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Once again, there are 229 + 242 = 471 = 314 * 1½ glyphs on the G tablet, not enough to make a whole cycle. The first 3 lines on side b amount to 91 glyphs, as if to indicate a quarter of 364 days or 7 * 13 nights:

a1 30 30 b1 26 26
a2 29 59 b2 35 61
a3 24 83 b3 30 91
a4 27 110 b4 33 124
a5 30 140 b5 29 153
a6 29 169 b6 28 181
a7 34 203 b7 31 212
a8 26 229 b8 30 242
sum 229 sum 242

The assymmetry in number of glyphs on side a compared to that on side b can be explained by assuming that the counting should begin already with Gb8-24, where in rongorongo times the left foot of Perseus rose with the Sun and when γ Virginis culminated at midnight. At the time of the Hyades Gate this happened in MARCH 14 (easily understood as referring to 314 = π):

5
Gb8-22 Gb8-23 (464) Gb8-24 (236) Gb8-25
March 12 13 (72) π 15
May 15 (500) 16 (136) 17 18
Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18 Menkhib (57.6)

Porrima

Zaurak (58.9)
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5
0h March 22 (*1) 23 24 (448) EQUINOX 26 (85)
May 24 25 (*65 + 80 = 145) 26 (146) 27 28 (*68 = *64 + 4) 29 (514)
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / ANA-MURI no star listed (69)
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)

229 will then change to 7 + 229 = 236 (= 8 * 29½), which also is the number of Gb8-24 counted from the beginning of side b.

Given a sequence of heliacal stars flowing in parallel with the glyphs, there has to be a break somewhere before once again reaching Gb8-24. In order to visualize this clearly we could express the flow of the heliacal stars by using the dates which I have suggested for the time of the Hyades Gate:

side b side a
MARCH 14 (73) 6 0 MARCH 22 (81) 227 NOVEMBER 5 (309)
7 229
236 = 8 * 29½
side b
NOVEMBER 6 (310) 233 JUNE 28 (544 = 365 + 179 = 73 + 106)
235

544 (JUNE 28) = 4 * 136.

JUNE 28 (179) is 179 - 72 = 107 days later than MARCH 13 (72) and 471 - 107 = 364.

However, if we should count also MARCH 21 - although there seems to be no glyph for this date - then the number of days will become twice 236 = 472 = 8 * 59. We could then rearrange so JUNE 29 (180) would coincide with MARCH 14:

side b
NOVEMBER 6 (310) 234 JUNE 29 (545 = 365 + 180) 6
MARCH 14 (545 = 73 + 365 + 107)
242 = 11 * 22

In other words, one of the possible readings of the text could have been to perceive how at the time of the Hyades Gate the left foot of Perseus pointed out the π day (3-14) and how 180 - 73 = 107 days later was the final of the northern spring.

The brightest star of them all, Sirius, would rise together with the Sun in June 30 and that would mark the end of these 107 days of intense Sun light. Sirius, on the other hand, shone in the night.

Adding 107 to Gb8-24 (236) leads to number 236 + 107 = 343 counted from Gb1-1. And 343 - 242 = 101 counted from Ga1-1. This was where Sirius could be assumed to have been, rising as always with the Sun and unperturbed by the precession:

Ga3-23 (82) Ga3-24 Ga4-1
JUNE 11 12 13 (164)
no star listed (18) Adhil (19.3) Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
April 8 9 10 (100)
Ga4-2 (85) Ga4-3 Ga4-4
JUNE 14 (165) 15 16
δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9) Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9)
April 11 (101) 12 13
Ga4-5 (88) Ga4-6 Ga4-7
JUNE 17 (168) 18 19
no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)
April 14 (104) 15 16
Ga4-8 (91) Ga4-9 Ga4-10
JUNE 20 (171) SOLSTICE 22
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7)
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
April 17 (107 = 171 - 64) 18 (108) 19
Ga4-11 Ga4-12 Ga4-13 (96) Ga4-14 Ga4-15
JUNE 23 24 25 26 (177) 27
2h (30.4) η Arietis (31.9) no star listed (32) θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) no star listed (34)
κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5)

