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6. Presumably Vega was (at the time of G) arriving a week after the solstice and 177 days after the heliacal rising of ω Gemini:

261 32 143 32
Ga1-8 Ga2-11 (42) Ga7-16 (186) Ga8-15 (219)
Return of Antares ω Gemini (105.4) Antares (249.1) Vega (281.8)
295 = 10 * 29½ (= 260 + 35) 177 = 6 * 29½ (= 144 + 33)

This was our first assessment. Then we tried to integrate the hakaturou with a very tall straight 'neck' into our structure, by adding 29 nights beyond Vega:

224 (= 7 * 32) 41 176 11 17
Ga2-11 (42) Ga8-15 (219) Gb1-18 (248)
ω Gemini (105.4) Vega (281.8)  
266 206
Gb1-19 Gb1-20 (250) Gb1-21 (*314) Gb1-22

266 + 206 + 4 = 472 + 4 = 476 = 7 * 68 (possibly alluding to 768 = 2 * 384 = 4 * 192).

Gb8-30 (*64) Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4
Hyadum II (64.2)   Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)   Aldebaran (68.2)
'May 24 '25 '26 (146) '27 '28

Assuming Gb1-1 corresponds to 'June 1 - which idea originated from the 'twin' mago glyphs:

34 206 44
Gb1-1 (231) Gb2-10 (266) 250 Ga2-14 (45)
'June 1 (152) 34 'July 6 (187) 177 187 'July 7 (188)

- then Gb1-18 could be at 'June 18 and 'June 21 at Gb1-21. I have numbered Gb1-21 as *314 (a sign of π) in order to point at 251 + 63 = 314.

The following glyph (Gb1-22) is a rau hei, which, it might be argued, supports my idea that Gb1-21 is at midsummer (north of the equator) - assuming this is where Hercules is killed (12 * 2 = 24).

From Gb1-19 to the end of side b there are 224 glyphs, equal to the day number for 'August 12, when Vega culminated:

Vega at the time of G

Rising in the east at sunset 'May 1 (121) 0 0
Leap day 'July 12 (193) 72 72
Culmination at midnight 'August 12 (224) 31 103
Right ascension day 'December 28 (362) 138 241
Rising in the east at sunset 'May 1 (121) 124 365
Leap day 'July 12 (193) 72 437
Culmination at midnight 'August 12 (224) 31 468

'June 1 could be at Gb1-1, in which case the sequence of right ascension dates at the beginning of line a8 evidently cannot continue onto the beginning of line b1. Perhaps the dates of right ascension ends with hanau in Ga8-18:

Ga8-17 Ga8-18 (222)
Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1)
'December 30 '31 (365)
Ga8-19 Ga8-20 Ga8-21 Ga8-22
δ Lyrae (286.3) Alya (286.6), Sulaphat (287.4) λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella (287.9)  
'May 24 (144) '25 '26 '27
Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25 (229) Ga8-26 Gb1-1
ι Lyrae (289.5) Aladfar (291.1) θ Lyrae (291.8)    
'28 '29 '30 '31 'June 1 (152)

The beginning could be with day 144 ('May 24, both at Gb8-30 and at Ga8-19). The last star of Lyra is θ.