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The Donkey pair was half a year away from Dhanistha and also from Albali (ε, the first star in Aquarius) - which in rongorongo times happened to rise with the Sun 314 days after March 21.

In the time of Al Sharatain the Dhanistha lunar station could have marked where the Old year ended. Or we could say it may have marked the end of the halfyear beginning in Praesaepe:

Ga3-6 Ga3-7 Ga3-8 Ga3-9 (68)
Āshleshā-9 / Willow-24 Al Nathrah-6 Extended Net-26a ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4)
π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), Al Minhar al Shujā, Museida (129.9) BEEHIVE and M44 (130.4), Xestus (130.5), Ascellus Borealis (130.9) η Hydrae (131.0), Ascellus Australis (131.4), Koo She (131.6), ε HYDRAE (131.9)
July 28 29 (*130) 30 31 (212)
ºJuly 24 (*125) 25 26 27 (208)
'July 1 2 3 (*104) 4 (185)
"June 17 (168) 18 19 20 (*91)
Rotanev, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) Deneb Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8) Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 / Dhanishta-24 / Girl-10 Baten Algiedi (315.8)
Yue (314.3), Gienah Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI (314.8)

Betelgeuze

January 27 (392) 28 29 (*314) 30
ºJanuary 23 24 25 (*310) 26
'December 31 (*285) 'January 1 (366) 2 3
"December 17 18 19 (*273) 20 (354)

The glyphs above, however, do not describe and ending but rather a new beginning, because we can see signs of manu rere (spirit-breaths) and of 'flower buds' ahead - like fists (with no 'petals' as yet counted). By the way, Pollux was a pugilist.

... Let the spirit of the man be gathered to the world of being, the world of light. / Then see. Placed in the body is the flying bird, the spirit-breath. / Then breathe! / Sneeze, living spirit, to the world of being, the world of light. / Then see. Placed in the body is the flying bird, the breath. / Be breathing then, great Tu. Now live!

There are only 24 glyphs in line Ga3 - probably meant to be a Sign, and a Turtle (honu) was perhaps close to the Full Moon in Gregorian night 314:. Acubens is α Cancri:

Ga3-10 Ga3-11 Ga3-12 Ga3-13 (72)
M67 (133.1) ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ο Cancri (134.6) Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0), σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) ν Cancri (136.0),Talitha Australis (136.1), ωHydrae (136.8)
August 1 2 (580 - 80 = 500) 3 (215) 4 (*136)
ºJuly 28 29 (210) 30 31 (*132)
'July 5 (186) 6 (553 - 80 = 473) 7 (*108) 8
Solstice (*92) "June 22 (173) 23 St John's Eve
μ Aquarii (316.0) ε Equulei (317.8) no star listed (318) 21h (319.6)
Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7)
January 31 February 1 (32) 2 (*318) 3 (399)
ºJanuary 27 (392) 28 29 (*314) 30
'January 4 5 (*290) 6 7 (372)
Solstice (*275) "December 22 23 (357) Christmas Eve
Ga3-14 (73) Ga3-15 Ga3-16
9h (137.0) no star listed (138) π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8)
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4),  Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8)
August 5 (*137) 6 (584) 7 (219)
ºAugust 1 2 (214) 3 (*135)
'July 9 10 (*111) 11 (192)
"June 25 (*96) 26 (177) 27
χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9)
February 4 (400) 5 (36) 6 (*322)
ºJanuary 31 (396) ºFebruary 1 (32) 2
'January 8 (373) 9 10 (*295)
"December 25 26 (360) 27 (*281)

In rongorongo times Ga3-14 coincided with 9h. Here ξ Cancri should rise with the Sun. The 7th Arab manzil Al Tarf (The End) was ruled by the stars ξ Cancri and λ Leonis (Alterf), which latter star came 143.4 days after 0h, i.e. in RA day 143 (August 11).

Egyptian djed Phoenician sāmekh Greek xi Ξ (ξ) 

... In rongorongo times the last Greek lettered star in Orion (ξ) rose with the Sun in June 21. The letter seems to have originated from the Phoenician letter samekh (tent peg, supporting prop), which in turn may have been derived from the ancient Egytian djed column ...

In ancient Babylonia there evidently was a Turtle (Tortoise) where Cancer should be:

... Let us suppose that what happened in the case of Aries and Libra happened with six constellations out of the twelve: in other words, that the original zodiac consisted only of six constellations.

The upper list not only classifies in an unbroken manner the Fish-Man, the Goat-Fish, the Scorpion-Man, and Marduk of the Babyloniana, but we pick up all or nearly all of the ecliptic stars or constellations met with in early Egyptian mythology, Apis, The Tortoise¹, Min, Serk-t, Chnemu, as represented by appropriate symbols.'

¹I think I am right about the Tortoise, for I find the following passage in Jensen, p. 65, where he notes the absence of the Crab: ‘Ganz absehend davon, ob dasselbe für unsere Frage von Wichtigkeit werden wird oder nicht, muss ich daran erinnern, das unter den Emblemen, welche die sogenannten 'Deeds of Salè' häufig begleiten, verschiedene Male wie der Scorpion so die Schildkröte abgebildet gefunden wird’.

"In Polynesia the tortoise personified the war god Tu. Drawing tattoo marks of a tortoise was a custom among warriors. In a story from Admiralty Island, people are born from eggs laid by the World Turtle. There are many similar creation stories throughout Polynesia." (Wikipedia)