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Should we attempt to arrange dates in parallel with the glyphs it seems most reasonable to work from the stars - using them to go back in time to the beginning of side a, i.e. to the time of the Hyades Gate. Approximately 71 * 64 = ca 4500 years ago this 'gate' would have been at the northern spring equinox, i.e. at a time when the Babylonians measured the stars.

Tamaiti in Ga7-11 would then have corresponded to day 260 = 20 * 13 and, we remember, the downward sloping ecliptic path of Babylonia had 20 stations - serving as marks along the way from some point high up before Sheratan and Mesarthim.

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Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga7-11 (180) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
0h MARCH 22 23 (82) SEPT 17 (260) 18 19
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 (185) Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
SEPTEMBER 20 21 (264) EQUINOX 23 24 25
Heart-5 ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18

ANA-MUA

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

In rongorongo times Antares rose with the Sun in day 80 + 249 = 329 (November 25) and the heliacal date at the time of the Hyades Gate would have been 329 - 64 = 265 (SEPTEMBER 22) = MARCH 21 (0h) + 185.

Ga7-24 could have corresponded to the last day of SEPTEMBER:

Ga7-20 Ga7-21 (190) Ga7-22 Ga7-23 Ga7-24
SEPTEMBER 26 27 (270) 28 29 30
Atria (253.9) Tail-6 ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), Cujam (256.9) no star listed (257)
Wei, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB (254.7)

We can see that SEPTEMBER 27 (270) = 254 + 16. I.e. my heliacal dates at the time of the Hyades Gate have numbers which are 16 more than the right ascension positions in rongorongo times. And when a star was rising with the Sun it could not be seen. Only after 16 nights could it be perceived again.

In rongorongo times Antares rose with the Sun in right ascension day 249 (November 25) and our Gregorian calendar could have been used to find day 249 + 16 = 265 (SEPTEMBER 22) as the corresponding day at the time of the Hyades Gate. 265 - 80 = 185 = 249 - 64. Similarly, Hyadum II (64) + 16 = 80 (MARCH 21).

In rongorongo times Antares would once again have become visible in day 329 (November 25) + 16 = 345 (December 11). Similarly, the star which would once again have become visible in MARCH 21 should have been a star rising with the Sun in day 80 - 16 = 64 (MARCH 5), with its right ascension position at the time of rongorongo equal to 0 + 64 - 16 = 48 (Zibal, ζ Eridani). I have no other star listed for day 80 + 48 = 128 (May 8).

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Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga7-11 (180) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
0h MARCH 22 23 (82) SEPT 17 (260) 18 19
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)
May 24 25 26 (146) Nov 20 (324) 21 22
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
SEPTEMBER 20 21 EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
Heart-5 ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18

ANA-MUA

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 23 24 25 26 27 28 (332)
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 Ga7-23 (192) Ga7-24
SEPTEMBER 26 27 28 29 (272) 30
Atria (253.9) Tail-6 ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), Cujam (256.9) no star listed (257)
Wei, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB (254.7)
November 29 30 December 1 2 (336) 3