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3. If Venus as Morning Star has reached its end at tagata in Gb2-26, then it ought to have been born 263 days earlier:

Venus as Morning Star (263)
259
Gb2-23 Gb2-24 (280) Gb2-25 Gb2-26
  υ Aquarii (341.9), η Aquarii (342.1) Situla (342.7)    
259 'February 26 (422) 27 '28 'March 1
Saad Balaa 1 2 3 4 (289)

 phase

observed periods

periods in the Mayan 'map'

periods in G

evening star

263

250

248

black

8

8

8

morning star

263

236

263

black

50

90

65

sum

584

584

584

Possibly there are 8 black Venus nights beginning at 5h:

End of Venus as Evening Star
Ga1-7 Ga1-8 Ga1-9 Ga1-10 Ga1-11 (*75)
      Hassaleh (73.6) Almaaz (74.7), Haedus I (74.8)
'May 31 (151) 'June 1 '2 '3 '4
Pleione 1 2 3 4 5 (19)
End of the River
Ga1-12 Ga1-13 Ga1-14
Haedus II (75.9), ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4) λ Eridani (76.7) μ Leporis (77.6), ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4)
5h (76.1) '6 '7
Pleione 6 7 8
Rahu
Ga1-15 Ga1-16 (*80) Ga1-17 Ga1-18 Ga1-19
  λ Leporis (79.6) Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4)  ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), Heka (83.2)
'June 8 '9 '10 '11 'June 12 (163)
Pleione 9 10 11 12 13
Venus as Morning Star
side a (210 nights)
209
Ga1-20
Hatysa (83.5), Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate (84.0)  
'June 13 (164) 209
Albatain 1 (28)
Venus as Morning Star
side b (53 nights)
49
Gb2-23 Gb2-24 (280) Gb2-25 Gb2-26 (*345)
  υ Aquarii (341.9), η Aquarii (342.1) Situla (342.7)    
49 'February 26 (422) 27 '28 'March 1
Saad Balaa 1 (286) 2 3 4 (289)

There is not room enough in the G text for 584 - 472 = 112 nights of the Evening Star phase of Venus.

248 (my assumed period for Venus as evening star) - 112 = 136. The day number for Sheratan 1 is 366 and 366 - 136 = 230 = the number of days on the front side of G. This 'proves' we need the Arabic manzil calendar in order to fully understand the G text.