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Once again. The important insight is that the creator of the G text had to put Aldebaran 4 days later than at the time of Gregory XIII. Therefore the beginning of side a of his tablet had Aldebaran (Ana-muri) as glyph 4 instead of at the zero position, which (ceteris paribus) would have been the case had he made his tablet at the time of Gregory XIII:

day zero
HYADUM II Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4
day zero
ALDEBARAN Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5 Ga1-6
Muri

The rear, that which comes last; a muri, future; a muri noa atu, never; i muri, afterward, henceforth, hereafter; i muri oo na, to accompany; ki muri, after, future, henceforth, then, final; o muri, last. Churchill.

For the Maori the past is an important and pervasive dimension of the present and future. Often referred to as the 'ever-present now', Maori social reality is perceived as though looking back in time from the past to the present. The Maori word for 'the front of' is mua and this is used as a term to describe the past, that is, Nga wa o mua or the time in front of us. Likewise, the word for the back is muri which is a term that is used for the future. 

Thus the past is in front of us, it is known; the future is behind us, unknown. The point of this is that our ancestors always had their backs to the future with their eyes firmly on the past. Our past is not conceived as something long ago and done with, known only as an historical fact with no contemporary relevance or meaning. In the words of a respected Maori elder: 

The present is a combination of the ancestors and 'their living faces' or genetic inheritors, that is the present generations. Our past is as much the face of our present and future. They live in us … we live in them.

Therefore, to understand and appreciate Maori treasures one must realize that they continue to stand tall in front of us today. (Starzecka)

Assuming the C text was created approximately at the same time as the G text we can now understand the otherwise curious overflow from side a to side b of a sequence of turtle (honu) and Rogo glyphs:

*Ca14-18 REVATI

REGULUS

*Ca14-20
*Ca14-21 (384) SPICA

SADALMELIK

*Ca14-23
*Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 ACHERNAR
*Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 POLARIS
SHERATAN Cb1-2 ALRISHA THUBAN
Cb1-4 (396)
HAMAL

ALKES

Because thinking in terms of the Gregorian calendar we will find the beginning of side b at the Neck in °October 17 (290, *210):

1 Horn α Virginis (Spica) Crocodile (202.7) Oct 9 (282) 282 = 265 + 17
2 Neck κ Virginis Dragon (214.8) Oct 21 (294) 294 = 282 + 12
3 Root α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) Badger (224.2) Oct 31 (304) 304 = 295 + 9
4 Room π Scorpii (Vrischika) Hare (241.3) Nov 17 (321) 321 = 304 + 17
5 Heart σ Scorpii Fox (247.0) Nov 23 (327) 327 = 321 + 6
6 Tail μ Scorpii (Denebakrab) Tiger (254.7) Nov 30 (334) 334 = 327 + 9
7 Winnowing Basket γ Sagittarii (Nash) Leopard (273.7) Dec 19 (353) 353 = 334 + 19
December solstice
Egyptian hand Phoenician kaph Greek kappa Κ (κ)

Kaph is thought to have been derived from a pictogram of a hand (in both modern Arabic and modern Hebrew, kaph means palm/grip) ...

... The manik, with the tzab, or serpent's rattles as prefix, runs across Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in the pictures all holding the rattle; it runs across the hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61, 62, and finally appears in all four clauses of tz. 175, the so-called 'baptism' tzolkin. It seems impossible, with all this, to avoid assigning the value of grasping or receiving. But in the final confirmation, we have the direct evidence of the signs for East and West. For the East we have the glyph Ahau-Kin, the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day; for the West we have Manik-Kin, exactly corresponding to the term Chikin, the biting or eating of the Sun, seizing it in the mouth.

  

The pictures (from Gates) show east, north, west, and south; respectively (the lower two glyphs)  'Lord' (Ahau) and 'grasp' (Manik). Manik was the 7th day sign of the 20 and Ahau the last ...

... According to Leonardo Pakarati, 'the neck of the turtle' was the birthplace of the youngest son, Tuu Hotu Iti... (The Eighth Island)

This time has obviously been marked by the creator of the C text - and also in the comments of Metoro - as a very special place:

°April 17 (107) 18 (*28) 19 rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua
°October 17 (290) 18 (*211) 19
April 21 (111) 22 (*32) 23
October 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23
Cb1-5 Cb1-6 (398) Cb1-7
η Arietis (31.9) ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) χ Persei (33.2), θ Arietis (33.3), MIRA = ο Ceti (33.7)
Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15 / TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand by) ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), KHAMBALIA = λ Virginis (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)
ASELLUS TERTIUS = κ Bootis, κ Virginis, 14 Bootis (214.8) 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS = α Bootis (215.4), ASELLUS SECUNDUS = ι Bootis (215.5), SYRMA = ι Virginis, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)
°April 20 21 (*31) 22 (112) 23
°October 20 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23
April 24 25 (*35) 26 (116) 27
October 24 25 (*218) 26 27 (300)
Cb1-8 Cb1-9 Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403)
no star listed (34) ξ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), ξ² Ceti (35.9) σ Ceti (36.9) ν Ceti (37.9)
ASELLUS PRIMUS = θ Bootis (217.8) τ Lupi, δ Oct. (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), HARIS = γ Bootis (219.7) σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)

The corresponding place in the G text seems to agree in that here there was a drastic change:

AUGUST 14 15 16 (*148) 17 (229) 18 19
Ga6-6 Ga6-7 Ga6-8 (148) Ga6-9 Ga6-10 Ga6-11
MUPHRID = η Bootis (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) AGENA = β Centauri (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), THUBAN = α Draconis (212.8) 14h (213.1) Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15 / TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand by)
π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), MENKENT = θ Centauri (213.1) ASELLUS TERTIUS = κ Bootis, κ Virginis, 14 Bootis (214.8) 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS = α Bootis (215.4), ASELLUS SECUNDUS = ι Bootis (215.5), SYRMA = ι Virginis, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)
October 17 (290) 18 19 20 21 (*214) 22
°October 13 14 15 (*208) 16 17 (290) 18
'September 20 21 EQUINOX 23 (*186) 24 25 (268)
"September 6 7 8 9 (*172) 10 11 (254)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
FEBRUARY 13 2-14 (45) 15 16 (*332) 17 (413) 18
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) ALRISHA = α Piscium, χ Phoenicis (29.2), ALAMAK = γ Andromedae (29.7) Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head of Ku) η Arietis (31.9) ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) χ Persei (33.2), θ Arietis (33.3), MIRA = ο Ceti (33.7)
2h (30.4)
κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL = α Arietis (30.5)

ALKES (α Crateris)

April 18 (473) 19 20 (*395) 21 (111) 22 23
4-14 °April 15 16 (471) 17 (107) 18 19
'March 22 23 24 (*368) EQUINOX 26 (85) 27
"March 8 9 10 (*354) 11 12 13