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Number 400 seems to have been used for determining the number of glyphs on a tablet, as a measure for a full cycle:

Tahua (A)

Keiti (E)

Large Santiago (H)

side a

670

 200π+42

side a

326

100π+12

side a

*648

200π+20

side b

664

 200π+36

side b

302

100π-12

side b

*648

200π+20

sum

1334

400π+78

sum

628

200π

sum

*1296

400π+40

The small Keiti tablet made it necessary to take only half 400, and in G we should note a similar reduction:

Small Santiago (G)

side a

229

75π + 6.5

side b

242

75π - 6.5

sum

471

150π

To evade the fraction 0.5 we should presumably multiply each glyph by 2:

Small Santiago (G)

side a

458

150π + 13

side b

484

150π - 13

sum

942

300π

This is an argument for renumbering the glyphs:

Ga7-22 (384) Ga7-23 Ga7-24 Ga7-25 Ga7-26
Ga7-27 Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30 (400) Ga7-31

13 * 29.5 = 383.5 comes immediately before Ga7-22 (if we count from Gb8-30). Perhaps we should think about Roto Iri Are when trying to read these glyphs. The resemblances between Ga7-24--25 and Gb5-3--2 are striking:

Roto Iri Are   13 * 29.5 = 383.5
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Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4 Gb5-28 Gb5-29 (383) Gb6-1 (384) Gb6-2
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