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2. The tablet has no straight edge and the beginning of line a1 was not wide enough to allow all figures to be seen in full view:

Ka1-1 (*67) Ka1-2 Ka1-3 Ka1-4
  Aldebaran (68.2) Theemin (68.5)  
'27 'May 28 (148) '29 '30 (150)
Sheratan 11 12 13 14

The text continues with the beginning of 'June, and maybe Ka1-5 should be regarded as the 1st glyph of the new quarter. It could resemble how on Hawaii the last 4 nights in a month were thought of as 'ebb' - cfr Fishing-up-land. There are fishes at the beginning of 'June:

Ka1-5 Ka1-6 (*72)
   
'31 'June 1 (152)
Pleione 1 2 (16)
Ka1-7 Ka1-8 Ka1-9 Ka1-10
  Hassaleh (73.6)    
'June 3 '4 '5 '6 (156)
Pleione 3 4 5 6 (20)

My idea to connect Ka1-5 with the following glyphs is supported by the fact that the manzil month Pleione was beginning in 'May 31. Furthermore, in Ga1-6 the figures are combined and 'May 31 presumably regarded as the beginning of 'June:

Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 (*68) Ga1-5 Ga1-6
  Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)   Aldebaran (68.2) Theemin (68.5)  
'May 25 '26 '27 '28 '29 '30 (150)
Sheratan 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ga1-7 Ga1-8 Ga1-9 Ga1-10
      Hassaleh (73.6)
'May 31 'June 1 '2 '3
Pleione 1 (15) 2 3 4

However, our primary purpose is to find the positions of the significant (ruling) stars and we should not regard the dates (neither the Gregorian nor the manzil ones and neither those in G nor those in K) as more than provisional and as a kind of support for us, to give us a better foundation for the discussions.