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The northern midsummer could be the subject matter at the end of line Cb3 and June 21 has a 'Sun flower' with 6 petals. Although it is day 173 and not 172 (because of February 29) we can evidently rely on my correlation between the glyph pictures and the Gregorian dates.

However, my so far given manzil dates are clearly wrong, they should be in harmony with the Gregorian dates with a jump across February 29. Pleione 1 for instance ought to coincide with May 31 (and not with May 30). I will not correct this mistake in the previous pages but from now on the manzil dates must be correct. Also in a leap year June 21 = Albatain 9, but 173 - 36 = 137 (not 136):

Cb3-16 (457) Cb3-17 Cb3-18 Cb3-19 (460) Cb3-20
June 20 (172) 21 22 23 (540) 24
Albatain 8 (35) 9 10 11 12
Cb3-21 Cb3-22 Cb4-1 (464) Cb4-2
June 25 (177) 26 27 28
Albatain 13 (40) Al Tuwaibe' 1 2 3

The triplet of manu rere glyphs is notable. First there is one with a 'night cycle' (drawn like a thread), then there is one with a 'day cycle' (drawn like a branch or a foot path), and at last there is only the bird (with an extra powerful wing in front). The manzil Al Tuwaibe' is ruled by Aldebaran.

From the date Al Tuwaibe' 1 to Murzim 1 (ruled by Canis Major) there are 3 * 13 = 39 days. A triplet of manu rere who have lost their eyes follow the triplet above, but first there is a group with 5 glyphs and a Rei in its center, in July 1:

Cb4-3 Cb4-4 Cb4-5 (468) Cb4-6 Cb4-7
June 29 (181) 30 July 1 2 3 (550)
Al Tuwaibe' 4 5 6 (46) 7 8

The powerful hakaua in Cb4-3 seems to have worked because 3 days later there is a ua with a mata in front.

Cb4-8 Cb4-9 Cb4-10 (473) Cb4-11 Cb4-12
July 4 5 6 (188) 7 8
Al Tuwaibe' 9 10 11 12 (52) 13

The last day of the manzil ruled by Aldebaran is July 8. The heliacal rising of Aldebaran was in May 28 (day 148 in an ordinary year). July 9 (day 190 in an ordinary year) - 148 = 42 days. Sirius rose in June 30 (day 181 in an ordinary year), i.e. 181 - 148 = 33 days later than Aldebaran. But there are 39 days from Al Tuwaibe' to Murzim. The heliacal date for the star ruling Murzim ought to be July 6 (in an ordinary year), i.e. Wezen (δ Canis Majoris). 187 - 181 = 6.

Wezen marks the spine of the Great Dog, wheras Sirius is his nose:

We should remember that by counting forward in the G text we have indeed earlier located Sirius and Wezen 6 days apart:

Gb6-17 (400) Gb6-18 Gb6-19 (*100) Gb6-20
  ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4) ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), Mebsuta (100.7), Sirius (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4)
June 27 (178) 28 29 30
Al Tuwaibe' 2 (42) 3 4 5
Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24
ψ6 Aurigae (101.7), τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae Adara (104.8), ω Gemini (105.4)
July 1 (182) 2 3 4
Al Tuwaibe' 6 (46) 7 8 9
Gb6-25 (*106) Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28
Muliphein (105.8) Wezen (107.1)    
July 5 (186) 7h (106.53) 7 8
Al Tuwaibe' 10 11 12 13 (53)

Should we imagine the powerful hakaua in Cb4-3 as a sign for Sirius, then we should look for Aldebaran in glyph 466 - 33 = 433:

Cb2-17 (433) Cb2-18 Cb2-19
May 27 28 29 (150)
Sheratan 11 12 13

But a star visible close to full moon in June 30 is located at the other end of the sky, a star which rose heliacally around day 181 + 182 = 363.

363 - 80 = 283 and 283 - 64 = 219. The searched for star could be Vega, which in G possibly is illustrated as the broad curve at top left in Ga8-15. Vega is like Sirius a very bright star:

Ga8-13 (*280) Ga8-14 Ga8-15 (219) Ga8-16
ν Pavonis (280.4) κ Cor. Austr. (280.9), θ Cor. Austr. (281.0) Vega (281.8) ζ Pavonis (283.4)
December 26 (360) 27 28 29
Qalb al Akraab 2 3 4 5

There are 23 glyphs in line Cb4. Once again triplets of birds appear, this time with their beaks joined to hau tea signs.

Cb4-13 Cb4-14 (477) Cb4-15 Cb4-16
July 9 10 11 (193) 12
Heka 1 2 3 4 (57)
Cb4-17 (480) Cb4-18 Cb4-19 Cb4-20
July 13 14 15 16
Heka 5 6 7 (60) 8
Cb4-21 Cb4-22 (485) Cb4-23
July 17 18 (200) 19
Heka 9 10 11 (64)

The pair of great marama glyphs are not the same as the day (po, night) marama symbols in the moon calendar, these are greater in size and they must mean something else than a night (day). The same type was used in reverse in Cb2-6, and - because the distance between is 480 - 422 = 58 glyphs - we can guess the pair in mid-July refers to 2 months:

Cb2-4 Cb2-5 Cb2-6 (422) Cb2-7
May 14 (500) 15 16 (137) 17
Alrescha 13 14 15 (365) Sheratan 1
27
Cb3-10 Cb3-11 (452) Cb3-12
27 June 14 15 16 (168)
Albatain 2 (29) 3 4
26
Cb4-17 (480) Cb4-18 Cb4-19 Cb4-20
26 July 13 14 15 16
Heka 5 6 7 (60) 8

But this double month is perhaps not 58 but 60 days in length:

29 29
Cb2-6 (422) Cb3-11 (452) Cb4-19 (482)
May 16 (137) 29 June 15 (167) 29 July 15 (197)
Alrescha 15 (365) Albatain 3 (30) Heka 7 (60)
60 days

482 = 122 + 360. This equation flew into my mind from recognizing the glyph in Cb4-20:

Ga2-24 Ga2-25 (56) Ga2-26 (*120)