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We should start from the beginning of glyph line Ha10 - because glyph lines apparently are significant - but even better is to find out what the end of line Ha9 might tell us. I have below used as number of glyphs (counted from Ha1-1) the sum of those which are visible and those which ought to have been there in the burnt areas of the tablet (cfr at hahe):

*Ha9-29 *Ha9-30 *Ha9-31 (480) *Ha9-32 *Ha9-33 *Ha9-34
480 / 3 = 160 161
*Ha9-35 *Ha9-36 *Ha9-37 *Ha9-38 *Ha9-39 *Ha9-40
162 163
*Ha9-41 *Ha9-42 *Ha9-43 (492)
164

Henua ora in *Ha9-31 has glyph number 480 = 20 * 24, which presumably is significant. Day number 160 is equal to twice 80, the day number at Ha5-24, and 20 * 24 is 15 more multiples of 24 than 5 * 24.

For the following manu rere we can count 9 * 32 = 288 = 2 * 144 = 8 * 36 = 16 * 18. In G day number 288 is at manu rere in Ga8-20 (where 224 + 64 = 288), and also here we can count to 160 (this time by way of 8 * 20):

Ga8-16 Ga8-17 Ga8-18 Ga8-19 Ga8-20 (224)
Ga8-21 Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25
Ga8-26 Gb1-1 (231) Gb1-2 Gb1-3 Gb1-4

At hahe it was noticed that manu rere with uplifted wing in Ga8-20 apparently corresponds to the pair *Ha11-30--31:

Ga8-20 (224) Qb2-13 Qb2-14 (452) *Ha11-30 *Ha11-31 (600)
288 = 224 + 64 290 = 452 / 2 + 64 600 / 2 = 300

But we should divide the number of glyph by 3 in the H text. 600 / 3 + 64 = 264 and 600 / 3 + 59 = 259. The latter alternative might be the correct way to count, because 259 - 160 = 99 (and 99 * 29½ is very close to 8 * 365 days = 5 Venus cycles):

... ...
*Ha11-26 *Ha11-27 *Ha11-28 *Ha11-29 *Ha11-30 *Ha11-31 (600)
258 600 / 3 + 59 = 259 = 160 + 99
*Ha11-32 *Ha11-33 *Ha11-34 *Ha11-35 *Ha11-36 *Ha11-37
260 261

Ika hiku in *Ha11-32 has a 'leg' sign at top left which presumably has the same meaning as in pare in *Qa2-40:

*Ha11-32 (601) *Qa2-40 (63)

And 260 for the day number at *Ha11-32 is not far from that at Ga7-27:

258
Gb6-26 (1) Ga7-26 (260) Ga7-27

7 * 26 (cfr Rogo in Ga7-26) = 182, and if we add 59 it becomes 241 ('one more' than 240). If we add 59 to 64 / 2 (at *Qa2-40) it becomes 91, which could refer to the end of the 1st quarter of the year. But with 91 equal to 90 + 1 it will also carry the meaning of a new beginning. The Mermaid's Purse (ika hiku) is the egg case of a shark, and 601 = 600 + 1 and 261 = 260 + 1.

I have identified ua in *Ha9-43 as the last glyph in a sequence not only because of its day number (= 364 - 200) but also - and foremost - because of the following maitaki glyph:

*Ha9-44 *Ha9-45 *Ha9-46 *Ha9-47 *Ha9-48 *Ha9-49
165 166
*Ha9-50 *Ha9-51 (500) *Ha9-52 *Ha9-53 Ha10-1 Ha10-2
167 168

Because I had noticed that the glyph which follows upon Ha5-24 is also a maitaki glyph:

Ha5-19 Ha5-20 (236) Ha5-21 Ha5-22 Ha5-23 Ha5-24 (240) Ha5-25

Day number 168 for the beginning of line Ha10 should be significant. For instance, there is a structure in E which is based on 168 (cfr at mauga):

40 40
Eb3-8 Eb4-11 Eb4-12 Eb5-11

1

42 43

84

40 40
Eb5-11 Eb6-17 Eb6-18 Eb3-8

84

125 126

167 (1)

The total number of glyphs in the calendar (167) is subdivided into 4 equally long sequences of glyphs if we use Eb3-8, the 'moon mauga' and the 4 central glyphs in the table above. 4 * 42 = 168, but Eb3-8 is counted twice ...

At viri number 168 was discovered to be present also in K. Its total number of glyphs, 192, can be perceived as divided into 24 + 168 (= 7 * 24), e.g. in this way:

9 73 73 ... 9
Ka2-10 Kb1-11 Kb1-12 *Kb5-11
1 75 1 75
150
168

And in G (cfr at ihe tau) number 168 is once again marking the end of a 'season of light':

28
Ga6-24 Ga6-25 Ga6-26
165 166 167
29
Ga6-27 (168) Ga6-28 Ga6-29

In Mamari, though, number 168 is thought of as 6 * 28 (instead of 7 * 24) and in the calendar of the month it indicates the beginning of light (from Moon), not the end of light (from Sun):

Ca6-25 Ca6-26 Ca6-27 Ca6-28 Ca7-1
165 166 167 168 169