I once decided to locate the last glyph of line b7 together with the following ones at the beginning of line b8, thereby forming a sequence of 6 glyphs:
In retrospect I find this constructed contact between the end of line b7 and line b8 to be a reasonable decision, because the preceding 26 glyphs seem to belong together. If we regard 29 as a sign of the last dark night in the month, then ragi carrying light in front (in Gb7-29) should announce the arrival of next month. 440 = 5 * 88 could be a sign, too. This line of argumentation leads us to consider whether we should put also the complex (and therefore important) glyph Gb7-30 together with the following glyph sequence. We can imagine a quartet of glyphs forming a unit:
There are 2 mata heads in Gb7-30 and 2 heads of another sort in Gb8-1. In Gb7-31 and Gb8-2 there are only single heads. A minute henua variant is at bottom right in Gb7-30, perhaps indicating the 'baby light' of a new cycle. There are 5 'feather' signs at bottom right in Gb7-31 and 4 at right in Gb8-2. The 'jaw' in Gb7-31 is a thicker variant than that in Gb8-3, which together with the 2 mata head persons in the preceding glyph have made me decide this pair of glyphs should be located in the Moon part of the year. The typical kiore - henua sign in Gb8-2, on the other hand, indicates the time of climbing Spring Sun. The 4 feathers at right in Gb8-2 are growing from the carcase of the old spring 'beam', it seems. But another possibility is to arrange 8 glyphs into a 'list' corresponding to the quarters of the year:
I believe this could be the best way to arrange the glyphs, and it forces us to perceive a triplet beyond the 8-glyph long 'list' over the ordinary calendar year:
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