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The main star of Crater is Alkes, which in rongorongo times was rising heliacally early in September:

1 An Nathra 9 (101) 10 11 12 13
August 25 (237) 26 27 28 29
Ca6-17 (157) Ca6-18 Ca6-19 Ca6-20 Ca6-21
tagata oho rima - ki te marama koia kua oho ki te marama kua moe kua ka te ahi i te rima aueue - te ika
μ Hydrae (157.1) no star listed Shir (158.9) φ Hydrae (160.3) no star listed
February 24 (420) 25 (56) 26 27 28 (59)
Alterf 1 2 3 (108)
August 30 31 (243) September 1
Ca6-22 Ca6-23 Ca6-24 (164)
te marama kua hua marama kua tuu i te kihikihi
Vathorz Posterior (162.1) η Carinae, Peregrini (162.6), ν Hydrae (163.1) no star listed
March 1 (60) 2 3
2 Alterf 4 5 6 7 (112) 8
September 2 3 4 5 6 (249)
Ca6-25 Ca6-26 Ca6-27 Ca6-28 (168) Ca7-1
tagata marama koia ra marama - kua Rei te vae
Alkes (165.6), Merak (166.2) 11h (167.4)  no star listed  Al Sharas (168.6), Zosma (169.2), Coxa (169.4)
Dubhe (166.7)
March 4 5 6 7 (66) 8
Alterf 9 10 11 12 13 (118) Dschuba 1
September 7 8 9 10 11 12 (255)
Ca7-2 Ca7-3 Ca7-4 Ca7-5 Ca7-6 Ca7-7
o te marama eono
Alula (170.5)  Labrum (170.6) λ Crateris (171.6), ε Crateris (171.9), γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5) no star listed ο¹ Centauri (173.8), ξ Hydrae (174.3) ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8), θ Crateris (175.0), ω Virginis (175.3)
March 9 10 11 12 13 14 (73)

One could say there are 'lots of fishes' from Gregorian day 250 - because Moon is a 'fish' in contrast to how Sun is a 'fire'.

The unique glyph Ca6-28 seems to describe the idea of crying out like a cock at dawn, much too obvious for Metoro to comment upon. 8 * 31 = 248 (= 62 * 8 / 2).

At the first glyph in line Ca7 - quite incomprehensible in comparison to the previous glyph - Metoro said kua Rei te vae. This is an instant when his word Rei is not connected with the glyph type Rei, and therefore potentially valuable for us. Possibly Metoro thought of a figure-head (influenced by the preceding - not alive but only a representation - cock crying out):

Rei

1. To tread, to trample on: rei kiraro ki te va'e. 2. (Used figuratively) away with you! ka-rei kiraro koe, e mageo ê, go away, you disgusting man. 3. To shed tears: he rei i te mata vai. 4. Crescent-shaped breast ornament, necklace; reimiro, wooden, crescent-shaped breast ornament; rei matapuku, necklace made of coral or of mother-of-pearl; rei pipipipi, necklace made of shells; rei pureva, necklace made of stones. 5. Clavicle. Îka reirei, vanquished enemy, who is kicked (rei). Vanaga.

T. 1. Neck. 2. Figure-head. Rei mua = Figure-head in the bow. Rei muri = Figure-head in the stern. Henry.

Mother of pearl; rei kauaha, fin. Mgv.: rei, whale's tooth. Mq.: éi, id. This is probably associable with the general Polynesian rei, which means the tooth of the cachalot, an object held in such esteem that in Viti one tooth (tambua) was the ransom of a man's life, the ransom of a soul on the spirit path that led through the perils of Na Kauvandra to the last abode in Mbulotu. The word is undoubtedly descriptive, generic as to some character which Polynesian perception sees shared by whale ivory and nacre. Rei kauaha is not this rei; in the Maori whakarei designates the carved work at bow and stern of the canoe and Tahiti has the same use but without particularizing the carving: assuming a sense descriptive of something which projects in a relatively thin and flat form from the main body, and this describes these canoe ornaments, it will be seen that it might be applied to the fins of fishes, which in these waters are frequently ornamental in hue and shape. The latter sense is confined to the Tongafiti migration. Reirei, to trample down, to knead, to pound. Churchill.

Pau.: Rei-hopehopega, nape. Churchill.

Mg. Reiga, Spirit leaping-place. Oral Traditions.

