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(420 - 4) / 16 = 26 is an equation which we could imagine is stating that the 'Tree' has 4 glyphs and that for Sun (26) time stands still during these 4 days:

Rakau (the Tree)
*Rb1-17 (244) Rb2-1 Rb2-2 Rb2-3
17 Opata roa a mana aia. 18 vai tara kai u(a) a ngao roaroa a ngao tokotokoa. 19 hia uka a hakairiiri a hakaturuturu. 20 hanga ohiro a pakipaki renga.

*Rb1-16 (243) would then be the last glyph (day) counted before time stops, and we must remember from G (cfr at honui):

243 63
Ga6-24 (165) Gb6-26 (409)
244 = 4 * 61 64 = 4 * 16

243 and 244 are numbers which evidently are connected with the solstices. 6-24 and 6-26 could, maybe, point to the front side of the year (24) respectively to the back side (26). But rather the other way around because Rogo in Gb6-26 is probably the first glyph of the new year. In R we have provisionally reached 226 and 224 glyphs for the front side respectively the back side of the tablet.

At rau hei we guessed that 243 (= 9 * 27 = 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 3) stood for the period of 'pregnancy' before rebirth:

If Gb8-30 is counted only once:
226 242
Gb6-26 (408) Ga6-24 (164) Ga6-25
228 243
471

228 (= 12 * 19) from Rogo and winter solstice at Gb6-26 up to and including Ga6-24 equals the number of glyphs on side a of G.

408 and 164 are better numbers than 409 and 165:

40 * 8 = 320 and 16 * 4 = 64 = 320 / 5.

40 * 9 = 360 and 16 * 5 = 80, but 360 is not a multiple of 80. Furthermore 360 is a day which belongs to the old year, it is not the first day of the new year.