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Beyond the last star of Lupus (θ) there are 3 more glyphs in the text:

*Kb5-14 *Kb5-15 (12) *Kb5-16 (177) *Kb5-17 (*244)
ρ Scorpii (240.8), ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis (241.1), Zheng (241.2), Vrischika (241.3) ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9), υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4) ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7), Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3) θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)
'November 17 '18 '19 '20
Syrma 2 3 4 5
*Kb5-18 *Kb5-19 (180) *Kb5-20 (17)
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8), χ Scorpii (245.1) Yed Prior (245.5) Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). ο Scorpii (246.8), σ Scorpii (247.0), Hejian (247.2)
'November 21 '22 (326) '23
Syrma 6 7 8 (191)

In front of Lupus there is a constellation which we have not investigated earlier, viz. Ara:

We should not be lazy and take the left branch of Y. Even if the stars of Ara arrive too late to be referred to in the K text we ought to take the opportunity to add them to our lists. Furthermore they should be used to improve my comments on the G text.

14 of the Ara stars have Greek letters:

Antares 16h 29m 24.47s 16h 29.408m 250.1
η 16h 49m 47.11s 16h 49.785m 255.3
ζ 16h 58m 37.23s 16h 58.621m  257.5
ε 16h 59m 35.05s 16h 59.584m 257.8
ι 17h 23m 16.08s 17h 23.268m 263.8
β 17h 25m 18.00s 17h 25.300m 264.3
γ 17h 25m 23.66s 17h 25.394m 264.3
κ 17h 26m 00.03s 17h 26.001m 264.5
δ 17h 31m 05.98s 17h 31.100m 265.7
α 17h 31m 50.52s 17h 31.842m 265.9
σ 17h 35m 39.61s 17h 35.660m 266.9
π 17h 38m 05.57 17h 38.093m 267.5
λ 17h 40m 23.73s 17h 40.396m 268.1
μ 17h 44m 08.72s 17h 44.145m 269.1
θ 18h 06m 37.88s 18h 06.631m 274.8

Although most of them are located in the 18th right ascension hour there are 3 in the 17th hour and 1 in the 19th hour.

