1. Kaffaljidhma is nowadays the name of γ Ceti but it once was the name of the head of the whale: "Al Kaff al Jidmah is the Arabs' name for the whole group marking the Whale's head, but in modern lists is exclusively applied to this star." (Allen) Mira is the variable star in the neck of the whale.
For practical reasons I have chosen to list also Menkar although it at present is at the beginning of the 4th hour. 3 / 24 * 360 = 45 and added to 408 this becomes 453, a number which in rongorongo may allude to a kind of final (which agees with Saturday in Gb8-11). 453 = 300 + 153:
Gb5-29 has ordinal number 153 counted from the beginning of side b. From the beginning of side a its number is 383 (= 13 * 29½ - ½). Counting from Gb6-20 its ordinal number is 70 + 383 = 453:
Moreover, the day number 448.8 for Kaffaljidhma is the result of adding 40.8 and 408.
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