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My leading idea so far in the current discussion is that the black nose of the Lion (Al Minhar al Asad, κ) possibly could have represented the final of a cycle, similar to the final (and presumably new beginning) at Alphekka Meridiana, the last star in the Babylonian triplet of God Paths:

The 7th Arab station Al Tarf (the End) refers to Alterf (λ Leonis, at the tongue of the Lion) - not to be confused with the star Al Tarf (β Cancri) at Ga3-1 and 19 days earlier:

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Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 Ga3-1 (60)
(364 - 227 = 137) MAY 18 (228 - 90 = 138) 19 20
8h (121.7) ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3),  ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)

Ras Algethi

χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3)
July 20 (201) 21 (*122) 7-22 23
ºJuly 16 (181 + 16) 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
'June 23 ST JOHN'S EVE 25 (*96) 26 (177)
"June 9 (*80) 10 11 12 (163)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOVEMBER 16 (320) 17 18 (*242) 19
20h (304.4) Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) Tso Ke (306.3) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 19 (384) 20 21 22
ºJanuary 15 (*300) 16 17 1-18 (383)
'December 23 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 (*279) 26 (360)
'December 9 10 11 (*265) 12 (346)
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Ga3-17 Ga3-18 (77) Ga3-19 Ga3-20
JUNE 5 6 (157 = 314 / 2) 7 (15 * 29½ + ½) 8
no star listed (140) Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6) Star-25

ANA-HEU-HEU-PO

Al Tarf-7
ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7) ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)
August 8 (220) 9 10 11
ºAugust 4 (216) 5 (*137) 6 7
'July 12 (193) 13 (*114) 14 15
"June 28 (179) 29 30 (*101) "July 1
NAKSHATRA DATES:
DECEMBER 5 6 (*261 = 9 * 29) 8 (342)
Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6) Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 no star listed (326)
Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9)
February 7 (403) 8 9 (40) 10 (*326)
ºFebruary 3 4 (400) 5 (36) 6 (*322)
'January 11 12 13 (378) 14 (*299)
"December 28 29 30 (364) 31 (*285)
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Ga5-12 Ga5-13 (123) Ga5-14 Ga5-15 Ga5-16
JULY 21 (202) 7-22 23 24 (*125) 25
Chang Sha (186.3) Intrometida (187.4), ACRUX (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7)  α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

Alderamin

September 23 24 25 (268) 26 27
ºSeptember 19 20 (*183) 21 (264) Equinox 23
'August 27 28 (*160) 29 30 (242) 31
"August 13 14 (*156) 15 (227) 16 17
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 20 21 (386) 22 23 (*308) 24
no star listed (4) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

Alphard

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) Andromeda Galaxy, π Andromedae (7.7) ε Andromedae (8.2), Delta (8.4), Schedir (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
March 25 (84) 26 (450) 27 28 29
ºMarch 21 (0h) 22 23 24 25 (84)
'February 26 27 (58) 28 'March 1 2 (426)
"February 12 13 (44) 2-14 15 16 (*332)

In front in Ga3-20 an illuminated sky (ragi) person has a sign of eating (kai), which could indicate growing light ahead - beyond the Nose () of the Lion (Al Minhar al Asad, κ).

In Ga8-22 an illuminated sky (ragi) is at the top with an upside down land (nuku) at bottom, but in Ga8-25 a dark earth (henua) lies in front - with a tiny dot added to draw the reader's attention:

Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 (227) Ga8-25 Ga8-26
NOVEMBER 1 2 (306) 3 4 5
19h (289.2) Al Baldah-19 / Cargo Boat-91 Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6)
λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) AL BALDAH, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)
January 4 5 (370) 6 7 8
ºDecember 31 (*285) ºJanuary 1 (366) 2 3 4
'December 8 9 10 (*264) 11 (345) 12
"November 24 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27 28
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MAY 3 (123) 4 5 6 7 (492)
WEZEN (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) no star listed (108) λ Gemini (109.4), Wasat (109.8) no star listed (110) Aludra (111.1), Propus (111.4),  Gomeisa (111.6)
July 6 7 8 9 (190) 10
ºJuly 2 3 (*104) 4 (185) 5 6
'June 9 10 (*81) 11 12 13 (164)
"May 26 (*66) 27 28 (148) 29 30

A journey by boat could have been ahead and possibly the black (hatch-marked) henua was the opposite to land, i.e. this type of glyph may have illustrated water. According to Manuscript E the explorers left their old homeland in Vaitu Nui 25 and touched land again in Maro 1:

... On the twenty-fifth day of the first month ('Vaitu Nui'), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of the month of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe touched land again ...

1 Vaitu Nui (29)

2 Vaitu Potu (31)

 

3 He Maro (29)

4 He Anakena (31)

 

5 Hora Iti (29)

6 Hora Nui (29)

'April' (30)

'May' (31)

'June' (30)

'July' (31)

'August' (31)

'September' (30)

60

60

58

178 = 177 + 1

177 = 6 * 29½

7 Tagaroa Uri (31)

 8 Ko Ruti (29)

9 Ko Koró (29)

 

10 Tua Haro (29)

 11 Tehetu'upú (28)

12 Tarahao (31)

'October' (31)

'November' (30)

'December' (31)

'January' (31)

'February' (28)

'March' (31)

... Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive ...

There seems to have been 4 + 31 = 35 days out at sea for the explorers. If their journey began in APRIL 25, then the corresponding glyph could not be in line Ga8 - unless we changed our reading from heliacal to nakshatra, 'turned it upside down'.