2. Of the stars in Crux only Acrux is listed with its position in my astronomy book. But we need also at least β, γ, and δ, at the arms of the cross. And I think also ε ('the little one') should be included.
I have earlier compared the viri type of glyph with ε, but the sizes are opposites, maybe due to winter being summer and vice versa. If so, then viri could belong in spring and epsilon in autumn.
All Crux stars are circumpolar and in principle in the 13th hour.
According to Wikipedia there are a few of the stars which not yet have reached 12h. The earliest of them is 1 Crucis at 11h 57m 40.04s (= day 182.0). None of the Crux stars is equally close to 13h.
Considering the effects of precession we could say the proper time for reading the sky should be around J2000 (the epoch of right ascension according to Wikipedia) + 72 * (365.25 / 2 - 182.0) = around the year 2050 A.D.