  ρ Cor. Borealis 5.39 33° 18′ N 16h 00m 243.4
  ι Cor. Borealis 4.98 29° 51′ N 16h 00m 243.5
  ξ Scorpii 5.07 11° 22′ S 16h 01m 243.7
Acrab β Scorpii 2.56 19° 40′ S 16h 03m 244.3
Jabhat al Akrab ω Scorpii 3.93 20° 40′ S
  θ Lupi 4.22 36° 48′ S 16h 04m 244.5
Rutilicus β Herculis 2.78 21° 35′ N
Marfik κ Herculis 5.00 17° 03′ N 16h 05m 244.7
  φ Herculis 4.23 44° 56′ N 16h 06m 244.8
  ψ Scorpii 4.93 10° 04′ S 16h 08m 245.6
Lesath ν Scorpii 4.00 19° 20′ S 16h 09m 245.8
  χ Scorpii 5.24 11° 50′ S 16h 10m 246.1
Yed Prior δ Ophiuchi 2.73 03° 34′ S 16h 12m 246.5
Yed Posterior ε Ophiuchi 3.23 04° 14′ S 16h 16m 247.6
Rukbalgethi Shemali τ Herculis 3.91 46° 19′ N
  ο Scorpii 4.55 24° 10′ S 16h 17m 247.8
  σ Scorpii 2.90 25° 36′ S 16h 18m 248.0
Hejian γ Herculis 3.74 19° 09′ N 16h 19m 248.2
  ψ Ophiuchi 4.48 20° 02′ S 16h 21m 248.7
  ρ Ophiuchi 4.57 23° 27′ S 16h 22m 249.1
Kajam ω Herculis 4.57 14° 09′ N 16h 23m 249.3
  χ Ophiuchi 4.22 18° 27′ S 16h 24m 249.5
She Low υ Ophiuchi 4.62 08° 22′ S 16h 24m 249.7
Antares α Scorpii 1.06 26° 19′ S 16h 26m 250.1
Marfik λ Ophiuchi 3.82 01° 59′ N 16h 28m 250.5
  φ Ophiuchi 4.29 16° 37′ S
  ω Ophiuchi 4.45 21° 28′ S 16h 29m 250.8
  σ Herculis 4.20 42° 26′ N 16h 31m 251.3
  τ Scorpii 2.82 28° 13′ S 16h 32m 251.7
Han ζ Ophiuchi 2.54 10° 34′ S 16h 34m 252.0
  ζ Herculis 2.81 31° 36′ N 16h 38m 253.1
  η Herculis 3.48 38° 55′ N 16h 40m 253.5
Wei ε Scorpii 2.29 34° 18′ S 16h 47m 255.3
  η Arae 3.77 59° 02′ S
Denebakrab μ Scorpii 3.00 38° 03′ S 16h 48m 255.7
  ι Ophiuchi 4.39 10° 10′ N 16h 50m 256.3
Grafias ζ Scorpii 3.62 42° 17′ S 16h 51m 256.4
  κ Ophiuchi 3.19 09° 23′ N 16h 54m 257.2
  ζ Arae 3.12 55° 59′ S 16h 55m 257.5
  ε Arae 4.06 53° 10′ S 16h 56m 257.8
Cujam ε Herculis 3.92 30° 56′ N 16h 57m 257.9
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 (*254) Ga7-22 (192) Ga7-23 (*256) Ga7-24
η Herculis (252.5) Wei, η Arae (254.3) Denebakrab (254.7), ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2) ζ Arae (256.5), Cujam (256.9), ε Arae (256.8)
'29 'November 30 'December 1 (335) 2 3
Az Zubana 1 2 3 4 (200) 5
Sabik η Ophiuchi 2.43 15° 40′ S 17h 08m 260.7
  η Scorpii 3.32 43° 14′ S 17h 09m 260.9
Nodus I ζ Draconis 3.17 65° 47′ N 17h 09m 261.0
  π Herculis 3.16 36° 49′ N 17h 12m 261.7
Ras Algethi α Herculis 3.31 14° 27′ N 17h 12m 261.8
Sarin δ Herculis 3.12 24° 54′ N 17h 13m 262.0
  ο Ophiuchi 5.14 24° 17′ S 17h 15m 262.4
  ξ Ophiuchi 4.39 21° 07′ S 17h 18m 263.2
  θ Ophiuchi 3.27 25° 00′ S 17h 18m 263.4
  ν Serpentis 4.32 12° 51′ S
  ι Arae 5.21 47° 28′ S 17h 20m 263.8
  ρ Herculis 4.15 37° 09′ N 17h 20m 263.9
  β Arae 2.84 55° 32′ S 17h 22m 264.3
  γ Arae 3.31 56° 23′ S
  κ Arae 5.19 50° 38′ S 17h 23m 264.5
  σ Ophiuchi 4.34 04° 08′ N 17h 23m 264.6
Lesath υ Scorpii 2.70 37° 18′ S 17h 28m 265.7
  δ Arae 3.60 60° 41′ S
Choo α Arae 2.84 49° 53′ S 17h 28m 265.9
Alwaid β Draconis 2.79 52° 20′ N 17h 29m 266.1
Maasym λ Herculis 4.41 26° 09′ N
Shaula λ Scorpii 1.62 37° 04′ S 17h 30m 266.3
Kuma ν Draconis 4.86 55° 13′ N 17h 31m 266.6
  σ Arae 4.56 46° 30′ S 17h 32m 266.9
Ras Alhague α Ophiuchi 2.08 12° 36′ N 17h 33m 267.1
Sargas θ Scorpii 1.86 43° 00′ S 17h 34m 267.3
  μ Ophiuchi 4.58 08° 07′ S 17h 35m 267.5
  π Arae 5.25 54° 30′ S
Nan Hae ξ Serpentis 3.54 15° 24′ S 17h 35m 267.6
  ι Herculis 3.82 46° 00′ N 17h 36m 267.9
  λ Arae 4.76 49° 25′ S 17h 37m 268.1
Girtab κ Scorpii 2.39 39° 02′ S 17h 39m 268.6
  ο Serpentis 4.24 12° 53′ S
Kelb Alrai β Ophiuchi 2.76 04° 35′ N 17h 41m 269.1
  μ Arae 5.12 51° 50′ S
Kew Ho μ Herculis 3.42 27° 43′ N 17h 43m 269.6
  η Pavonis 3.61 64° 43′ S 17h 43m 269.7
Apollyon ι Scorpii 2.99 40° 08′ S 17h 44m 269.9
Muliphen γ Ophiuchi 3.75 02° 42′ N 17h 44m 270.0
Basanismus G Scorpii 3.19 37° 02′ S 17h 46m 270.5
Pherkard δ Ursae Minoris 4.35 86° 37′ N 17h 48m 270.9
Rukbalgethi Genubi θ Herculis 3.86 37° 15′ N 17h 53m 272.1
  ξ Herculis 3.70 29° 15′ N 17h 54m 272.5
Etamin γ Draconis 2.24 51° 30′ N 17h 55m 272.7
  ν Herculis 4.41 30° 11′ N
  ν Ophiuchi 3.32 09° 46′ S 17h 56m 272.8
  ζ Serpentis 4.62 03° 41′ S 17h 58m 273.4
Ga7-25 Ga7-26 Ga7-27 (*260) Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30
    Sabik (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9), Nodus I (260.0) π Herculis (260.7), Ras Algethi (260.8), Sarin (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4) ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis (262.4) ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9), β, γ Arae (263.3)
'Dec. 4 '17h (258.7) 6 7 8 9
Az Zub. 6 7 8 9 10 11
Ga7-31 (201) Ga7-32 (*265) Ga7-33 Ga7-34
κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6) Lesath, δ Arae (264.7), Choo (264.9), Alwaid, Maasym (265.1), Shaula (265.3) Kuma (265.6), σ Arae (265.9), Ras Alhague (266.1), Sargas (266.3) μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5), Nan Hae (266.6), ι Herculis (266.7), λ Arae (267.1)
'December 10 '11 (345) '12 '13 (Lucia)
12 Az Zubana 13 Akleel 1 (210) 2
Ga8-1 (205) Ga8-2 Ga8-3 (*270) Ga8-4 (208) Ga8-5
Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6), Kelb Alrai, μ Arae (268.1) Kew Ho (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), Apollyon (268.9), Muliphen (269.0) Basanismus (269.5), Pherkard (269.9) Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1) ξ Herculis (271.5), Etamin, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8), ζ Serpentis (272.4)
'December 14 (348) '15 '16 '17 '18
Akleel 3 4 5 (214) 6 7

