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7. Line Qa7 is beginning beyond a pair of glyphs in H and P with no parallels in Q:

...
*Ha7-18 *Ha7-19 (363)
Pa6-46 (361) Pa6-47
*Ha7-20 (364) *Ha7-21 *Ha7-22 *Ha7-23 *Ha7-24 *Ha7-25
*Qa7-1 *Qa7-2 *Qa7-3 (257) *Qa7-4 *Qa7-5 *Qa7-6
Pa6-48 Pa6-49 Pa6-50 (365) Pa6-51 Pa6-52
*Ha7-26 *Ha7-27 *Ha7-28 (372) *Ha7-29
*Qa7-7 *Qa7-8 *Qa7-9 *Qa7-10 (264)
Pa6-53 (368) Pa6-54 Pa6-55 Pa6-56
*Ha7-30 *Ha7-31 (375) *Ha7-32 *Ha7-33
*Qa7-11 *Qa7-12 (266) *Qa7-13 *Qa7-14
Pa6-57 Pa6-58 (373) Pa6-59 Pa6-60
*Ha7-34 *Ha7-35 *Ha7-36 (380) *Ha7-37
*Qa7-15 *Qa7-16 (270) *Qa7-17 *Qa7-18
Pa7-1 Pa7-2 (377) Pa7-3 Pa7-4
*Ha7-38 *Ha7-39 *Ha7-40 (384) *Ha7-41 *Ha7-42
*Qa7-19 *Qa7-20 *Qa7-21 *Qa7-22 *Qa7-23 (277)
Pa7-5 Pa7-6 Pa7-7 Pa7-8 Pa7-9 (384)
*Ha7-43 *Ha7-44 *Ha7-45 *Ha7-46 *Ha7-47 (391)
*Qa7-24 *Qa7-25 *Qa7-26 (280) *Qa7-27 *Qa7-28
Pa7-10 Pa7-11 Pa7-12 (387) Pa7-13 Pa7-14
*Ha7-48 *Ha7-49 (393) *Ha7-50 *Ha7-51
*Qa7-29 *Qa7-30 (284) *Qa7-31 *Qa7-32
Pa7-15 Pa7-16 Pa7-17 (392) Pa7-18
Ha8-1 Ha8-2 Ha8-3 Ha8-4 Ha8-5 (400)
*Qa7-33 *Qa7-34 *Qa7-35 *Qa7-36 (290) *Qa7-37
Pa7-19 Pa7-20 Pa7-21 Pa7-22 (397) Pa7-23
Ha8-6 Ha8-7 Ha8-8 (403) Ha8-9 Ha8-10
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*Qa7-38 *Qa7-39 *Qa7-40 *Qa7-41 (295)
Pa7-24 Pa7-25 Pa7-26 Pa7-27 Pa7-28 (403)

Line Qa7 ends with glyph 295 (10 synodic lunar months):

a1 *23? 23 b1 51 51
a2 43 66 b2 46 97
a3 41 107 b3 *51? 148
a4 *43? 150 b4 *39? 187
a5 55 205 b5 *42? 229
a6 *49? 254 b6 *33? 262
a7 *41? 295 b7 *39? 301
a8 47 342 b8 32 333
a9 45 387 b9 *12? 349
sum *387? sum *345?

Line a5 has 55 glyphs, more glyphs than any other of the Q lines and 295 - 55 = 240 could be significant, especially as there are 55 'feathers' on the 'hedgehogs':

Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24
12 feathers 13 feathers 15 feathers 15 feathers
55

Qa5 is the line containing the quartet:

Qa5-19 Qa5-20 Qa5-21 Qa5-22

The beginning of the K text - as I have reconstructed it - is with May 25 and this date can be read as 5-25, i.e. as a sign of Saturn (who ignites the 'fire', Sunday coming next):

Ka1-1 Ka1-2 Ka1-3 Ka1-4 (*68)
  Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)   Aldebaran (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 25 (145) 26 27 28
Sheratan 9 10 11  12

25 = 5 * 5 and therefore May 25 Þ 5 55. And Qa5 carries 55 glyphs therefore Þ 5 55.