 * 22 = 66
60 + 6 * 22 = 192

The first 60 glyphs can be subdivided so that 1 * 22 appears in a highly meaningful position:

22 20 12
Ka1-1 Ka1-24 Ka2-1 Ka2-22 Ka3-1 Ka3-14 (60)
24 22 14
24 = 192 / 8 36

The intention was probably to introduce the fundamental numerical base of the text. The presumtive reader should first count the number of glyphs in the text, and then - of course - he would try to divide by 8. The number of glyphs in line a1 are 24 in order to confirm the result of his action.

The reader would then go on and count the number of glyphs in line a2. The result would surely stay in his mind when he then continued. And he would discover that also glyph line b1 has 22 glyphs. And he would discover that beyond Ka3-14 there are 6 * 22 glyphs.

22 in line a2 certainly is meant to be seen together with those 14 which end with Ka3-14, thereby creating a suggestion that 22 and 14 together in some way will measure up to 36 (meaning 360). Addition it is not, because the glyphs in line a2 are not of the same kind as those in the interval Ka3-1--14. Possibly, instead, the sun cycle (22) is to be measured by the fortnights of the moon. 192 - 60 - 20 (b5) = 112 = 8 * 14.

112 = 8 * 14 for the 'day' is counted by a 'night' measure (14), while 80 = 60 + 20 = 8 * 10 for the 'night' is measured by a 'day' measure (10). 192 = 8 * (14 + 10).