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These 4 glyphs remain to discuss:

Ha10-9 (511) Hb7-38 (994) Hb12-12 (1257) Hb12-24 (1269)
170⅓ 331⅓ 419 423

Ariga erua (Hb7-38) comes beyond winter solstice:

2 intercalated days:
Hb7-29 Hb7-30 Hb7-31 Hb7-32 Hb7-33 Hb7-34
Hb7-35 Hb7-36 Hb7-37 Hb7-38 Hb7-39 Hb7-40
1 2

If we compare with summer solstice, we notice a parallel structure:

Ha5-17 Ha5-18 Ha5-19 Ha5-20
Ha5-21 Ha5-22 Ha5-23 Ha5-24

The Janus sign (which we can assume the twin heads are indicating) is not used between the first and second 'cycles' of the sun, only when a new year has arrived - Janus should stand inside the threshold of a new year. The hole in Hb7-38 can be interpreted as the 'door' leading from the old year to the new year. But such a 'door' leads also from the first half of the year to the second.

The distance from honu in Ha5-18 to honui in Ha5-22 is 4 glyphs, while the distance from honu in Hb7-32 to honui in Hb7-38 is 6 glyphs. Why it should be so is not clear. Maybe one reason is that the creator of the text wanted to reach 266 (in 7 * 38), a number alluding to 9 * 29.5 (266.5), Te Pou (Sirius). In ancient Egypt Sirius 'caused' the waters of the Nile to rise, thereby 'creating' a new year.