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Perhaps the kava glyph in Cb3-4 could illustrate Lacerta (the Stellion)?

Rohini 9 (50) 10
Pleione 6 (20) 7
June 5 6 (157)
Cb3-1 Cb3-2 (443)
E vae ra - ka oho - ki te henua - kua huki ku kikiu - te henua
5h (76.1) λ Eridani (76.7)
Haedus II (75.9), ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4)
December 6 (340) 7
Az Zubana 8 9 (205)
Sabik (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9), Nodus I (260.0) π Herculis (260.7), Ras Algethi (260.8), Sarin (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)
Rohini 11 12 13 (54) 14
Pleione 8 9 10 (24) 11
June 7 8 9 (160) 10
Cb3-3 Cb3-4 Cb3-5 Cb3-6
ko te henua - te rima e kava i haga rave ika ki kikiu - te henua
μ Leporis (77.6), ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4) no star listed λ Leporis (79.6) Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9)
December 8 9 (343) 10 11
Az Zubana 10 11 12 (208) 13
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis (262.4) ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9), β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5) σ Ophiuchi (263.6) Lesath, δ Arae (264.7), Alwaid, Maasym (265.1), Shaula (265.3)

However, we could instead read the fluid kava form in Cb3-4 (445 - 392 = 53 days from the beginning of side b) as referring to the flaming Ara (Altar), around 100 days before the nakshatra March equinox.

kava Cb3-4

Drinking kava makes the eyes more sensitive to light.

The special feet in Cb3-6 could mean 'fire down south' (where according to the nakshatra perspective midsummer would arrive 10 days later), but they could also refer to the drawing in Bayer's Uranometria:

The Altar is to the south of the Scorpion's curved Tail.

When I was looking in my astronomy book to see what constellation was heated from the flames of Ara I found Apus, the Bird of Paradise, and a remarkable comment:

"In Bayer's Uranometria from the year 1603 the Bird of Paradise is depicted among the constellations in the southern sky. The name Apus means 'without feet'.

The great paradise birds of East India have exceedingly beautiful feathers but very ugly feet. When anciently the natives tried to sell these birds to the Europeans they therefore first cut off their feet."

I have to update my star list, which so far has nothing from Apus.