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Furthermore, even if we knew with certainty how the beginning of side a on the C and the G  tablets were to be understood it is not certain that the glyphs all through the texts have to be read as either heliacal or nakshatra, the view could change e.g. at Spica.

Counted from September 20 (Ca1-1) Spica should be 163 + 120 = 283 days ahead:

162 Heka (163) 119 Spica (283) 82
365

And then we have on side b found Spica at the great vero with a great dot in front:

9 3 161 171 = 9 * 19
Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403) Cb1-15 (407) Cb8-6 (569)
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua e niu tu vero hia
162 = 6 * 27
168 = 7 * 24

With moa in Cb4-21 resembling moa in Cb1-11 (neither of them with beak open) we ought to count the distance between them and in glyphs it is 484 - 403 = 81 (possible reflecting the day number of March 22):

October 27 28 (301) 79 January 16 17 (382)
Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403) Cb4-20 Cb4-21 (484)
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua kua vaha te moa
Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2) ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum (301.3) Alshain (301.6), ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5)

There ought to be some relation between them, because they are similar. The following are all moa I once classified in the C text (and on side b all of them have their beaks closed):

Ca6-28 Ca9-7 Ca9-12 Ca9-14
Cb1-11 Cb2-13 Cb4-21 Cb5-13 Cb13-17

Counting at the great vero in Cb8-6: 569 + 183 - 2 * 365 = RA day 22 means this cannot be the place for heliacal Spica (and Algol). To make it fit we need to change from heliacal to nakshatra view:

October 27 28 (301) 3 November 1 161 April 12 (102)
Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403) Cb1-15 (407) Cb8-6 (569)
ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua e niu tu vero hia
Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2) Kochab (225.0) no star listed
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2),  BHARANI (41.4)
no stars listed SPICA, Alcor (202.7)

Maybe the heliacal view could end with glyph 403 and Toliman, or at some other place before reaching Cb8-6. Or maybe the view changes at Spica and Alcor.

403 (Cb1-11) = 392 (side a) + 11. In G glyph 403 is very special and then follow 4 glyphs which could illustrate the idea of back side, and then another 4 which are showing their facial side:

Gb6-17 Gb6-18 Gb6-19 Gb6-20 (403)
Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24 (407)
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 (411)

Applying our rule of thumb also in the G text we could count 403 + 183 - 365 = RA day 221 (October 28). We have earlier found Rogo in Gb6-26 to be at March 21 (0h). But 409 + 183 - 365 = RA day 227 (November 3), where 227 could be a sign of π.

We can compare with the 8 days following Cb1-11 (403):

April 28 29 30 (120)
Cb1-12 Cb1-13 Cb1-14
manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi eaha te nuku erua koia kua huki
ν Arietis (38.5) μ Arietis (39.4) Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8), ο Arietis (40.01),  Angetenar (40.2)
October 29 30 (303) 31
π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9), 31 Bootis (222.0), Yang Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5) ο Bootis (222.9), Izar (223.0), 109 Virginis (223.3) Al Zubānā-14 / Visakha-16 / Root-3
ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
May 1 (121) 2 3
Cb1-15 (407) Cb1-16 Cb1-17
e niu tu ki te ariki - e ka hua ra tona rima koia kua iri i ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 τ² Eridani. ς Arietis (41.7) no star listed
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4) Denebola 488
November 1 (305) 2 3
Kochab (225.0) Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) Zuben Elakribi (226.8), ω Bootis (227.2)
Alrescha 3 4 (354) 5
May 4 5 (125) 6
Cb1-18 Cb1-19 (411) Cb1-20
manu moe ra ki to mata e nuku mata
Acamar (43.6) Menkar (44.7) 3h (45.7)
Algol (45.9), Misam (46.2)
November 4 5 6 (310)
Simak 2 (172) 3 4
Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9), Zuben Hakrabim (228.3) λ Lupi (228.9) κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8), χ Bootis (230.2)