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In Gregorian times ºJuly 19 (200) coincided with heliacal Al Tarf (The End) and also with the midnight culmination of the Head of Hercules (Ras Algethi):

Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 (56) Ga2-27
φ Gemini (118.4) Drus (119.9) ω Cancri (120.2) 8h (121.7)
χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3)
July 17 (*118) 18 19 (200) July 20 (201)
ºJuly 13 14 (195) 15 (*116) ºJuly 16
'June 20 (171 - 80 + 366 = *457) Solstice 22 (*93) 'June 23 (*460)
"June 6 (*77) 7 (*444) 8 (525) "June 9 (*80)
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8) 20h (304.4)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 16 (*301) 17 18 (383) January 19 (*304)
ºJanuary 12 13 (378) 14 (*299) ºJanuary 15 (*300)
'December 20 (354) Solstice 22 'December 23 (*277)
"December 6 (*260) 7 8 (342) "December 9
Ga2-28 Ga2-29 Ga3-1 (60)
ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)

Ras Algethi

July 21 22 23 (*124)
ºJuly 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
St John's Eve 25 (*96) 26 (177)
June 10 11 12 (163)
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) Tso Ke (306.3) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9)
January 20 (385) 21 22
ºJanuary 16 17 18 (383)
Christmas Eve 25 26 (360)
"December 10 11 (*265) 12 (346)

Ga3-1 depicts a kind of bird looking in both directions - like the Roman god Janus at the door - and according to Metoro this was a 'climbing' bird, manu kake:

manu kake Ga3-1 (60)
Kake

Kakea, to come near, to embark. P Pau.: kake, to climb, to ascend. Mgv.: kake, the arrival of shoals of spawning fish. Mq.: kake, to climb up a valley. Ta.: ae, to climb, to ascend. Churchill.

Mgv.: kake, to strike on an ocean reef. Ta.: ae, to strand. Churchill.

Sa.: a'e, upward, to go up; sa'e, to elevate one leg, as in the act of falling in a club match; 'a'e, to ascend, to rise. To.: hake, upward, to ascend. Fu.: ake, up, to ascend; sake, ro raise the leg at one in derision or mockery; kake, to climb, to ascend. Niuē: hake, up, going up. Uvea: ake, up; kake, to go up. Ma.: ake, upward; kake, to climb, to ascend. Mq.: ake, on high, upward; kake, to ascend. Mgv.: ake, upward. Bukabuka: ake, up. Ta.: ae, up, to go up, to ascend, to climb. Ha.: ae, to raise, to lift up, to mount. Fotuna: no-jikijiake, to lift up; no-tukake, to stand upright. Nukuoro: kake, to go up. Nuguria: kake, up; hanage, northwest. Rapanui: kake a, to go abroad. Vi.: thake, upward; thaketa, to dig or lift up. Churchill 2.

The idea evidently could have been to mark where the 'Sun bird' was coming up, ascending (kake) from the 'sea' up onto 'land':

Ga3-2 (61) Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5
χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) ο Ursa Majoris (127.4)  Pushya-8
υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5)
July 24 (*125) 25 26 27 (208)
ºJuly 20 (*121) 21 22 23 (204)
'June 27 28 (*465) 29 (*100) 30 (181)
"June 13 (*84) 14 (165) 15 16
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox Herd Boy-9 Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)

Arneb

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

Alnilam

Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

Phakt

DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7)
January 23 (388) 24 25 (*310) 26
ºJanuary 19 (*304) 20 (385) 21 22
'December 27 28 29 (*283) 30 (364)
"December 13 (*267) 14 15 16 (350)

Coconut crabs are good climbers, but will drown 'if immersed in water for long' (Wikipedia).

13 * 29½ = 383½ and ºJanuary 19 was - according to this model - half a year away from the beginning of 'land' at Ga3-2, where the glyph appears to illustrate the beginning of earth (henua):

moe Ga3-2 (61) henua
Henua

Land, ground, country; te tagata noho i ruga i te henua the people living on the earth. Placenta: henua o te poki. Vanaga.

1. Land, country, region (heenua); henua tumu, native land. P Pau.: henua, country. Mgv.: enua, land, said of shallow places in the sea; mamuenua, the earth. Mq.: fenua, henua, land, country, place, property. Ta.: fenua, land, country place. There is apparently nothing critical in the first vowel; e is the most widely extended; a is found only in Samoa, Viti, and Rotumā in Nuclear Polynesia, but is the dominant vowel in Melanesian survivals. 2. Uterus. T (cf eve). T Pau.: pufenua, placenta. Mgv.: enua, id. Mq.: fenua, henua, id.  3. Pupuhi henua, volley. PS Sa.: fana-fanua, cannon. To.: mea fana fonua, id. Fu.: fanafenua, id. Niuē: fanafonua, id. Viti: a dakal ni vanua, id.  Churchill.

M.: Whenua, the Earth; the whole earth: I pouri tonu te rangi me te whenua i mua. 2. A country or district: A e tupu tonu mai nei ano i te pari o taua whenua. Tangata-whenua, natives of a particular locality: Ko nga tangata-whenua ake ano o tenei motu. Cf. ewe, the land of one's birth. 3. The afterbirth, or placenta: Ka taka te whenua o te tamaiti ki te moana. Cf. ewe, the placenta. 4. The ground, the soil: Na takoto ana i raro i te whenua, kua mate. 5. The land, as opposed to the water: Kia ngaro te tuapae whenua; a, ngaro rawa, ka tahi ka tukua te punga. Text Centre.

Ha.: Honua. 1. nvs. Land, earth, world; background, as of quilt designs; basic, at the foundation, fundamental. See lani. Kaua honua, world war. Ka wahine 'ai honua, the earth-eating woman [Pele]. ho'o honua To establish land, act as land; to scoop out earth, as for a fireplace; firmly established. Fig., rich (rare). (PPN fanua.). 2. part. Suddenly, abruptly and without reason. Cf. kūhonua. Huha honua ihola nō, suddenly angry and for no reason. Maka'u honua ihola nō ia, sudden fear. 3. n. Middle section of a canoe; central section of a canoe fleet, as fishing iheihe fish; main section, as of an army. Wehewehe.