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7. Ariki in Ga6-3 (where 6 * 3 = 18) will therefore be coloured black, which seems to be as it should - the feathers at the top probably indicate the last stage of a cycle (as in Eridu):

Ga5-30 (141) Ga6-1 Ga6-2 (*3) Ga6-3 Ga6-4 (145)

We should notice the dot at maro in Ga6-4, where 145 = 5 * 29 and 6 * 4 = 24. The elbow ornament in the following Ga6-5 looks as if it was complete, yet it is the same entity as the eating 'monster' at left - which is open at bottom:

Ga6-5 Ga6-6 Ga6-7 Ga6-8 (149)

The meaning of Ga6-6 has been discussed at Moe, and there it was noted the possibility of Kuukuu being located in the days from Ga6-6 to Gb3-12:

155
Ga6-6 (147) Gb3-12 (303)
156

There are no henua signs in line b3 and none in a2, and we can count 7 lines from a4 to b2. Maybe Kuukuu stretches over the last 5 of them:

equinox Sun equinox Moon
a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 b1 b2 b3 b4 a1 a2 a3
2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
27 30 29 34 26 26 35 30 33 31 29 24
111 141 170 204 230 256 291 321 354 31 60 84
86 86 98 84
172

182

Or we could count half a year from Ga6-6 (where 6 * 6 = 36) to kara etahi in Gb4-8, where the single wing at the back side is like a mirror reflection of the long moe beak (and where we can imagine a Chikin sign of the grasping hand at the horizon in the west):

181
Ga6-6 (147) Gb4-8 (329)
182 = 13 * 14

Or we can continue to the end of the cycle of 12 * 29½ = 354 nights:

155 25 25
Ga6-6 (147) Gb3-12 (303) Gb4-8 (329) Gb5-1 (355)
156 = 13 * 12 26 = 13 * 2 26 = 13 * 2
208 = 13 * 16

There is thus evidence for a Sun (Kuukuu) season beginning with line a6. We can add the number of glyphs in lines a6-b2 to find a kind of confirmation: 29 + 34 + 26 + 26 + 35 = 150 (= 300 / 2). In Ga6-10 and Ga6-15 there are eating persons, and glyph number 150 has turned its back (maybe indicating the 'canoe' season is in the past):

Ga6-9 (*10) Ga6-10 Ga6-11 (152)
Ga6-12 Ga6-13 Ga6-14 Ga6-15 Ga6-16 (157)

Ga6-15 has ordinal number 156, another sign of Kuukuu:

'land'

Ira

Sun

52

Kuukuu

Mars

156

Raparenga

Moon

 104

Ringiringi

Mercury

182
'sea'

Ringiringi

Mercury

26

Uure

Venus

130

Nonoma

Jupiter

78

Makoi

Saturn

182