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In G the end of side a is not at the end of December but the text continues into the beginning of January. Gregorian day 369 coincides with 19h where there are 4 glyphs remaining before the tablet has to be turned over. The dominant constellation was presumably Lyra with the brilliantly shining Vega:

Ga8-10 Ga8-11 Ga8-12 (216)
η Sagittarii (276.9) Kaus Medius, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4) Al Athfar (278.6), Kaus Borealis (279.3)
'December 23 'Christmans Eve 'Christmas Day
12 Akleel13 (222) Qalb al Akraab 1
Ga8-13 (*280) Ga8-14 Ga8-15 (219) Ga8-16
ν Pavonis (280.4) κ Cor. Austr. (280.9), θ Cor. Austr. (281.0) Vega (281.8) ζ Pavonis (283.4)
'December 26 (360) '27 '28 '29
Qalb al Akraab 2 3 4 5
Ga8-17 Ga8-18 (222) Ga8-19 Ga8-20 Ga8-21
λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8), φ Sagittarii (284.0) μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8), Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) λ Pavonis (285.7), Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3) κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6), ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4) λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella (287.9), Nunki (288.4)
'December 30 '31 'January 1 (366) '2 '3
6 7 8 Qalb al Akraab 9 Shaula 1 (232)
Ga8-22 Ga8-23 (*290) Ga8-24 Ga8-25 (*292) Ga8-26 (230)
ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), γ Cor. Austr. (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4) ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8), Al Baldah, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) Aladfar (291.1) Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2)
'19h (289.2) 'January 5 '6 '7 (372) '8
Shaula 2 3 4 5 (236) 6

Manubrium (ο Sagittarii) would have been one of the stars in Gregorian day 369.

The shorter K text has right ascension day 230 at Kb4-19 and there are 2 synodic lunar months remaining to 19h:

Kb4-19 (164)
κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8)
'November 6 (310)
Simak 4 (174)