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I left glyph line Cb13 for a while in order to search for where the 'Sea' changed to 'Land'. We know that Nunki marked where Land changed to Sea and my goal was to find out for how many days Sun's voyage across the Sea would have taken.

We have now localized the beginning of Land to Al Sharatain, to the true First Point in Aries:

January 1 2 3 (368)   4 101
July 2 3 4 (185) 5
85 + 24 = 109
Cb11-8 (260) Cb11-9 Cb11-10 (654) Cb11-11
vai o ako hia te manu tere te marama te ariki
Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6) ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat, ε Aquilae (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7) Uttara Ashadha-21 ζ Aquilae (288.9), λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr. (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) 76¼ + 25 = 101¼
 Ascella, Bered (287.9), NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8)
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), Alhena (103.8) ψ9 Aurigae, Adara (104.8) ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8) no star listed
'Land' 'Sea'
April 15 (471) 16 17 (107) 365
October 15 16 17 (290)
Old year New year
Ca1-25 Ca1-26 Ca2-1 (27)
kiore ki te huaga kua moe ki te tai. Te heke
no star listed POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16
 Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
67 A.D. 5 B.C. 76 B.C.
τ Bootis (208.3), Benetnash (208.5) ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)
'Sea' 'Land'

This pattern fits well given that we count with 366 days in a year. January 4 (369) + 102 = 471 (= 1½ * 314) at April 15 = 105 + 366. The Sea stretches for 472 - 368 = 104 dark nights.

April 16 (472 = 16 * 29½) is the last day of the old year and also the last night 'out in the Sea'. And in a way April 16 could also have represented the beginning of a 5-year long period before the birth of Christ (B.C.).

However, there appears to be a problem in the number of glyphs, because 86 (remaining on side b) + 26 (before Ca1-27 on side a) = 112 = 104 + 8. Perhaps it means there are 8 glyphs outside the flow of time somewhere in this interval. The natural place to look for these 8 glyphs is at the end of side b:

January 4 (369) 77 March 22 (81) 23 24 (449)
July 5 (186) September 21 (264) 22 23
Cb11-11 (655) Cb14-12 Cb14-13 (342) Cb14-14 (735)
te ariki tagata kua to i te heke tagata tui i tona ika
ζ Aquilae (288.9), λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr. (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) ζ Tucanae (3.5), π Tucanae (3.7)
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
no star listed Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 Chang Sha (186.3)
GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), Zaniah (185.8)
March 25 26 27 (452) 28 29 (88)
September 24 25 (268) 26 27 28
Cb14-15 Cb14-16 Cb14-17 (346) Cb14-18 Cb14-19 (740)
manu puoko erua te manu e noi koe te manu - kokoti hia te henua - tagata hakaitiiti - i te henua
no star listed Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) no star listed Delta (8.4), Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9)
Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7)

Alphard (450)

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)