2. I think the bird at '8h ought to be in a central position, and this bird returns with fist held high in Ka4-1 (or possibly it is his twin, because the beak is different):
Manu kake in Ga3-1 in a way also returns and at that time the twin 'birds' have been separated:
Manu kake could represent a pair of inseparable 'twin birds', referring to Castor and Pollux. The greater of them, the divine Pollux, could then be the magnificent manu rere in Ga3-8 and his mortal twin Castor be in Ga3-6, where the light in front in ragi could refer to how Castor was uplifted to heaven after his death, to once again be with his brother. The rounded top of ragi in Ka4-2 could depict the sky dome. If I am right, then the absence of Pollux in K - there is no manu rere in 'July 28 - could be a Sign that only one half of the year is described in the text. Indeed, a quick look at the manu rere glyphs in K results in only one possible magnificent manu rere with a hook on his beak, viz. in front and at the top of the complicated *Ka1-21:
My idea gains support from the part of the text where I have located Castor and Pollux in G, because manu rere in Ga2-22 is a magnificent bird in contrast to the one in Ga2-19 (where we possibly should read Ga2-18--19 as the 1st and 2nd quarters of winter):
By the way, ariki in Ga2-21 has the same type of 'hook' as manu rere in *Ka1-21, and the Tree in the preceding *Ka1-20 (at λ Leporis) has the same kind of rounded top as the sky dome in Ka4-2 (7 weeks later). There are 15 days from Ga2-22 to Ga3-8:
The name Al Tarf (at manu kake) suggests a final of sorts: ... ξ [Cancri, at Ga3-15], another [ín addition to μ, Heap of Fuel at Ga2-28] 5½-magnitude, with λ Leonis, formed the seventh manzil Al Tarf, the End, or as some translate it, the Glance, i.e. of the Lion's Eye, the ancient Asad, which occupied so large a portion of the sky in this neighborhood. They also were the Persian Nahn, the Nose, and the Coptic Piautos, the Eye, both lunar asterisms. Ga2-22 is glyph 53 and 4 * 53 = 212, the Gregorian day number for July 31. Number 53 can also be reached by reducing 208 (at 'July 27 and ragi in Ka4-2) by 49 (7 weeks to *Ka1-20), which leads to 208 - 49 = 159 ('June 8), because 159 = 3 * 53. The manzil Alterf (ruled by the star Alterf = Al Tarf) begins on August 30 which is Gregorian day 242 = the number of glyphs on side b of the G tablet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
