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Once again. Glyph line number 4 could have ended with 5 dark nights during which Atea had to change her sex:

Ga4-20 Ga4-21 (104) Ga4-22
JULY 2 3 4 (185)
JUNE 28 29 30 (181)
11h (167.4) Al Sharas (168.6) Al Zubrah-9 / Purva Phalguni-11
χ Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3) ZOSMA (169.2), COXA (169.4)
September 4 5 (248) 6
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 1 2 3 (368)
DECEMBER 28 29 30 (364)
23h (350.0) Simmah (351.7) φ Aquarii (352.0), ψ Aquarii (352.4), χ Aquarii (352.6), γ Tucanae, φ Gruis (352.8)
υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei (350.6), ι Gruis (350.9)
March 6 7 (66) 8 (432)
Ga4-23 Ga4-24 Ga4-25 (108) Ga4-26 Ga4-27
JULY 5 6 (*107) 7 8 9 (190)
JULY 1 2 3 4 (185) 5
φ Leonis (170.0), Alula (170.5), Labrum (170.6) σ Leonis (171.1), λ Crateris (171.6), ι Leonis, ε Crateris (171.9) γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5), τ Leonis (172.8)

GREDI

ο¹ Centauri (173.8) GIAUZAR (174.0), ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8)
September 7 (250) 8 9 10 11
ºSeptember 3 4 5 (*168) 6 (249) 7
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 4 5 (*290) 6 7 8 (373)
DECEMBER 31 JANUARY 1 (*287 = 7 * 41) 3 (368) 4
CROSS-BARS ο Gruis, Snowball Nebula (355.0), τ Oct. (355.3) no star listed (356) ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium (357.4), λ ANDROMEDAE (357.9)
ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (353.6) κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ PEGASI (354.9)
March 9 10 11 12 13 (72)
ºMarch 5 6 (*350) 7 8 9 (68)

The fresh water place was at the opposite side of the year, at the Pegasus Well between a pair of spouts, whereas the stars of Crater carried no waters.

24 Al Fargh al Mukdim Fore Spout α Pegasi (Markab), β (Scheat) 349 March 5 (429) 11 338
25 Al Fargh al Thāni Rear Spout γ Pegasi (Algenib), α Andromedae (Sirrah) 0 March 21 (445) 16 354

At the beginning of line Ga5 nakshatra Manus Catenata (ι Andromedae) was at the π day (March 14) when the Sun moved from Leo to Virgo, away from being a  male to behave like a female - having turned around at Al Sarfah to become upside down like the Pegasus horse:

Ga5-1 (111) Ga5-2 Ga5-3 Ga5-4 Ga5-5
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 / Zibbat A.-16 / Shēpu-arkū sha-A-17 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 (*177) 15 16
NAKSHATRA DATES:
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), 78 Pegasi (359.5) ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ Phoenicis (360.4) γ¹ Oct. (361.4). φ PEGASI (361.7) DZANEB (362.4), γ² Oct.(362.8)
π March 15 16 (*360) 17 18 (77)
Ga5-6 Ga5-7 Ga5-8 (118) Ga5-9
JULY 15 (196) 16 (*118 = 4 * 29½) 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
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 14 15 16 17 (382)
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9) θ Octantis (364.4) 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 EQUINOX 22

In Ga5-3 the idea of empty could have been illustrated as henua 'without a sky roof' and 4 days later, in front at Ga5-7 there was sweet water (vai) together with a high neck person going away (kua oho). Summer and water were leaving north of the equator because the Sun was coming close to Raven, whereas south of the equator it was the opposite - as viewed against the stars at the Full Moon.

oho vai Ga5-7

From Ga5-5 (115) to Ga7-14 (183) there were 68 glyphs:

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Ga5-1 Ga5-2 Ga5-3 Ga5-4 Ga5-5 (115)
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 / Zibbat A.-16 / Shēpu-arkū sha-A-17 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 (*177) 15 16
NAKSHATRA DATES:
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), 78 Pegasi (359.5) ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ Phoenicis (360.4) γ¹ Oct. (361.4). φ PEGASI (361.7) DZANEB (362.4), γ² Oct.(362.8)
π March 15 16 (*360) 17 18 (77)
Ga7-14 (183) Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
SEPTEMBER 20 21 (*184) EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
Heart-5 ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Aldibain (248.2), 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)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 22 23 24 25 26 (85) 27
Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4

ANA-MURI

no star listed (69) no star listed (70)
θ² Tauri, AIN, θ¹ Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 25 26 27 28 29 30 (150)
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 (191) Ga7-23 Ga7-24
SEPTEMBER 26 27 (270) 28 29 30 (*193)
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
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 28 29 30 31 (90) APRIL 1
Tabit (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8) π¹ Orionis (73.0),ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9) Almaaz (74.7), HAEDUS I (74.8) HAEDUS II (75.9)
May 31 June 1 2 3 4 (155)

... In rongorongo times the first day after heliacal Sirius was when Kerb (τ Pegasi) was close to the Full Moon = September 7 (250). Thus there was a jump from Sirius at June 30 (181) to day 250 (as based on the fixed stars). 250 - 182 = 68 days had to be added ...

Possibly there was a change in view at Ga7-14, where the heliacal stars once again could have determined time:

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Ga5-5 (115) Ga7-14 (183)
DZANEB AIN

Dzaneb (maybe the name is a version of deneb = tail) was ω Piscium, at the ring keeping the Southern Fish in place. Chained like Andromeda 4 days earlier. If 68 days were necessary for keeping it all in place, then we could expect another such 68 days to appear in the text, because 472 - 68 - 68 = 336 (= 48 weeks).

The sign in front in Ga7-14 could possibly have depicted an eye (referring to the Eye of the Bull, Ain) and the sign in front in Ga5-5 could then have alluded to the band across the tail keeping the Southern Fish in its proper place 184 days after Al Sarfah.

 JANUARY 13 (378) - JULY 13 (194) = 184 and June 30 (181) - March 18 (77) = 104 (= 8 * 13).

To correlate the position of Dzaneb with the fixed point at the neck of Cetus, at Alrisha (α Piscium), seems to be a less likely purpose because the string between was not drawn straight:

Alrisha (the Knot) was in day 80 + 29 = 119 (April 19) = 42 days after Dzaneb in March 18 (77):

Ga6-6 Ga6-7 Ga6-8 Ga6-9 Ga6-10 (150) Ga6-11
AUGUST 14 15 16 17 (229) 18 19
MUPHRID (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), THUBAN (212.8) 14h (213.1) Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

π HYDRAE, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) ASELLUS TERTIUS, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), ASELLUS SECUNDUS (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)
October 17 18 19 20 21 22 (295)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
FEBRUARY 13 2-14 (45) 15 16 (413 = 14 * 29½) 18
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) ALRISHA, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 η Arietis (31.9) no star listed (32) θ Arietis (33.3), MIRA (33.7)
2h (30.4)
κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)

Alkes

April 18 (108) 19 (*29) 20 (475) 21 22 23
1 Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku Front of the Head of Ku β (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) Arietis 27.4 April 17 (107)
2 Arku-sha-rishu-ku Back of the Head of Ku α (Hamal) Arietis 30.5 April 20 (110)