Vae

Va'e: Foot, leg; te va'e mata'u, te va'e maúi, right foot, left foot. Va'e ruga, va'e raro, quick and light, without detour (lit.: foot up, foot down). Ka-oho koe ki a nua era va'e ruga va'e raro, ina ekó hipa-hipa, hurry straight to your mother, do not make any detours. Va'e pau, misshapen foot, clubfoot. Vae, to choose. Vaega, middle, centre; i vaega o, in the middle of. Vanaga.

1. Foot, paw, leg, limb; vae no roto, drawers; karikari vae, ankle. P Pau.: vaevae, foot, leg. Mgv.: vaevae, id. Mq.: vae, id. Ta.: vaevae, avae, id. 2. Pupil. 3. To choose, elect, prefer, promote, vote; vavae, to destine, to choose; vaea (vae 2), pupil. Vaeahatu (vae 1 - ahatu): moe vaeahatu, to sleep sprawling with legs extended. Vaega, center, middle, within, half; o vaega, younger; ki vaega, among, between, intermediate. P Pau.: vaega, the middle. Mgv.: vaega, center, middle. Mq.: vaena, vavena, vaveha, id. Ta.: vaehaa, half. Vaehakaroa (vae 1 - roa): moe vaehakaroa, to sleep with legs stretched out. Vaehau (vae 1 - hau 3), pantaloons, trousers. Vaeherehere (vae 1 - here 1), to attach by the paw. Vaerere (vae 1 - rere 1), to run. Churchill.

Ta.: 1. Timbers of a boat. Ha.: wae, knees, side timbers of a boat. 2. To share out. Sa.: vae, to divide, to share. Ma.: wawae, to divide. Churchill.

At left in Ca7-1 we can recognize a rare sign which we earlier have 'translated', viz.Cb9-30:

20 19
Cb9-29 Cb9-30 (622) Cb10-21 (277) Cb11-19 Cb11-20
December 1 (701) 2 (336) 20 23 (357) 19 January 12 (377) 13
Az Zubana 3 4 (200) Akleel 12 (221) Shaula 10 11 (242)
22 22

... In Cb9-30 1½ rhomb at the top is joined to ½ a circle at bottom. In Cb11-19 there are 3 smaller rhombs at left and a great fist at right. In Cb11-19 January 12 is day 377 (= 177 + 200) and each rhomb could equal 59 nights. Such a rhomb could correspond to the nails of the 3-fingered Sun god at Tiahuanaco. But then we can guess 622 at Cb9-30 equals 1½ * 295 + 180.

There is a smaller rhomb variant at left in Ca7-1 and, furthermore, the bottom part is a 'droplet'. I.e. we can try to count with 1½ rhomb (there is half a rhomb connected to the right corner of the obvious rhomb), which then in principle should be added to an irregular cycle of some sort. But irregular cycles are hard to count.

1½ * 59 nights leads to an ugly result. And the rhomb in Ca7-1 is smaller than those in Cb11-19. Possibly we should count 1½ * 56 = 84 (12 weeks). 249 (September 6) - 84 = 165 (June 14). This is the day after RA day 84:

Albatain 1 (28) 2 3 4 5
June 13 14 (165) 15 16 17
Ca4-8 Ca4-9 Ca4-10 Ca4-11 (87) Ca4-12
manu te rau hei te hokohuki te moko te hokohuki
Lesath (264.7), Shaula (265.3) Sargas (266.3)   Girtab (267.6) Apollyon (268.9)
Hatysa (83.5), φ² Orionis (83.6), Alnilam (83.7) Alnitak (84.7)   Saiph (86.5) Betelgeuze (88.3)

And then we maybe should add 243 days from rau hei (which probably 'personifies' Sun). 165 + 243 = 408 (February 12). This position could refer to the 'Knot' (Ukdah) 12 glyphs earlier than Ca6-17:

Murzim 9 (88) 10 11
August 12 13 (225) 14
Ca6-4 Ca6-5 (145) Ca6-6
kua hau te haú o to hau tea kua hipu koia etoru hipu te henua ma te rima
A Hydrae (144.1) Ukdah (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5) Subra (145.8), ψ Leonis (146.4)
February 11 (42) 12 (408) 13

June 14 can be read as 6-14 and by a stretch of rules we can then assume an allusion to 61 * 4 = 244, the day number of September 1. But by twisting our rules or adding new ones anything can be accomplished, which means no result will be of any value whatsoever.