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The mouth of the upside down fish, Fomalhaut, marks not the beginning but the end of Piscis Austrini (or Notius):

This must be so because the fish has turned around with her belly upwards. According to my experience with fishes it must therefore be a dead fish or at least a fish in a seriously bad condition. The first of her Greek lettered stars (ι) rose with the Sun already in day 329 counted from 0h (i.e. 80 days after the heliacal rising of Antares) and in the picture above the Crane (Grus) is pointing at ι Piscis Austrini.

... Horapollo, the grammarian of Alexandria, about A.D. 400, tells us that the crane was the symbol of a star-observer in Egypt ...

Egyptian arm Phoenician yodh Greek iota Ι (ι)

Yodh is thought to have originated with a pictograph of a hand, ultimately deriving from Proto-Semitic *yad-. It may be related to the Egyptian hieroglyphic of an arm. (Wikipedia)

From Albali (the first Greek lettered star of Aquarius) - in the text depicted as an eye-catching glyph - to ι Piscis Austrini there were 15 days:

... The jaguar learned from the grasshopper that the toad and the rabbit had stolen its fire while it was out hunting, and that they had taken it across the river. While the jaguar was weeping at this, an anteater came along, and the jaguar suggested that they should have an excretory competition. The anteater, however, appropriated the excrement containing raw meat and made the jaguar believe that its own excretions consisted entirely of ants. In order to even things out, the jaguar invited the anteater to a juggling contest, using their eyes removed from the sockets: the anteater's eyes fell back into place, but the jaguar's remained hanging at the top of a tree, and so it became blind. At the request of the anteater, the macuco bird made the jaguar new eyes out of water, and these allowed it to see in the dark. Since that time the jaguar only goes out at night. Having lost fire, it eats meat raw ...

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Gb1-20 Gb1-21 (250) Gb1-22
NOVEMBER 25 (329) 26 27
Deneb Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8) Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 / Dhanishta-24 / Girl-10 Baten Algiedi (315.8)
Yue (314.3), Gienah Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI (314.8)

Betelgeuze

January 28 29 30 (395)
'January 1 2 3 (368)
"December 18 19 20 (354)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MAY 27 28 (148) 29
Extended Net-26a / Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu-13 ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4) no star listed (133)
η Hydrae (131.0), Ascellus Australis (131.4), Koo She (131.6), ε HYDRAE (131.9)
July 30 31 (212) August 1
'July 3 4 (185) 5
"June 19 20 (171) solstice
 
Gb2-6 Gb2-7 Gb2-8 Gb2-9 Gb2-10 (265) Gb2-11
DECEMBER 7 8 9 10 11 (345) 12
BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny) θ Piscis Austrini (330.1)
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 no star listed (326) Castra (327.2), Bunda (327.5)

Sirius

  Nashira (328.0), Azelfafage, κ Capricorni (328.7) Enif, Erakis (329.2), 46 Capricorni, Jih (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), Deneb Algiedi (329.8)
Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9)
February 9 10 (41) 11 12 (408) 13 All Hearts
'January 13 14 15 16 17 18 (383)
"December 30 31 "January 1 2 3 (368) 4
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 8 9 (160) 10   11 12 13
The Knot (Ukdah) ψ Leonis (146.4), Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) Vathorz Prior (147.9) υ¹ Hydrae (148.4), Ras Elaset Borealis (148.7)
Al Tarf-7 A Hydrae (144.1)

Vega

Ukdah (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), Subra (145.8)
ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)
August 11 12 13 14 15 (227) 16
'July 15 16 17 18 19 (200) 20
"July 1 2 3 4 5 (186) 6
 
Gb2-12 Gb2-13 Gb2-14 Gb2-15 (270) Gb2-16
LUCIA DECEMBER 14 15 16 (350) 17
Kuh (331.4), γ Gruis (331.5) no star listed (332) η Piscis Austrini (333.4) 22h (334.8) ι Pegasi (335.0), Alnair (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3), Woo (335.7), Baham, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8)
Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4), SADALMELIK, Al Dhanab (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7)
February 15 16 (2-16) 17 (413) 18 19 (50)
'January 19 (384) 20 21 22 23
"January 5 (370) 6 7 8 9
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 14 15 16   17 (168) 18
Tseen Ke (149.9) ν Leonis (150.1), π Leonis (150.6) υ² Hydrae (151.8) Al Jabhah-8 / Maghā-10 λ Hydrae (153.2)
10h (152.2)
AL JABHAH (152.4), REGULUS (152.7)
August 17 18 19 20 (232) 21
'July 21 22-7 23 (204) 24 25
"July 7 8 9 (190) 10 11
Gb2-17 Gb2-18 Gb2-19 Gb2-20 (275)
DECEMBER 18 19 20 (354 = 6 * 59) SOLSTICE
ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3), -/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis Austrini (336.8) μ Gruis (337.0), ε Cephei (337.2), 1/325 Lac. (337.3), Ancha (337.4), α Tucanae (337.9) Al Sa'ad al Ahbiyah-23 / Shatabisha-25
β/172 Lac. (339.2), 4/1100 Lac. (339.4), π Aquarii (339.5)