Although Ara was one of the original 48 constellations of Ptolemy strangely only 1 star has been named, viz. α:

"... none seem to be named except in China. There α, 2.9 magnitude, was Choo, a Club or Staff ..." (Allen)

  τ Ophiuchi 4.77 08° 11′ S 18h 00m 273.9
Nash γ Sagittarii 2.98 30° 26′ S 18h 03m 274.7
  θ Arae 3.65 50° 05′ S 18h 03m 274.8
Zhōngshān ο Herculis 3.84 28° 46′ N 18h 04m 275.0
  π Pavonis 4.33 63° 40′ S 18h 07m 275.6
  ι Pavonis 5.47 62° 00′ S 18h 09m 276.1
Polis μ Sagittarii 3.84 21° 04′ S 18h 12m 276.9
  η Sagittarii 3.10 36° 46′ S 18h 16m 277.9
  κ Lyrae 4.33 36° 04′ N 18h 18m 278.5
Kaus Medius δ Sagittarii 2.72 29° 51′ S
Tung Hae η Serpentis 3.23 02° 54′ S 18h 19m 278.7
Kaus Australis ε Sagittarii 1.79 34° 25′ S 18h 21m 279.3
  ξ Pavonis 4.35 61° 30′ S 18h 22m 279.4
Al Athfar μ Lyrae 5.11 39° 30′ N 18h 22m 279.6
Kaus Borealis λ Sagittarii 2.82 25° 27′ S 18h 25m 280.3
  ν Pavonis 4.63 62° 17′ S 18h 29m 281.4
  κ Cor. Austr. 5.67 38° 44′ S 18h 31m 281.9
  θ Cor. Austr. 4.62 42° 18′ S 18h 32m 282.0
Vega α Lyrae 0.03 38° 44′ N 18h 35m 282.8
  ζ Pavonis 4.01 71° 26′ S 18h 41m 284.4
  λ Cor. Austr. 5.11 38° 19′ S 18h 42m 284.6
Double Double ε Lyrae 4.59 39° 37′ N 18h 42m 284.7
  ζ Lyrae 4.34 37° 36′ N 18h 43m 284.8
  φ Sagittarii 3.17 26° 59′ S 18h 44m 285.0
  μ Cor. Austr. 5.20 40° 24′ S 18h 46m 285.6
  η Cor. Austr. 5.46 43° 41′ S 18h 47m 285.8
  θ Pavonis 5.71 65° 05′ S
Sheliak β Lyrae 3.52 33° 18′ N 18h 48m 286.1
  ν Lyrae 5.22 32° 33′ N
  λ Pavonis 4.22 62° 11′ S 18h 50m 286.7
Ain al Rami ν Sagittarii 4.86 22° 45′ S 18h 52m 287.2
  δ Lyrae 4.22 36° 54′ N 18h 53m 287.3
  κ Pavonis 4.40 67° 14′ S 18h 53m 287.5
Alya θ Serpentis 4.62 04° 08′ N 18h 54m 287.6
  ξ Sagittarii 3.52 21° 06′ S 18h 56m 288.1
  ω Pavonis 5.14 60° 12′ S 18h 57m 288.3
  ε Cor. Austr. 4.83 37° 06′ S 18h 57m 288.4
Sulaphat γ Lyrae 3.25 32° 37′ N
  λ Lyrae 4.94 32° 09′ N 18h 58m 288.7
Ascella ζ Sagittarii 2.60 29° 57′ S 18h 59m 288.9
Ga8-6 Ga8-7 Ga8-8 Ga8-9 (213)
τ Ophiuchi (272.9) Nash (273.7), θ Arae (273.8), Zhōngshān (274.0) π Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) Polis (275.9)
'December 19 '20 (354) '18h (274.9) '22
Akleel 8 9 10 11