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There are 4 + 3 = 7 rather ordinary ariki glyphs in H, yet they carry signs,e.g.:

Ha7-45 Ha8-19 Ha10-23 Ha10-29 Hb3-27 Hb10-57 Hb12-34
peculiar head gear   lean head gear   long limbs at left

No feathers are on any of the heads of ariki in H. Ha7-45 appears at summer solstice (we have seen a moment ago), in day 188. The other 6 consist of 3 pairs, one of which is:

359
Ha8-19 (414) Hb3-27 (774)
360

We immediately notice that the distance from the first to the second is 360 glyphs (= 120 days). Then we remember that 414 is the position of tamaiti in G (= 14 * 29.5 + 1). Possibly, therefore, ariki in Hb3-27 stands at the end of a year which is beginning at Ha8-19. We will look closer on the surrounding glyphs.

Ariki in Hb10-57 marks the end of day 20 counted from the dark mago, and ariki in Hb12-34 stands at the beginning of day 53:

58 96
Hb9-63 (1123) Hb10-57 (1182) Hb12-34 (1279) Hb12-35 Hb12-36
374⅓ + 58 = 432⅓ 19⅓ 394 + 58 = 452 32 484⅓ 484⅔ 485
1 20 53