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15. Lets repeat the end of line Qb5. There are 5 glyphs + 3 empty glyph spaces and there is a break between number 222 and 223 counted from the beginning of side b, although it could be argued that these numbers are only estimates generated from my reconstruction of the text:

Hb3-5 Hb3-6 Hb3-7 Hb3-8 (756) Hb3-9
*Qb5-35 (**222) *Qb5-36 *Qb5-37 *Qb5-38 (612) *Qb5-39
Pb5-11 Pb5-12 Pb5-13 Pb5-14 (769) Pb5-15
Hb3-10 Hb3-11 Hb3-12 Hb3-13 (761)
... ... ...
*Qb5-40 *Qb5-41 *Qb5-42 (**229)
Pb5-16 Pb5-17 Pb5-18 (773)

In G there is a change halfway through the text, located after 8 synodic lunar months from its beginning. 8 * 29½ + 1 = 237. This does not happen immediately where side a turns to side be, but a week later. Therefore it is possible there could be a change connected with 236 also in the Q text a week into line b6. What can be seen is a sign of birth (hanau):

Hb3-14 (762) Hb3-15 Hb3-16
*Qb6-1 (617) *Qb6-2 *Qb6-3
Pb5-19 (774) Pb5-20 Pb5-21
Hb3-17 Hb3-18 Hb3-19 Hb3-20 (768)
*Qb6-4 (620) *Qb6-5 *Qb6-6 *Qb6-7 (**236)
Pb5-22 (777) Pb5-23 Pb5-24
Hb3-21 Hb3-22 (770) Hb3-23
*Qb6-8 *Qb6-9 *Qb6-10 (626)
Pb5-25 (780) Pb5-26 Pb5-27
Hb3-24 Hb3-25 (773)
*Qb6-11 *Qb6-12 *Qb6-13 *Qb6-14 (630)
Pb5-28 (783)
Hb3-26 Hb3-27 (775) Hb3-28
*Qb6-15 *Qb6-16 (632) *Qb6-17
Pb5-29 Pb5-30 (785) Pb5-31
- - -
Hb3-29 Hb3-30 Hb3-31 Hb3-32 (780)
*Qb6-18 *Qb6-19 *Qb6-20 *Qb6-21 *Qb6-22 *Qb6-23 (639) *Qb6-24
- - -
Pb5-32 Pb5-33 Pb5-34 Pb5-35 (790)
Hb3-33 Hb3-34 (782) Hb3-35
*Qb6-25 *Qb6-26 (642) *Qb6-27
Pb5-36 (791) Pb5-37
Hb3-36 Hb3-37 Hb3-38 (786) Hb3-39 Hb3-40 Hb3-41
*Qb6-28 *Qb6-29 *Qb6-30 (646) *Qb6-31 *Qb6-32 *Qb6-33
Pb5-38 Pb5-39 Pb5-40 (795) Pb5-41 Pb5-42 Pb5-43

There is only a fraction of a glyph at the end of line Qb6, perhaps because its ordinal number in the text seems to be 1 more than 648 (= my reconstructed number of glyphs for side a on the H tablet). 648 = 2 * 324 = 2 * 314 + 20.