3. From Sirrah at 0h 06m to Reda at 19h 44m there are 19h 38m: ... Rogo in Gb1-3 has no head, and a sign which presumably means 'water' is telling the same story - Sun has left. Maybe there is a star positioned at this place. If so, then we should be able to count its current right ascension as about (63 + 233) * 4 = 1184 = 19h 44m later than Sirrah's 0h 06m.
In days the distance from Sirrah to Reda is (19 * 60 + 38) / 1440 * 365¼ = 298.8 (= 300.3 - 1.5). If we count glyphs the distance from Gb6-26 to Gb1-6 is 63 + 236 = 299:
299 is 100 less than the synodical period of Jupiter - probably a significant fact. The right ascension of Reda and my way of counting puts it at Gb1-6. But maybe we should count puo in Gb8-30 only once when mapping stars:
This would result in a satisfying day number 299 for the last glyph on what we up to now have considered to be the front side. By continuing counting beyond 471 a nice 700 is reached at the end of side a. Furthermore, Sham (α Sagittae) would hit its mark at Gb1-6:
Remarkably the current right ascension of Reda, 19h 44m = 1184 minutes, gives rise not only to day number 300.3 counted from equinox but also to the numerical magic of 118 * 4 = 472, as if the whole cycle is completed after 300 days. Tarazed (another name for Reda) was together with Altair and Alshain the 'Family of Aquila':
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