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2. Let's find out where β, γ, δ, and ε are positioned in the G text:

β 15h 27m 49.85s 15h 27.831m 235.0
Gemma 15h 34m 41.19s 15h 34.687m 236.7
γ 15h 42m 44.64s 15h 42.744m 238.7
δ 15h 49m 35.70s 15h 49.595m 240.5
ε 15h 57m 35.30s 15h 57.588m 242.5
Ga6-29 Ga7-1 (171) Ga7-2 Ga7-3 (*237) Ga7-4
 φ² Lupi (233.5), Pherkad (233.6), υ Lupi (233.9), Alkalurops (234.1) β Cor. Borealis (235.0)   γ Lupi (236.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab (236.7). ω Lupi (237.3) ψ¹ Lupi (237.7)
November 10 (314) 11 12 13 14
Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 (177) Ga7-8 Ga7-9 Ga7-10 (*244)
ψ² Lupi (238.5), γ Cor. Borealis (238.7), Unuk Elhaia (238.9)   δ Cor. Borealis (240.5), χ Lupi (240.6) ξ Lupi (242.1) ε Cor. Borealis (242.5), Dschubba (242.7), η Lupi (242.9) θ Lupi (244.5)
15 16 17 18 19 16h = 243.5

Viri in Ga7-1 seems to mark the first day beyond day 314 and β Corona Borealis is at present rising heliacally in right ascension day 235.

We can compare with glyph 235 which has a tagata as a sign of 'fully grown':

Gb1-1 (*295) Gb1-2 Gb1-3 Gb1-4 Gb1-5 (235) Gb1-6 (*300)

Allen gives the name Nusakan for β Corona Borealis:

"... is Nusakan in the 2d edition of the Palermo Catalogue, derived from the Masākin of the constellation."

"Hyde quoted  Kasat al Sālik, and Kas al Masākīn, the Pauper's Bowl, and the Persians had the same in their Kāsah Darwīshān, the Dervish's Platter, or Kāsah Shekesteh, the Broken Platter, because the circle [of the crown] is incomplete ..."

Also his alternative name for Gemma (α) has to do with a platter:

"Alphecca, the Alphaca of Burritt's Atlas of 1835, was Ulug Beg's Al Nā'ir al Fakkah, The Bright One of the Dish ..."

The Mad Hatter had bitten off not only a piece of his bread but also a part of his cup, we remember:

Broken is time both at June 13 and November 13:

Ga1-17 Ga1-18 Ga1-19 (492) Ga1-20 (**465) Ga1-21
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (489.7), Elnath (489.9) Nihal (490.7), Mintaka (491.4)  ε Columbae (491.6), Arneb (492.0), Heka (492.2) Hatysa (492.5), Alnilam (492.7), Heavenly Gate (493.0) Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet), (493.7)
June 11 12 13 (164) 14 531 - 365 = 166
May 12 (132) 31 June 13 (164) 152 (= 8 * 19) November 13 (317) 213  June 15 (531)
33 ½ ½ 214

317 - 164 = 153, the 'mirror number' of 531.

The Hare (Lepus) has Arneb (492.0) as its α star. Maybe there is some star we have not yet discovered at right ascension 492.0 - 408 + 153 = 237.0?

May 11 (day 131) corresponds to Gb8-17:

Gb8-17 (459) Gb8-18 (*52) Gb8-19 Gb8-20 Gb8-21
Algenib Persei (459.0) May 12 (132)  13 14 15