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9. Adding 228 to June 21 will bring us to glyph 256 (= 16 * 16), certainly an important glyph:


Ga1-27 (500)	Ga1-28 (29)	*Ga1-29 (566)**	Ga1-30 (3)**
June 21 (172)	22	23	24 (175)
χ² Orionis (499.5), ν Orionis (500.4)		ξ Orionis (93.5), Tejat Prior (94.4)	κ Aurigae (94.6)

224
	Gb1-26 (256)	Gb2-1 (229)**
	256 + 144 = 400	February 5 (401 - 365 = 36)

The place in the sky dome which at summer solstice north of the equator is rising heliacally must obey the culmination rule of 228 days just as if it was a star. Its culmination will be at zenith at midnight in February 4, and maybe this accounts for the similarity between Ga1-27--28 on one hand and Gb1-26--Gb2-1 on the other.