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Possibly 273 (September 30) may have been interpreted as 73 + 200 (Ca8-1):

'Sept 3 4 5 (614) 6 7 (250)
'March 3 4 (64) 5 6 (432) 7
Sept 30 Oct 1 2 (275) 3 (642) 4
March 31 April 1 2 (92) 3 4 (460)
Ca7-25 (193) Ca7-26 Ca7-27 Ca7-28 Ca7-29
tagata i te marama koia ra ki te marama kua moe ra te ahi i te rima aueue
no star listed (193) κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), Alioth (194.8) Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8) 13h (197.8)
ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4) Achird (10.7) Legs-15 Cih, λ Tucanae (12.4) no star listed (13)
ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η ANDROMEDAE (11.4)
'Sept 8 9 10 11 (620) 12 (255)
'March 8 9 10 (436) 11 12 (72)
Oct 5 6 7 (280) 8 9 (648)
April 5 6 7 8 (464) 9 (99)
Ca7-30 Ca7-31 Ca8-1 (200) Ca8-2 Ca8-3
erua marama Etoru marama
Apami-Atsa (198.5) Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1
Mizar (202.4), SPICA, Alcor (202.7)

Sadalmelik

no star listed (14) 1h (15.2) Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7) MIRACH (16.0), Anunitum (16.5), REVATI (16.9)

Regulus

In which case 73 should be before Ca1-1 and rather late on side b:

73 - 19 (Cb14) = 54 (= 2 * 27). 54 - 30 (Cb13) = 24. There are 25 glyphs in line Cb12:

70
Cb11-22 Cb12-1 Cb12-2 Cb12-3 Cb12-4
73

Glyph line Cb12 is number 14 + 12 = 26 in the text and 740 - 480 (as in Cb12-4 where we can count 12 * 4 = 48) = 260.

From September 30 (273) to the end of the Gregorian year there are 365 - 273 = 92 days. And Gregorian day 73 is March 14 - i.e. 3-14.

March 14 (3-14) 73
September 30 (7-30) 273

From March 14 to March 22 there are 8 days and by jumping 8 days to Ca1-9 this fact may have been alluded to:

March 30 31 April 1 (91) 2 3
September 29 30 (273) October 1 2 3
Ca1-9 Ca1-10 Ca1-11 Ca1-12 Ca1-13
te manu te henua te Rei kua hakagana te henua
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4) Achird (10.7) Legs-15 Cih, λ Tucanae (12.4) no star listed (13)
ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η ANDROMEDAE (11.4)
ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), Mimosa (192.9) no star listed (193) κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), Alioth (194.8) Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8)
4 5
4 5
Ca1-14 Ca1-15
honu te henua
no star listed (14) 1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7)
13h (197.8) Apami-Atsa (198.5)
ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)

A sense of symmetry could demand 73 days also after September 30 (273):

73 200 73 St Lucia
March 14 September 30 December 12
346 = 2 * 173

St Lucia in December 13 (347) indicates a return of light. Should we let the pattern continue, then December 13 would be the first day of another 200. 346 + 200 = 546 = 2 * 273.

However, there were 8 black nights before December 21, when the Sun would begin to wake up again. In the meantime candles should be used in order to help him return.

200 - 8 = 192, which happens to be equal to the distance from June 21 (172) to December 30 (364).

172 - 8 = 164 (June 13).