Castor

ρ Aquarii (338.2), 2/365 Lac. (338.5), SADACHBIA (338.6), π Gruis (338.9)
February 20 (2-20) 21 (52) 22 (418) Terminalia
'January 24 25 26 27 (392)
"January 10 1-11 12 13-13 (378)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 19 20 (171 = 9 * 19) SOLSTICE 22
Adhafera, Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7) Algieba, q Carinae (155.5) Tania Australis (156.0), GHOST OF JUPITER (156.8) Extended Net-26b
μ HYDRAE (157.1)
August 22 23 24 25 (237)
'July 26 27 28 29 (210)
"July 12 13 14 15 (196)
Gb2-21 Gb2-22 Gb2-23 Gb2-24 Gb2-25 Gb2-26
DECEMBER 22 23 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 26 (360) 27
δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2),  ν Gruis (340.3), ζ Aquarii, δ Gruis (340.4), 5/1100 Lac. (340.7), σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9)

Procyon

α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii (341.9) η Aquarii (342.1), σ Gruis (340.4), Situla (342.7) ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi, β Gruis (343.8) ρ Gruis (344.0), Matar (344.2), η Gruis (344.6) λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9)
Bissextum February 25 26 27 (58) 28 (424) March 1
'January 28 (393) 29 30 31 'February 1 2 (33)
13 * 14 = 182 "January 15 16 17 18 (383) 19
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 23 ST JOHN'S EVE 25 26 (177) 27 28
Shir (158.9) p Carinae (159.3) φ Hydrae (160.3) no star listed (161) Vathorz Posterior (162.1), Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6) ν Hydrae (163.1)
August 26 27 28 (240) 29 30 31
'July 30 31 'August 1 2 (214) 3 4
"July 16 17 18 19 (200) 20 21
Gb2-27 Gb2-28 (54) Gb2-29 Gb2-30 (285) Gb2-31
DECEMBER 28 29 30 (364) 31 JANUARY 1
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4), Fomalhaut, τ Gruis (347.8) Fum al Samakah (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9) Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 / Purva Bhādrapadā-26 / House-13 23h (350.0)
Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis (349.4), MARKAB PEGASI (349.5) υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei (350.6), ι Gruis (350.9)
March 2 3 4 (428) 5 (64) 6
'February 3 4 (400) 5 (36) 6 7
"January 20 21 22 23 (388) 24
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 29 30 JULY 1 (182) 2 3
no star listed (164)

Altair

Wings-27 ANA-TIPU 11h (167.4)  Al Sharas (168.6)
ALKES (165.6) Merak (166.2), DUBHE (166.7) χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)
September 1 2 3 4 5 (248)
'August 5 6 7 8 (220) 9
7-22 23 "July 24 25 26 (207)

The first spout (Al Fargh al Mukdim) marked where the inundated Square of Pegasus was beginning. I imagine this Field was watered from the Urn of Aquarius which would make the hard winter soil come alive again:

... When the new moon appeared women assembled and bewailed those who had died since the last one, uttering the following lament: 'Alas! O moon! Thou has returned to life, but our departed beloved ones have not. Thou has bathed in the waiora a Tane, and had thy life renewed, but there is no fount to restore life to our departed ones. Alas ...

My glyph type rima aueue could express the idea of 'living water' (vai ora):

Gb2-16 rima aueue
Aue

Ah, alas. Aueue, oh. P Pau., Ta.: aue, alas. Mgv.: aue, auhe, alas. Mq.: aue, oh, alas; auhe, a sigh. Exclamation in general representing the most primordial type of speech, it seems that this may be reduced to recognizable elements. The e is throughout these languages a vocative or hailing sign, commonly postpositive in relation to the person hailed. In the examination of au we have shown that the primal first person singular designation is u. With the comparatively scanty material afforded by this vocabulary we may not attempt ot define the use of a but we have no hesitation in noting that proof based on wider studies will show it to have, inter alia, a characteristic function as a word-maker. In a very high degree, then, a-u-e is represented by a common English interjection 'oh my!' in which oh = a, my = u, and e = !. Churchill.

What is this cry which our primitive islanders share with the animals? Look at its elements, all full-throated. First we have a, the sound of mouth open, fauces open, lungs full of air. As air expires the sound recedes in the mouth towards the palate and we find the u. Last comes the conscious finish of the utterance, the muscles begin to retract, the sound-making point is forced forward and the sound is e. If the man had but a few more cubic centimeters of lung capacity he could attain cow volumne for his cry, or interjection, since it amounts to the same thing. Churchill 2.

Rima

1. Hand, also, but improperly, fingers, forearm; te ko mu'a o te rima, palm of the hand; te ko tu'a o te rima, back of the hand; rima hakaturu, generous, liberal, munificent; tagata rima pu'a, helper; rima hakakau, generous hands, open-handed person; rima matu'a neanea, thumb. 2. Fifth; e-rima, ka-rima, five. Vanaga.

1. Five. P Mgv., Ta.: rima, id. Mq.: ima, id. 2. Arm, hand; rima atakai, obliging, kind, generous, a gift, rima tuku, elbow, rima omo, infidelity, faithless, unfaithful, rima o te kahu, sleeve, kakari rima, wrist. P Pau.: rima, hand, arm. Mgv.: rima, hand, arm, paw, finger. Mq.: ima, hand, arm. Ta.: rima, arm, hand, finger. Rimahakaviriviri, fist, to clench the fist, a blow of the fist. Rimahati, one-armed. Rima ko manaroa, little finger T. Rimamatua neanea, thumb. Rimaroaroa tahaga, middle finger T. Rimatitiri, to walk with the hands behind the back. Rimaruru, to clasp hands. Rimatuhi henna (?) index finger T. Rimatuhi a hana, finger ring T (? ring finger). 3. To lead into error; rimaetua, supernatural, Mq.: imaima, that which returns after a man's death, Ta.: rimaatua, plague, dissension, mortal illness. Churchill.