Alkes

April 20 21 (111) 22 23 24
Ga4-16 Ga4-17 (100) Ga4-18 Ga4-19
JUNE 28 29 (180) 30 JULY 1
ξ Arietis (35.0) no star listed (36) no star listed (37) ν Arietis (38.5)
SIRIUS (101.2)
April 25 26 (116 = 180 - 64) 27 28 (118 = 2 * 59)
Ga4-20 Ga4-21 (104) Ga4-22
JULY 2 3 4 (185)
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9) Bharani-2 / Stomach-17
π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ² Eridan, σ Arietis (41.7)
April 29 30 (120) May 1 (121 = 185 - 64)
March 21 80 0
31 90 10
April 30 120 40
May 31 151 71
June 21 172 92
30 181 101
July 31 212 132
August 31 243 163
September 22 265 185
30 273 193
Oktober 31 304 224
November 30 334 254
December 21 355 275
31 365 285
January 31 31 316
February 28 59 344
March 21 80 365
31 90 375
April 30 120 405
May 31 151 436

We can compare with the heliacal stars and dates at the time of rongorongo, as earlier was extrapolated from May 25 at Ga1-1:

Ga4-5 (88) Ga4-6 Ga4-7 Ga4-8 Ga4-9
August 20 21 22 23 24 (236)
Al Jabhah-8 / Maghā-10 λ Hydrae (153.2) Adhafera, Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7) Algieba, q Carinae (155.5) Tania Australis (156.0), Ghost of Jupiter (156.8)
10h (152.2)
AL JABHAH (152.4), Regulus (152.7)
Ga4-10 (93) Ga4-11 Ga4-12 Ga4-13
August 25 (237) 26 27 28
Extended Net-26b Shir (158.9) p Carinae (159.3) φ Hydrae (160.3)
μ HYDRAE (157.1)
Ga4-14 Ga4-15 (98)
August 29 30 (242)
no star listed (161) Vathorz Posterior (162.1), Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6)
Ga4-16 Ga4-17 (100) Ga4-18 Ga4-19
ν Hydrae (163.1) no star listed (164)

Altair

Wings-27 ANA-TIPU
ALKES (165.6) Merak (166.2), DUBHE (166.7)
Hora Iti 31 (243) Hora Nui 1 (*164) 2 3
ºAugust 27 28 (240) 29 (*161) 30
'August 4 (216) 5 (*137) 6 7
"July 21 (*122) 22 (22 / 7) 23 (204) 24
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9) ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini, τ Gruis (347.4), Fomalhaut (347.8) Fum al Samakah (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9)
March 1 (426 - 366 = 60) 2 (427 - 81 = *346) 3 4 (63)
ºFebruary 27 (*341) 28 29 (424) ºMarch 1 (60)
'February 3 (399) 4 (*320 = *346 - 26) 5 (36) 6
"January 20 21 (*306) 22 23 (388)
Ga4-20 Ga4-21 (104)
September 4 5 (248)
11h (167.4)  Al Sharas (168.6)
χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)
Ga4-20 Ga4-21 (104)
JULY 2 3
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9)
April 29 30 (120)
Ga4-22 Ga4-23 Ga4-24 Ga4-25 (108)
September 6 (249) 7 8 9
Al Zubrah-9 / Purva Phalguni-11 Alula (170.5), Labrum (170.6) λ Crateris (171.6), ε Crateris (171.9) γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5)

Gredi

Zosma (169.2), COXA (169.4)
Ga4-22 Ga4-23 Ga4-24 Ga4-25 (108)
JULY 1 2 3 4
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 no star listed (42) ρ Arietis (43.0), Acamar (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7)

Denebola

Menkar (44.7)
π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ² Eridan, σ Arietis (41.7)
May 1 (121 = 185 - 64) 2 3 4
Ga4-26 Ga4-27 (110)
September 10 11 (254)
ο¹ Centauri (173.8) ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8)
Ga4-26 Ga4-27 (110)
JULY 5 6
3h (45.7) Misam (46.2), Botein (46.9)
Algol (45.9)
May 5 (125) 6