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The nose of the Lion ought to have indicated a change of ruler and a change of season. Perhaps the maitaki type of glyph meant this - a new season with a new benevolent ruler:

maitaki
Maitaki

Clean, neat, pure, pretty, nice, beautiful, handsome; tagata rima maitaki, clean-handed man, correct man. Vanaga.

1. Good. Henua maitaki = the good earth. 2. Shine. Marama maitaki = the shining moon. Barthel. Ce qui est bon. Jaussen according to Barthel.

Meitaki, good, agreeable, efficacious, excellent, elegant, pious, valid, brilliant, security, to please, to approve (maitaki); ariga meitaki, handsome, of pleasant mien; mea meitaki ka rava, to deserve; meitaki ke, marvelous, better. Hakameitaki, to make good, to amend, to do good, to bless, to establish. Meitakihaga, goodness. PS Pau.: maitaki, good. Mgv.: meitetaki, beautiful, good. Mq.: meitai, good, agreeable, fit, wise, virtuous. Ta.: maitaiki, good, well. Niuē: mitaki, good. Maitakia, clean. Churchill.

This good (maitaki) season could possibly have stretched for 227 (π) days, because 157 + 227 = 384 at Gb3-14, the day before Rogo:

Al Minhar al Asad JUNE 6 (157) 63 August 9 (221)
Regulus JUNE 17 (168) August 20 (232)
Spica AUGUST 6 (218) October 9 (282)
ρ Andromedae JANUARY 19 (384) March 24 (448)
152 74
Ga3-17 Ga3-18 (77) Gb3-14 (75) Gb3-15
JUNE 5 6 (157) JANUARY 19 (384) 20
Al Minhar al Asad 226 ρ Andromedae
Rogo

Rogorogo: Originally, 'orators, bards' of Mangareva. Borrowed into the Rapanui language in 1871, it came to generically signify the wooden tablets incised with glyphs, the writing system itself, and the respective inscriptions. Earlier the term ta was used for the writings. Fischer.

Mgv.: rogouru, ten. Mq.: onohuu, okohuu, id. Churchill.

Huru

Custom, tradition, behaviour, manners, situation, circumstances; poki huru hare, child who stays inside (to keep a fair complexion); te huru o te tagata rivariva, a fine person's behaviour; pehé te huru o Hiva? what is the situation on the mainland? Huruhuru, plumage, feathers (the short feathers, not the tail feathers), fleece of sheep. Vanaga.

Samoa: sulu, a torch; to light by a torch; sulusulu, to carry a torch; susulu, to shine (used of the heavenly bodies and of fire). Futuna: susulu, the brightness of the moon. Tonga: huluaki, huluia, huluhulu, to light, to enlighten; fakahuhulu, to shine; iuhulu, a torch or flambeau, to light with a torch. Niuē: hulu, a torch; huhulu, to shine (as the moon). Maori: huru, the glow of the sun before rising, the glow of fire. Churchill 2.

LONO, v. Haw., to hear, observe, obey; pass., it is said, reported; s. report, fame, tidings. Sam., longo, to hear, report; s. sound; longoma, to hear; longonoa, be deaf; longo-longoa, be famed, renowned. Tah., roa, report, fame, notoriety; pa-roo, famous; tui-roo, id. Marqu., ono or oko (k for ng), sound, to hear. N. Zeal., rongo, to hear, to sound, report, news.

Tong., ongo, sound, tidings. Fiji., rongo, id. Iaw., runu, to hear.

By the usual sound exchange of l and n, perhaps the Haw. nana, to bark, to growl, and the N. Zeal. nganga, noise, uproar, refer themselves to this family.

Sanskr., ran, to shout, to sound; rana, noise; rana-rana, mosquito. Pers., lânah, cry, noise; lândan, to cry, to bark; ka-rânah, a raven. Irish, lonach, talkative, a babbler; lon, a blackbird; r'an, ranach, a cry, roarings. Lat., rana, frog.

A. Pictet (Orig. Ind.-Eur., i. 474) refers the Greek κορωνη, a crow, a jackdaw, to the Sanskrit ran. Perhaps the Swedish röna, to be aware of, to experience, apprendre, goes back to the Polynesian lono or the Sanskrit ran. (Fornander)

 
Gb3-11 Gb3-12 Gb3-13 Gb3-14 (75) Gb3-15 Gb3-16 (306)
JANUARY 16 17 18 19 (384) 20 21
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) σ Andromedae (3.0), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) no star listed (4) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

