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3. It is an open question whether or not we should read the G text at the beginning of side b as a continuation of the front side. If the sequence of the heliacal risings of stars continues without interruption from side a to side b, then the right ascension line for 20h should be at Gb1-11:


Gb1-4	Gb1-5	Gb1-6 (236)	*Gb1-7 (300)**
	Sham (297.8)	Tarazed (299.3)	Altair (300.3)
'June 4 (155)	'5	'6	'7
'January 12 (377)	'13	'14	'15
"November 10 (314)	"11	"12	"13


Gb1-8	Gb1-9	Gb1-10	*Gb1-11 (304)**	Gb1-12 (242)
	Alshain (301.6)
'June 8	'9 (160)	'10	'11	'12
'January 16 (381)	'17	'18	20h (304.4)	'20
"November 14 (318)	"15	"16	"17	"18

'January 19 is day 365 + 19 = 384, which ought to have been significant (because it is equal to 13 * 29½ + ½). The Gilbertese Polynesians never counted a month beyond night 20.

In 'January the time for observing stars (on Easter Island) possibly had been changed from dawn and the eastern horizon to midnight and zenith. The increasing daylight could have forced such a change. But this ought to have happened earlier, long before the 'December solstice.

Let's find out where Gredi (α Capricorni) would be in the G text if the parallel between increasing right ascension and the sequence of glyphs continues past Antares and also past the 20h line. First we should pinpoint the 21h line in the text.

21h / 24h * 365.25 = 319.6 and 80 + 319.6 = 399.6:


Gb1-13	*Gb1-14 (307)**	Gb1-15	Gb1-16	Gb1-17	Gb1-18	Gb1-19
'January 21	'22 (387)	'23	'24	'25	'26	'27 (392)


Gb1-20	*Gb1-21 (314)**	Gb1-22	Gb1-23	Gb1-24	Gb1-25
'January 28	'29	'30	'31	'February 1	'2


Gb1-26	*Gb2-1 (320)**	Gb2-2	Gb2-3	Gb2-4 (260)
'February 3	21h (399.6)	'5	'6	'7 (403)


Gb2-5	Gb2-6	Gb2-7	Gb2-8	Gb2-9	Gb2-10
'February 8	'9	'10	'11	'12	'13 (409)

'January 27 is day 392 and Gb1-19 repeats the basic traits of Gb1-14, which should be the place for Gredi:

21st hour:
*Gredi*	α Capricorni	3.58	12° 42′ S	20h 15m	308.2

'January 22 can be read as 122, which is a significant number:

... Clearly the G text has been generated with a structure resembling that of the manzil system. The Heap of Fuel star (μ Cancri), for example, was rising heliacally 122 days after equinox (resembling how the beginning of Alrescha is placed 122 days after January 1) ...

The manzil Al Baldah is beginning on January 29 and 'January 29 seems to be correlated with a very special glyph which I earlier mentioned in connection with Vega (cfr at Close Embrace):

... 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

The difference between Gb1-19 and Gb1-14 is what looks like an arrowhead:

		4
Gb1-13	*Gb1-14 (307)**	4	Gb1-19	Gb1-20	*Gb1-21 (314)**
'January 21	'22	4	'27 (392)	'28	'29

In Gb1-21 we can imagine the tail of this arrow turned upside down. And maybe we can see the eyes of the Jaguar caught hanging up in the Tree.