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There are 17 'finger tips' on the 'toppling mountain', but 4 * 5 = 20 on the 'summer mountain' at center bottom:

One way to interpret the 'summer mountain' is to regard its top as high summer and the curves described by the 'finger tips' as steps of waxing respectively waning. Sun moves 24º from a tropic to the equator, and the basic Sun number should therefore be regarded as 24 (equal to 3 times 8 as if to indicate the time for waxing).

20 * 24 = 480 and equal to the number of days according to calendar II on the Paris Snuff Box.

The 'toppling mountain'  can be counted as 17 * 24 = 408 (quite similar to 480, only that 0 is here in the center of attention). This number occurs at winter solstice in G:

Gb6-17 Gb6-18 Gb6-19 Gb6-20 Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 Gb7-4

If we begin counting from Gb8-30 number 408 will be at Gb6-25.

(17 + 20) * 24 = 888 and this number can be used to symbolize three sectors with 8 periods in each. 8 * 24 = 192 we can recognize as the number of glyphs in the K text. 2 * 192 = 384 is equal to 13 * 29.5 + ½ = 16 * 24. The 13th kuhane station is Roto Iri Are, the station of renewal. 192 ought to be a Sun tertial and 384 a Moon double tertial.

480 at the summer mountain is 20 * 24, a higher number than 17 * 24. But 17 * 24 is one more than 16 * 24 = 384 = 2 * 192. We have 480 + 192 + 192 = 864 (= 364 + 500) as a number which can be used in a regular calendar cycle - to which will be added 1 * 24 in order to reach a new beginning at 888 = 480 + 408.

Moreover, 30 * 29.5 = 885 = 5 * 177, where 177 = 6 * 29.5. Or we can simply say that 885 = 15 * 59 = 3 * 295. It seems that 888 = 3 * (295 + 1). Counting time we must remember there is no counting until one measure has been reached. This explains the triplet of added 1:s.

In the Turkestan image the 'summer mountain' is probably referring to high summer and the maximum of Sun. The 'toppling mountain' probably refers to the beginning of the new year (Rogo).