9. The measure 32 (not a multiple of 6) was evidently used also by the creator of the G text. 64 + 32 = 96 = 16 * 6 is the position of tagata toki in Ga2-1:
The 'Whip' of ψ stars in Auriga stretches for 10 days. A pair of extra ('tail') days are then added in order to reach 16 * 32 = 512:
We remember that 256 (= 8 * 32) is a major turning point in the text:
The fundamental pattern of 2 followed by 1 will thereby be fulfilled, twice 4 glyphs are followed by a single group of 4 glyphs (in the same way as twice 32 glyphs are followed by a single group of 32 glyphs in order to reach the beginning of line a2). At τ Puppis (Ga2-8) we can count 2 * 8 = 16 or 50 * 8 = 400 (= 25 * 16), and at ν Puppis (Ga2-5) - the day of Mercury and of number 64 + 36 = 100 - we can count 2 * 5 = 10. The toga variants with open (empty) hands could indicate how the 'women' are eagerly stretching out for 'the fire':
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