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This is the 2nd half of the 'Moon calendar':

5 Azzubra 6 (137) 7 8 9 10
September 30 October 1 2 (275) 3 4
Ca7-25 (193) Ca7-26 Ca7-27 Ca7-28 Ca7-29
tagata i te marama koia ra ki te marama kua moe ra te ahi i te rima aueue
Mimosa (192.9) ψ Virginis (194.5) Alioth (194.8), Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5) Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1)
April 1 (91) 2 3 4 5 (460)
Saad Al Akhbia 9 10 11 (322) 12 13
Achird (10.7), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4) Cih (12.4) no stars listed 1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis (15.1)
Azzubra 11 12 13 (144) Assarfa 1 2
October 5 6 7 (280) 8 9
Ca7-30 Ca7-31 Ca8-1 (200) Ca8-2 Ca8-3
erua marama Etoru marama
ξ² Centauri (197.9), Apami-Atsa (198.5)  Diadem (198.9), Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) ι Centauri (201.4) Mizar (202.4)
April 6 7 8 9 10 (100)
Almuqaddam 1 2 3 4 5 (329)
υ Phoenicis (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7), Mirach (16.0), Anunitum (16.5) Revati (16.9), ν Phoenicis (17.4) no stars listed Ksora (20.1)
6 Assarfa 3 4 5 6 (150)
October 10 11 12 (285) 13
Ca8-4 Ca8-5 Ca8-6 Ca8-7
tagata oho marama kua pau koia kua noi ia ko te ahi kua ka i te rima aueue
Spica, Alcor (202.7) no star listed Heze (205.0) ε Centauri (206.3)
April 11 (101) 12 13 14
Almuqaddam 6 7 8 (332) 9
γ Phoenicis (20.8), δ Phoenicis (21.5) no star listed Achernar (23.3) no star listed
Assarfa 7 8 9 (153)
October 14 15 16 (289)
Ca8-8 Ca8-9 Ca8-10 (209)
erua marama te kihikihi - te marama
no star listed τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5)  ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8)
April 15 16 17 (107)
Almuqaddam 10 11 12 (336)
no stars listed Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), Sheratan, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
7 Assarfa 10 11 12 13 (157) Auva 1
October 17 18 19 20 (293) 21
Ca8-11 Ca8-12 Ca8-13 Ca8-14 Ca8-15 (214)
tagata oho marama koia ra te marama ka moe i te rima kaueue - te ika
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1) Thuban (212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) no star listed
April 18 (473) 19 20 21 (111) 22
Almuqaddam 13 Al Muakhar 1 2 3 (340) 4
no star listed Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) Alamak (29.7), Hamal (30.5) 2h (30.4) no star listed
no star listed
Auva 2 3 4 5 6 7 (164)
October 22 23 24 25 26 27 (300)
Ca8-16 Ca8-17 Ca8-18 Ca8-19 Ca8-20 Ca8-21 (220)
manu rere erima marama
Asellus Tertius, κ Virginis (214.8),  Arcturus (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) Syrma, λ Bootis (215.6), ι Lupi (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5) ψ Centauri (216.6) Asellus Primus (217.8), τ Lupi (218.1) φ Virginis (218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5) Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)
April 23 24 25 26 (116) 27 28
Al Muakhar 5 6 7 8 (345) 9 10
no star listed Mira (33.7) no stars listed
8 Auva 8 9 10 11 (168) 12
October 28 29 30 31 (304) November 1
Ca8-22 Ca8-23 Ca8-24 Ca8-25 Ca8-26 (225)
tagata i te marama koia ra ki te marama ku hakarava te ahi ki te rima aueue - te ika
ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2) π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9), Yang Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5) ο Bootis (222.9), Izar (223.0), 109 Virginis (223.3) Zuben Elgenubi (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) Kochab (225.0)
April 29 30 May 1 (121) 2 3
Al Muakhar 11 12 13 (350) Alrescha 1 2
no star listed Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8), Angetenar (40.2) Right Wing (40.9), Bharani (41.4) τ² Eridani (41.7) no star listed
Auva 13 Simak 1 2 3 4 (174)
November 2 3 4 5 6 (310)
Ca8-27 Ca8-28 Ca8-29 Ca9-1 Ca9-2 (230)
tupu te ure o te henua erua kiore Te marama erua
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) Zuben Elakribi (226.8), Nekkar (227.3) π Lupi (227.9), Zuben Hakrabim (228.3) λ Lupi (228.9) κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8)
May 4 5 (125) 6 7 8
Alrescha 3 4 (354) 5 6 7
Acamar (43.6) Menkar (44.7) 3h (45.7) no star listed Botein (46.9)
Algol (45.9), Misam (46.2)

Alrescha 4 is day 354 (= 12 * 29½) and May 5 is day 125 (= 5 * 5 * 5). Perhaps these facts made the creator of the C text decide to put a pair of sitting persons (erua kiore) back to back in Ca8-28--29.

But November 4 (308) - August 25 (237) = 71 days and therefore it might have been necessary to continue to November 6, where 73 could allude to 365 / 5. Furthermore, if there was a year with 372 days, then day 310 at November 6 could indicate the end of 10 months. (And the number of glyphs on the front side of the G tablet is 230, counted from Gb8-30.)

If the intention was to present a 'Moon calendar', then the measure 2 * 29½ = 59 ought to have been used. Counting backwards from November 4 this means its beginning could be in Gregorian day 308 - 59 = 249 (September 6):

Alterf 7 (112) 8 9 57 Simak 2 (172) 3 4
September 5 6 (249) 7 November 4 5 6 (310)
Ca6-28 (168) Ca7-1 Ca7-2 Ca8-29 Ca9-1 Ca9-2 (230)
62 = 2 * 31

Not until September 7 (250) can we see the marama glyphs of the type which means 'a night' (= a day):

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