Alphard

0h (365.25)
Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
March 21 (0h) 22 23 24 Equinox (84) 26 (450)
°March 17 18 19 20 °March 21 (0h) 22
'February 22 Terminalia Bissextum (*340) 25 (56) 26 (422) 27
"February 8 9 (40) 10 (*326) 11 12 (408) 13
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JULY 18 19 (200) 20 (*121)   21 22-7 23
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 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)
GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
September 20 21 Equinox (265) 23 24 25
°September 16 17 18 19 20 21 (*184)
'August 24 (236) 25 (*157) 26 27 28 29
"August 10 (222) 11 12 (*144) 13 14 15

When the Sun was at the Nose of the Lion there were close to the Full Moon stars in Aquarius which should indicate the opposite of the hot Lion season:

Ga3-19 Ga3-20 Ga3-21 (80) Ga3-22 Ga3-23 Ga3-24
JUNE 7 8 9 10 (161) 11 12
The Knot (Ukdah) ψ Leonis (146.4), Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) Vathorz Prior (147.9)
Star-25

ANA-HEU-HEU-PO

Al Tarf-7 A Hydrae (144.1)

Vega

UKDAH (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), Subra (145.8)
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 10 (222) 11 12 13 14 15
'July 14 15 16 17 18 19 (200)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
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 (40) 10 11 12 (408) 13 14
'January 13 (378) 14 15 16 17 18

Similarly there should be contrasts between heliacal Achernar far down at the beginning of Eridanus on one hand and the nakshatra stars at the primeval mound (with 71 Virginis) close to the equator on the other:

Gb4-1 Gb4-2 (93) Gb4-3 Gb4-4 (324)
FEBRUARY 5 (36) 6 (*322) 7 (403) 8
Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9) Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9)
April 10 (100) 11 (466) 12 13
3-14 'March 15 16 (*360) 17 (441)
"February 28 "March 1 (60) 2 3 (427)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 7 8 (*140) 9 10 (222)
71 Virginis (203.6) no star listed (204) Heze (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (205.7) ε Centauri (206.3)
October 10 11 12 (285) 13
'September 13 14 (*177) 15 16 (259)
"August 30 (242) 31 "September 1 (*164) 2

It was sufficient information to know where the Full Moon was in order to be able to deduce where the Sun had to be. He must be at a contrasting place. Perhaps this motivated why the list of the Babylonian ecliptic stations did not advance beyond Spica - the rest could be deduced contrariwise.

152 74 17
Ga3-17 Ga3-18 (77) Gb3-14 (75) Gb3-15 Gb4-3 (94) Gb4-4 (324)
JUNE 5 6 (157) JANUARY 19 (384) 20 FEBR 7 (403) 8
August 8 (220) 9 March 24 (448) 25 April 12 (467) 4-13
'July 12 (193) 13 'February 25 (421) 26 'March 16 (*360) 17
Al Minhar al Asad (κ Leonis) 226 ρ Andromedae Achernar (α Eridani)
Egyptian hand Phoenician kaph Greek kappa Κ (κ)

Kaph is thought to have been derived from a pictogram of a hand (in both modern Arabic and modern Hebrew, kaph means palm/grip) ...

... The manik, with the tzab, or serpent's rattles as prefix, runs across Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in the pictures all holding the rattle; it runs across the hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61, 62, and finally appears in all four clauses of tz. 175, the so-called 'baptism' tzolkin. It seems impossible, with all this, to avoid assigning the value of grasping or receiving. But in the final confirmation, we have the direct evidence of the signs for East and West. For the East we have the glyph Ahau-Kin, the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day; for the West we have Manik-Kin, exactly corresponding to the term Chikin, the biting or eating of the Sun, seizing it in the mouth.

  

The pictures (from Gates) show east, north, west, and south; respectively (the lower two glyphs)  'Lord' (Ahau) and 'grasp' (Manik). Manik was the 7th day sign of the 20 and Ahau the last ...

Sumerian SAG Phoenician resh Greek rho Ρ (ρ)

... Resh (Arabic: ۥ) is the twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ... The word resh is usually assumed to have come from a pictogram of a head, ultimately reflecting Proto-Semitic *raۥ(i)š-. The word's East Semitic cognate, rēš-, was one possible phonetic reading of the Sumerian cuneiform sign for 'head' (SAG).

On the right shoulder of Andromeda there were 3 stars - θ, ρ, and ς in descending order of declination.

Egyptian bread, (-t, female determinant) Phoenician qoph Greek phi Φ(φ)

... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ...

Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...

... The king, wearing now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer manifest.

When he reappears he is clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I traverse it as I desire.' ...

In view of the similarities in the common sign languages I suggest the maitaki typ of glyph indicates the (good) change from the previous old year (Father) to a fresh new year (Son). The Greek phi has a single 'eye' but for someone perceiving a structure with Sky, Earth, and Underworld, it could have been more appropriate to use a triplet, with 3 mata arranged vertically:

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phi maitaki Ga3-17