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Possibly hau tea with Janus eyes (at Cb13-28, where 132 * 8 = 32 * 33) is meant to have a central position. 353 - 68 = 285 (= 365 - 80), but this relation is not unique for Gb13-28, it is instead the rule for all glyphs in this corner of time:

Cb13-26 Cb13-27 Cb13-28 Cb13-29 (354) Cb13-30
7 8 (432) March 9 (68) 10 11
10 11 Saad Balaa 12 13 (298) Saad Al Saud 1

353 is the result of the operation 719 - 366.

Line Cb14 has only 19 glyphs and it is beginning with a 'great sweep':

Cb14-1 (356) Cb14-2
March 12 (436) 13 (72)
Saad Al Saud 2 (300) 3

... The canoe made a sweep (he oho te vaka he vari) in order to reach Hanga Te Pau.

The canoe continued its exploration and in a sweep sailed on to Hanga Te Pau. hokoou.he rarama he oho te vaka he vari ki hanga.te pau
They went ashore and took the food with them. he tomo ki uta.he too i te kai ki uta.
They pulled the canoe onto the beach and left it there. hee totoi i te vaka ki uta he hakarere.

A curve is necessary when one season changes into another - as when one limb is joined to the next by an elbow or a knee - and vari is a word which was used in connection with one of the curves in the hare paega:

We saw this unusual type of glyph also in the last line of H, and its double 12 (12-12) perhaps can be an argument for March 12 at Cb14-1:

Hb12-12 (1258) Hb12-13 Hb12-14 Hb12-15
125 * 8 = 1000 April 1 (91)
...
Hb12-49 *Hb12-50 (1296)
April 13 (468)

468 = 103 (April 13) + 365. 468 - 432 (Cb14-1) = 36. But the Mamari text does not reach quite as far as the H text:

Cb14-3 Cb14-4 Cb14-5 (360) Cb14-6
March 14 15 16 17
Saad Al Saud 4 5 6 7 (305)
Cb14-7 (728) Cb14-8
March 18 (77) 19 (443)
Saad Al Saud 8 9

Koti at Cb14-8 could refer to 15 * 29˝ = 442˝. There are 6 days from the 'great sweep' in Cb14-1 to the great sweep in Cb14-7.

Ca1-1 has been identified with March 22 and from March 19 there are 3 days:

Cb14-9 (730) Cb14-10 Cb14-11 Cb14-12 Cb14-13 (368)
March 20 (444) 21 22 (81) 23 24
Saad Al Saud 10 (308) 11 12 (675) 13 Saad Al Akhbia 1
Cb14-14 Cb14-15 Cb14-16
March 25 26 27
Saad Al Akhbia 2 3 (314) 4
Cb14-17 (372) Cb14-18 Cb14-19 (740)
March 28 29 30 (454)
Saad Al Akhbia 5 6 7

Perhaps the reason for March 22 at Ca1-1 is a projection from September 22 (autumn equinox north of the equator). It could be a Sign for the reader on Easter Island that the text was beginning with spring. This would explain why the last glyph in the text seems to be at March 30 (= equivalent to the last day of September).

There is possibly a sign of 'not complete' (= fraction) in Cb14-11. However, a more probable interpretation is to see a 'cut-off' sign, i.e. to regard March 22 as day 366. The hand is not there and the mouth is very tiny - spring is not in front.

"... due to the gods' knowledge of prophecies foretelling great trouble from Fenrir and his rapid growth, the gods bound him, and as a result Fenrir bit off the right hand of the god Týr ..." (Wikipedia)

Tyr = Mars, the god of daylight. Significantly the creator of the figure has hidden his unharmed left hand at the back - the implication could be 'a time with no daylight. Similarly, Cb14-11 just after the southern autumn equinox implies Sun is 'absent'.