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Too many uncertainties makes it impossible (at least for the moment) to make a definite statement as to the structure of the beginning of side a of H. It should be noted, however, that Ha5-18 is a unique variant (both in H and G) of the no-legs-honu which, we have learnt, probably indicates solstice. Of the 45 honu glyphs in H listed in the catalogue there are 9 (redmarked below) such 'solstice honu' glyphs:

Ha1-9 Ha1-13 Ha1-22 Ha5-18 Ha6-102 Ha6-125
Ha6-144 Ha7-5 Ha7-13 Ha7-104 Ha8-14 Ha8-34
Ha10-5 Ha10-6 Ha10-35 Ha10-109 Ha11-106 Ha11-109
Ha11-112 Ha11-121 Ha11-129 Hb2-2 Hb2-35 Hb3-3
Hb5-10 Hb5-54 Hb6-4 Hb6-6 Hb6-45 Hb7-7
Hb7-10 Hb7-13 Hb7-32 Hb7-39 Hb7-50 Hb8-114
Hb8-117 Hb8-136 Hb9-1 Hb9-2 Hb10-4 Hb11-7
Hb11-47 Hb11-48 Hb12-45

It ought to be valuable if we could use these 'solstice honu' to map the overall structure of the H text, and we will therefore make a little detour for that purpose here.