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1. The end glyph of the Q text is number 732 (= 12 * 61) and we can count 91 * 2 = 182:

Hb6-27 Hb6-28 Hb6-29 Hb6-30 Hb6-31 (934) Hb6-32
*Qb9-8 *Qb9-9 *Qb9-10 *Qb9-11 *Qb9-12 (732)
- -
Pb8-8 (935) Pb8-9 Pb8-10 Pb8-11

Perhaps the Q text covers 2 years or maybe only 1 year with 2 glyphs per day. 732 / 2 = 366 (= 6 * 122).

In H and P there seems to follow a sign of absence (negation) of winter (toga), because there is a pair of these glyphs:

Hb6-33 (936) Hb6-34 Hb6-35
Pb8-12 Pb8-13 (940) Pb8-14

936 / 2 = 468 could perhaps refer to May 19 and 940 / 2 = 470 could similarly refer to May 21 (61 days after March 21):

Gb8-22 (464) Gb8-23 Gb8-24 Gb8-25
Atiks, Rana (55.1), Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta (55.3) Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3)   Menkhib (57.6)
May 15 16 (136) 17 18
14 Alrescha 15 (365) Sheratan 1 2
Gb8-26 (468) Gb8-27 (*60) Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30
Zaurak (58.9), λ Tauri (59.3) ν Tauri (59.9)   Beid (62.2) Hyadum I (63.4)
May 19 (139) 20 4h (60.9) 22 23
Sheratan 3 4 5 6 7

Day 61 beyond equinox coincides with 4h, which might explain the use of number 61 in the H, Q, and P texts.

In Hb6-37 ua (rain) is reversed, and the glyph is flanked by a pair of - i..e. presumably with a negating function - normally oriented ua signs. Together these 3 glyphs will therefore form a strong Sign for 'rain is over'. But in P it is the opposite - rain lies in front:

Hb6-36 Hb6-37 (940) Hb6-38
Pb8-15 Pb8-16 Pb8-17 (944) Pb8-18 Pb8-19 Pb8-20

At Hb6-37 we possibly should count 940 / 5 = 188. Comparing with 91 * 2 = 182 at Qb9-12 the date might be 188 - 182 = 6 days (= 940 - 934) later. H and Q could agree on what season it is.

At Hb6-37 the glyph number 940 could refer to 4h (80 + 61 = 141 days from January 1). To divide by 5 and to divide by 2 are opposite operations. If it sometimes feels difficult to divide by 5 the result can quickly be found by multiplying by 2 instead. E.g. is 940 / 5 = 2 * 94.

In P the ua sequence has 6 glyphs instead of 3. We can imagine these 3 glyphs in H are referring to the spring days (like the 3 islets outside the southwest corner of Easter Island), whereas the 6 glyphs in P could refer to a season half a year later (or earlier).