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Counted from λ Aquarii the wonderful star Mira (ο Ceti, at the neck of the Sea Beast) was in day 52:

41
Gb2-27 (53) Gb2-28 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 (61) 3 4 (428) 5 6
°February 26 27 (58) 28 °March 1 (425) 2
'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 28 29 30 (242) 31 °September 1
'August 5 6 7 8 (220) 9
7-22 "July 23 24 25 26 (207)
 
Gb4-8 (99) Gb4-9 (329) Gb4-10 Gb4-11 Gb4-12
FEBRUARY 12 (408) 13 2-14 (45) 15 16
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) Arku-sha-rishu-ku-3 η Arietis (31.9)
2h (30.4)
 Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)

Alkes

April 17 (107) 18 19 20 21
'March 21 (0h) 22 23 24 (*368) 25 (84)
"March 7 8 9 10 (*354) 11 (70)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 14 15 (227) 16 (*148)   17 18
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
π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8)
October 17 (290) 18 19 20 21
'September 20 21 Equinox (265) 23 (*186) 24
"September 6 7 (250) 8 9 (*172) 10
Gb4-13 (333) Gb4-14 Gb4-15 Gb4-16 (336) Gb4-17 (108)
FEBRUARY 17 18 19 (50) 20 (*336) 21 (417)
no star listed (32) θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) no star listed (34) ξ Arietis (35.0) no star listed (36)
April 22 23 24 (114) 25 26
'March 26 (85) 27 28 29 30
"March 12 13 (72) 3-14 15 16 (*360)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 19 20 21 22 (234) 23 (600)
Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) Asellus Primus (217.8) τ Lupi (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

Fomalhaut

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7)
15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)
October 22 (295) 23 24 25 26
'September 25 (268) 26 27 28 29
"September 11 (254) 12 13 14 (*177) 15

... In 1638 Johannes Holwarda determined a period of the star's reappearances, eleven months; he is often credited with the discovery of Mira's variability. Johannes Hevelius was observing it at the same time and named it 'Mira' (meaning 'wonderful' or 'astonishing,' in Latin) in 1662's Historiola Mirae Stellae, for it acted like no other known star.

Ismail Bouillaud then estimated its period at 333 days, less than one day off the modern value of 332 days, and perfectly forgivable, as Mira is known to vary slightly in period, and may even be slowly changing over time ...

333 at Gb4-13 (where 413 = 14 * 29½) could allude to the cycle of Mira (in rongorongo times rising with the Sun 33 days after 0h).

The first star in the Wolf (ι Lupi) was at the opposite side of the sky compared ot Mira.

Possibly the 11 months of the Mira cycle were perceived as corresponding to the hexagonal form at the head of the western fish in Pisces added together with the pentagon of stars in the head of the Sea Beast:

For the creator of the G text the pentagon in the Sea Beast may then have been associated with the form of an earth oven (umu), where the fire of a new year was beginning: