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Once again, there are 80 days from e ha mata to December 31, and each such mata could therefore possibly correspond to 20 days:

October 11 12 (285) 13   14 15 16
April 11 12 13 14 (104) 15 16
Cb8-7 (570) Cb8-8 Cb8-9 Cb8-10 Cb8-11 Cb8-12
tagata honui e ha mata te hokohuki - ma te maro te hokohuki ma te maro ka ke te manu ki te maro Te ariki
no star listed Heze (205.0) ε Centauri (206.3) no star listed τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed
δ Phoenicis (21.5) no star listed Achernar (23.3) no stars listed POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)

From tagata honui in Cb8-7 to tagata honui in Ca1-6 the distance is 452 - 284 = 168 days:

March 27 (452) 28 29 (88)
September 26 27 28
Ca1-6 Ca1-7 Ca1-8
ki te henua - tagata honui te ika te honu
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) no star listed Delta (8.4), Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9)
γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7)  α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7) Al Áwwā'-11
ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA, γ Centauri (191.5)
March 27 (452) 28 29 (88)
September 26 27 28
Cb14-17 (346) Cb14-18 Cb14-19 (740)
e noi koe te manu - kokoti hia te henua - tagata hakaitiiti - i te henua
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) no star listed Delta (8.4), Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9)
γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7)  α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7) Al Áwwā'-11
ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA, γ Centauri (191.5)

The open henua at left in Ca1-6 could refer to the March equinox and there is a droplet in the center of the figure. No toes are visible and the neck is short. This is in contrast to the figure in Cb8-7 who has a very tall neck and prominent toes in both directions. Light is present and there is not a droplet in the center, rather the egg of a bird.

Comparing with Ca1-8 and Cb14-19 it seems unavoidable not to read a gap in time between Cb8-9 and Cb8-10.

The peculiar name Al Áwwā' could be a kind of joke on Al Awwal:

"The Arabians followed Ptolemy in calling it [Equuleus] Al Kitah al Faras, Part of a horse, Chilmead's Kataat Alfaras; Al Faras al Thānī, the Second Horse, alluding to either its inferior size, or to the time of its adoption as a constellation; and Al Faras al Awwal, the First Horse, in reference to its rising before Pegasus." (Allen)

The Arabs were alone in having a lunar station at September 28:

Arab Hindu Chinese
  α, β, γ, δ, ε Corvi Sep 22 (265) γ Corvi (Gienah) Sep 22 (265)
β (Alaraph), η (Zaniah), γ (Porrima), δ (Minelauva), ε Virginis (Vindemiatrix) Sep 28 (271)  
α Virginis (Spica) Oct 9 (282) α Virginis (Spica) Oct 9 (282) α Virginis (Spica) Oct 9 (282)

Porrima culminated in May 17 (137):

Gb8-22 Gb8-23 (465) Gb8-24 Gb8-25
Atiks, Rana (55.1), Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta (55.3) Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3) no star listed

Porrima (502) 

Menkhib (57.6)
May 15 16 (136) 17 18
14 Alrescha 15 (365) Sheratan 1 2

Possibly the midnight culmination of Atlas (with no sky globe) in December 31 should be compared with how there was a sky globe at heliacal Sheratan:

December 27 28 29 30 31 (365)
June 27 28 29 (180) 30 July 1 (182)
Cb11-3 Cb11-4 Cb11-5 Cb11-6 Cb11-7 (259)
ko te inoino - te henua te inoino - te henua te henua Tagata hua hakahitihiti koia kua tu
κ Cor. Austr. (280.9), θ Cor. Austr. (281.0) Abhijit-22 ζ Pavonis (283.4) South Dipper-8 μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8), Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1)
VEGA (281.8) λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8), Φ SAGITTARII (284.0)
no star listed ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) ψ4 Aurigae (100.5),  Mebsuta (100.7) Sirius (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7)  τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4)

 Atlas (365)

April 17 (107) 365
October 17 (290)
New year
Ca2-1 (27)
Te heke
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16
 Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)
'Land' (366)

259 (Cb11-7) + 392 (number of glyphs on side a) - 27 (Ca2-1) = 624 (= 48 * 13 = 24 * 26).

There are 5 figures with 'holes' in their centers (glyph type honui):

honui
drop
Ca1-6 Ca2-19
circle
Ca9-17
egg
Cb8-7 Cb9-25