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The rising fishes have their tails drawn down in front:

... Then Teke called out to his retainers (aniva), 'This is what you are to do. Do not light the earth-ovens. The shadow (ata) of the king, the flame (ura) of the king (may suffer harm) during the night if shortly before an earth-oven has been lit.'

I have earlier guessed the single 'feather' inside this type of fish head was a sign of 'no light outside':

Gb5-13 (366) Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16 (140)
MARCH 22 (*1) 23 24 (448) 25 (84)
Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-5 / ANA-MURI
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 25 (*430) 26 27 28 (148)
'April 28 (*403) 29 30 (*40) 'May 1 (121)
"April 14 15 (*390) 16 (471) 17 (107)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPT 21 (264) EQUINOX 23 (*186) 24
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), 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)
ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 24 25 (329) 26 27
'October 28 (301) 29 (*222) 30 31
"October 14 15 (*208) 16 17 (290)
Gb5-17 Gb5-18 Gb5-19 (372) Gb5-20 (144)
MARCH 26 (450) 27 28 (*7) 29 (88)
no star listed (69) no star listed (70) Tabit (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)
May 29 30 31 (*436) June 1 (152)
'May 2 3 4 (*44) 5 (125)
"April 18 19 (*29) 20 (475) 21 (111)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 25 26 27 (270) 28
ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) Atria (253.9) Tail-6 ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4)
Wei, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB (254.7)
November 28 29 (333) 30 December 1
'November 1 2 3 (*227) 4 (308)
"October 18 19 (292) 20 21 (*214)

The Inuit had to observe a rule of the opposite side, when Sun was on his way up instead of on his way down:

... string games could be resumed after it was clear that the Sun had managed to leave the horizon and was rapidly gaining in altitude: 'Before the sun starts to leave the horizon ... when it shows only on the horizon ... then string games were no longer allowed as they might lacerate the sun. Once the sun had started to go higher and could be seen in its entirety, string games could be resumed, if one so wished. So the restriction on playing string games was only applicable during the period between the sun's return and its rising fully above the horizon ...

Then there was the matter of installing a king to rule on the Poike ('place aloft') peninsula:

... Then Teke assumed royal powers (pahere ariki) and passed them on to Iko. Teke installed the king; Iko was (now) the king (ariki) of the Hanau Eepe. Teke called out to the men, 'Iko is your king, oh people (mahingo)!'

Gb5-21 (374) Gb5-22 (146) Gb5-23
MARCH 30 (*9) 31 (90) APRIL 1 (456)
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)
June 2 (153) 3 4 (520)
'May 6 (*46) 7 8 (128)
"April 22 (*32) 23 114 = 6 * 19
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 29 30 (*193) OCTOBER 1 (274)
κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), Cujam (256.9) no star listed (257) 17h (258.7)
no star listed (258)
December 2 (336) 3 4
'November 5 (*229) 6 (310) 7
"October 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24
Gb5-24 (148) Gb5-25 (378) Gb5-26 Gb5-27 Gb5-28
APRIL 2 (*12) 3 (93) 4-14 5 (460) 6
5h (76.1) μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)  ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Flaming Star (78.2), Capella (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)

Thuban

λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)

Arcturus

σ Aurigae (80.4), Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9)
ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)
June 5 6 (157) 7 8 (*444) 9 (525)
*414 'May 10 (*50) 11 (131) 12 13
"April 25 26 (*36) 27 28 (118) 29
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 2 3 4 (277) 5 6 (*199)
Mula-19 Nodus I (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), Ras Algethi (260.8)  Sarin (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)

Alrisha

ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6)
Sabik (259.7), η SCORPII (259.9)
December 5 6 (340) 7 8 9
'November 8 9 314 11 *236
"October 25 (*218) 26 27 (300) 28 29

Metoro has identified the type of glyph in Gb5-24 as hakaariki (to make a king):

hakaariki Gb5-24 (148)
Ca4-7 (83) Ca9-27 (255) Ca13-11 (354)
'May 16 (136) 'November 4 (308) 'February 11 (42)
e gagata hakaariki etoru gagata hakaariki kia raua e toru gagata, tuhuga nui, tuhuga roa, tuhuga marakapa - ma te hokohuki te tapamea - te kihikihi
*Da8-11 (136) Ha5-7 (223) Pa4-49 (223)
*Qa4-41 (148) Ra1-111 Ta8-111

Haka-ariki could be a door-opener for reading the texts.