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Possibly the number of glyphs per line was designed in order to give clues:

a1 30 30 b1 26 26
a2 29 59 b2 35 61
a3 24 83 b3 30 91
a4 27 110 b4 33 124
a5 30 140 b5 29 153
a6 29 169 b6 28 181
a7 34 203 b7 31 212
a8 26 229 b8 30 242
sum 229 sum 242

30 + 29 = 59 = 2 * 29˝ could refer to the pair of lunar synodic months necessary to make a whole number. Indirectly this could possibly then indicate how the glyph lines should be read pairwise.

I decided to begin the discussion of line Ga6 by going back to Ga5-1. The Chained Hand of Andromeda was here close to the Full Moon and the 2nd Spout - marking the end of the Pegasus Square - was arriving a week later. The Sun reached the 10th Arab station Al Sarfah (The Turn) at Denebola - Leo is a constellation which is looking back in time.

Ga5-1 Ga5-2 Ga5-3 Ga5-4 Ga5-5 (115)
*MAY 28 29 30 (150) 31 *JUNE 1
JULY 10 11 12 (193) 13 14
θ Crateris (175.0), υ Leonis (175.2), ω Virginis (175.3), ι Crateris (175.5) ο Hydrae (176.1) ζ Crateris, ξ Virginis  (177.0), λ Muscae (177.1), ν Virginis (177.2), μ Muscae (177.8) Al Sarfah-10 / Uttara Phalguni-12 Phekda, β Hydrae  (179.3), η Crateris (179.9)

Deneb Cygni

93 Leonis (178.0), DENEBOLA (178.3), Alaraph (178.6)
September 12 13 (256) 14 15 16
'August 16 17 (229) 18 19 20
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*NOVEMBER 27 28 29 (333) 30 *DECEMBER 1
JANUARY 9 10 11 12 13 (378)
λ Piscium (358.0), Manus Catenata (358.1), Alrai, θ Phoenicis (358.4), κ Andromedae (358.7) ω Aquarii (359.2) ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ Phoenicis (360.4) φ Pegasi (361.7) Dzaneb (362.4)
π March 15 16 (440) 17 18 (77)
'February 15 16 17 (48) 18 19 (415)
Ga5-6 Ga5-7 Ga5-8 (118) Ga5-9
*JUNE 2 3 4 5 (156)
JULY 15 16 17 (198) 18
no star listed (180) π Virginis (181.0), θ Crucis (181.5) 12h (182.6) Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)
ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)
September 17 (260) 18 19 20
'August 21 22 23 24 (236)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*DECEMBER 2 (336) 3 4 5
JANUARY 14 15 (380) 16 17
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9) no star listed (364) Al Fargh al Thāni-25 Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14
0h (365.25)
Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
March 19 (78) 20 21 (445) 22
'February 20 21 22 (418) TERMINALIA (54)
Ga5-10 Ga5-11 (121)
*JUNE 6 (157) 7
JULY 19 (200) 20
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28
GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
September 21 (264) EQUINOX
'August 25 (237) 26
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*DECEMBER 6 7 (341)
JANUARY 18 19 (384)
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) σ Andromedae (3.0), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7)
March 23 (82) 24 (448)
'February 24 (55) 25 (421)

Perhaps the front side of the neck of Rogo in Ga5-10 was drawn to suggest a curve because the Sun in rongorongo times was about to reach the northern autumn equinox at heliacal Gienah (γ Corvi).

CORVUS:
13 Hasta α, β, γ, δ, ε Corvi Hand or fist 185 = 178 + 7
the hand Gienah (?) Sept 22 (265)

... The state of the tree loomed large in their thoughts, because it came about at the same time the head of One Hunaphu was put in the fork. The Xibalbans said among themselves: 'No one is to pick the fruit, nor is anyone to go beneath the tree', they said. They restricted themselves, all of Xibalba held back. It isn't clear which is the head of One Hunaphu; now it's exactly the same as the fruit of the tree. Calabash came to be its name, and much was said about it. A maiden heard about it, and here we shall tell of her arrival. And here is the account of a maiden, the daughter of a lord named Blood Gatherer.

And this is when a maiden heard of it, the daughter of a lord. Blood Gatherer is the name of her father, and Blood Moon is the name of the maiden. And when he heard the account of the fruit of the tree, her father retold it. And she was amazed at the account: I'm not acquainted with that tree they talk about. It's fruit is truly sweet! they say, I hear, she said. Next, she went all alone and arrived where the tree stood. It stood at the Place of Ball Game Sacrifice. 

What? Well! What's the fruit of this tree? Shouldn't this tree bear something sweet? They shouldn't die, they shouldn't be wasted. Should I pick one? said the maiden. And then the bone spoke; it was there in the fork of the tree: Why do you want a mere bone, a round thing in the branches of a tree? said the head of One Hunaphu when it spoke to the maiden. You don't want it, she was told. I do want it, said the maiden. Very well. Stretch out your right hand here, so I can see it, said the bone. Yes, said the maiden. She stretched out her right hand, up there in front of the bone. And then the bone spit out its saliva, which landed squarely in the hand of the maiden. 

And then she looked in her hand, she inspected it right away, but the bone's saliva wasn't in her hand. It is just a sign I have given you, my saliva, my spittle. This, my head, has nothing on it - just bone, nothing of meat. It's just the same with the head of a great lord: it's just the flesh that makes his face look good. And when he dies, people get frightened by his bones. After that, his son is like his saliva, his spittle, in his being, whether it be the son of a lord or the son of a craftsman, an orator. The father does not disappear, but goes on being fulfilled. Neither dimmed nor destroyed is the face of a lord, a warrior, craftsman, an orator. Rather, he will leave his daughters and sons. So it is that I have done likewise through you. Now go up there on the face of the earth; you will not die. Keep the word. So be it, said the head of One and Seven Hunaphu - they were of one mind when they did it ...