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The 4th period introduces a strange figure with his hands 'feeding' the bottom of his drop-like belly:

4
Ca10-28 Ca10-29 (284) Ca11-1 Ca11-2 Ca11-3
December 29 30 (364) 31 January 1 2
Ca11-4 Ca11-5 Ca11-6 Ca11-7 Ca11-8 (292) Ca11-9
January 3 4 5 6 7 (372) 8
5
Ca11-10 Ca11-11 (295) Ca11-12 Ca11-13
January 9 10 11 12 (377)
Ca11-14 Ca11-15 Ca11-16 (300) Ca11-17 Ca11-18 Ca11-19
January 13 14 15 16 17 18 (383)

Then periods 6-8 are much shorter and perhaps 13 * 29½ = 383½ is implicated by this change in structure:

6
Ca11-20 Ca11-21 Ca11-22
January 19 (384) 20 21
7
Ca11-23 Ca11-24 Ca11-25 Ca11-26
January 22 23 24 25
8
Ca11-27 Ca11-28 Ca11-29 Ca11-30 (314)
January 26 27 28 29 (394)

Although periods 9-10 mostly belong in line Ca12 I will present them here in order to give an overview:

9
Ca11-31
January 30
Ca11-32 Ca12-1 Ca12-2 Ca12-3 Ca12-4 (320) Ca12-5
January 31 February 1 2 3 4 (400) 5
10
Ca12-6 Ca12-7 Ca12-8 (324)
February 6 7 8 (404)

The reversed kara etahi (one wing) stands in February 4 which is day 35 in the Gregorian year. The reversal probably indicates a close, which means the remaining 4 glyphs could be the beginning of the next cycle of 320 days. We can compare with the reversed manu rere in the G text:

Gb7-31 Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (444)
Tureis (139.8)   Al Minhar al Asad (141.6), Alphard (142.3)
August 8 9 10 (222)
Murzim 5 6 7
Gb8-3 Gb8-4 Gb8-5
ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7), Alterf, τ² Hydrae (143.4) ξ Leonis (143.5), A Hydrae (144.1) Ukdah (145.4)
August 11 12 13 (225)
Murzim 8 9 10 (89)
The Knot (Ukdah)

Kara etahi are not very common birds and reversed such are rare. But the Santiago Staff has a reversed kara etahi in I3-143:

I3-143 I3-144 I3-145 I3-146