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10. The first line on side b is upside down (and to be read from right to left), because the last line on side a has an odd number - to be compared with how the K tablet with twice 5 lines also has its first line of side b at the bottom and upside down.

Once again the Q text leaves the trail of H and P for a while (which tends to occur not at the end of the Q lines but before they begin):

Ha10-7 Ha10-8 Ha10-9 Ha10-10 (512) Ha10-11
Pa9-19 Pa9-20 Pa9-21 Pa9-22 (510)
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Ha10-12 Ha10-13 Ha10-14 Ha10-15 Ha10-16 (518) Ha10-17
Pa9-23 Pa9-24 Pa9-25 Pa9-26 Pa9-27 Pa9-28 (516) Pa9-29
Ha10-18 Ha10-19 Ha10-20 Ha10-21 Ha10-22 (524) Ha10-23
Ha10-24 Ha10-25 Ha10-26 Ha10-27 Ha10-28 (530) Ha10-29
 
Pa9-30 Pa9-31 Pa9-32 Pa9-33 Pa9-34 (522) Pa9-35
Pa9-36 Pa9-37 Pa9-38 Pa9-39 Pa9-40 (528) Pa9-41
Ha10-30 Ha10-31 Ha10-32 Ha10-33 Ha10-34 (536)
 
Pa9-42 Pa10-1 Pa10-2 Pa10-3 (533) Pa10-4

The pare (fort, place of refuge, head-dress, covering) glyphs offer a foundation for suggesting that counting should proceed across those areas of the H tablet where there are no glyphs visible:

side a
114 415 68
Pa3-3 (115) Pa10-1 (531)
531 = 18 * 29½
599
side a
118 ca 413 ca 115
Ha3-11 (119) Ha10-31 (*533)
ca 648

599 glyphs on side a of the P tablet could possibly allude to 531 because this number equals 59 * 9.

There seems to be 21 weeks - given that each glyph corresponds to a day - from Qb1-1 to Pa10-5:

Ha10-35 Ha10-36 (538) Ha10-37
Qb1-1 (388) Qb1-2 Qb1-3
Pa10-5 (535) Pa10-6 Pa10-7
... ... ... ...
*Ha10-38 *Ha10-39 *Ha10-40 (542) *Ha10-41
Qb1-4 Qb1-5 Qb1-6 (393) Qb1-7
Pa10-8 Pa10-9 Pa10-10 (540) Pa10-11
... ... ... ...
*Ha10-42 (544) *Ha10-43 *Ha10-44 *Ha10-45
Qb1-8 (395) Qb1-9 Qb1-10 Qb1-11
Pa10-12 (542) Pa10-13 Pa10-14 Pa10-15
... ... ... ... ...
*Ha10-46 *Ha10-47 *Ha10-48 (550) *Ha10-49 *Ha10-50
Qb1-12 (399) Qb1-13 Qb1-14 Qb1-15 Qb1-16 Qb1-17
Pa10-16 Pa10-17 Pa10-18 Pa10-19 Pa10-20 (550)
... ... ...
*Ha10-51 *Ha10-52 *Ha10-53 (555)
-
Qb1-18 Qb1-19 (406)
Pa10-21 Pa10-22 Pa10-23 (553)

Beyond niu there is a 'chapter' with lots of feathered fishes rising:

H
... ...
*Ha10-54 *Ha10-55 *Ha10-56 (558) *Ha10-57 *Ha10-58 *Ha10-59
*Ha10-60 *Ha10-61 *Ha10-62 (564) *Ha10-63 *Ha10-64 *Ha10-65
 
*Ha10-66 *Ha10-67 Ha11-1 (570) Ha11-2
Q
Qb1-20 Qb1-21 Qb1-22 Qb1-23 Qb1-24 Qb1-25 Qb1-26 Qb1-27
Qb1-28 (415) Qb1-29 Qb1-30 Qb1-31 Qb1-32 Qb1-33 Qb1-34 Qb1-35
P
- -
Pa10-24 Pa10-25 (555) Pa10-26 Pa10-27
Pa10-28 Pa10-29 Pa10-30 Pa10-31 Pa10-32 Pa10-33
Pa10-34 Pa10-35 Pa10-36 (566)
Ha11-3 Ha11-4 Ha11-5 Ha11-6 (575)
Qb1-36 Qb1-37 Qb1-38 Qb1-39 (426)
-
P
... ... ... ...
*Ha11-7 *Ha11-8 (577) *Ha11-9 *Ha11-10
Qb1-40 Qb1-41 (428) Qb1-42 Qb1-43
Pa11-1 Pa11-2 (568) Pa11-3 Pa11-4
... ... ... ...
*Ha11-11 *Ha11-12 (581) *Ha11-13 *Ha11-14
Qb1-44 Qb1-45 Qb1-46 (433) Qb1-47 Qb1-48
Pa11-5 Pa11-6 (572) Pa11-7 Pa11-8
... ... ... ...
*Ha11-15 (584) *Ha11-16 *Ha11-17 *Ha11-18
-
Qb1-49 (436) Qb1-50 Qb1-51
Pa11-9 Pa11-10 Pa11-11 Pa11-12 (578)