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3. We must remember there is another viri in Ga5-11, drawn exactly like that in Ga7-1, presumably hinting that the day beyond autumn equinox (north of the equator) for some reason is equivalent to the day beyond November 10 (where 'the dish is broken'):

Ga5-8 Ga5-9
ο Virginis (183.1) Alchita, Ma Wei (184.1)
September 20 21
Ga5-10 (121) Ga5-11 (*186) Ga5-12 Ga5-13 Ga5-14
Minkar (184.7), ρ Centauri (184.9) Pálida (185.6), Megrez (185.9), Gienah (186.1), 6 Com. Ber., ε Muscae (186.2) Zaniah (186.8), Chang Sha (187.3) Intrometida (188.4) Acrux (188.5), γ Com. Berenicis (189.0), σ Centauri (189.1)
September 22 23 (266) 24 25 26
Ga5-15 Ga5-16 (**99) Ga5-17 (*192) Ga5-18
Algorab (189.5), Gacrux (189.7), γ Muscae (190.0), Avis Satyra (190.3) Asterion (190.5), Kraz (190.7), α Muscae (191.2) χ Virginis (191.7), ρ Virginis (192.4)    Porrima, γ Centauri (192.5)
27 (270) 28 29 30

171 (Ga7-1) - 122 (Ga5-11) = 49 (= 7 weeks).

235 (Gb1-5) - 49 = 186.

364 + 49 = 413 = 14 * 29˝.

Does it mean the glyphs from viri in Ga5-11 to viri in Ga7-1 are to be counted only when measuring time by Moon, that we should jump from September 22 at Ga5-10 to September 23 at Ga7-1?

But this would necessitate also shifting the places for the stars 49 glyphs forward, for instance:

Ga7-1 (171) Ga7-2 Ga7-3 (*237) Ga7-4
Pálida (185.6), Megrez (185.9), Gienah (186.1), 6 Com. Ber., ε Muscae (186.2) Zaniah (186.8), Chang Sha (187.3) Intrometida (188.4) Acrux (188.5), γ Com. Berenicis (189.0), σ Centauri (189.1)
September 23 (266) 24 25 26

Such an adjustment would be hard to combine with my assumption of where in the text the heliacal risings of Aldebaran and Antares are located:

180
Ga1-4 (5) Ga7-16 (186)
Aldebaran (69.2) 180.9 Antares (250.1)

If we count from viri in Ga5-11 to the end of the year the measure is 365 - 122 = 243, which is our 'rau hei number', e.g. in:

242
Ga6-25 (166) Gb6-26 (409)
243

But if we count from viri in Ga7-1 to the end of a great Moon cycle (14 * 29˝ = 413 nights long), then the measure will be 413 - 171 = 242:

241
Ga7-1 (171) Gb7-2 (413)
242
241
Ga5-11 (122) Gb5-10 (364)
242

413 - 364 = 49. Probably the 'zero' number is meant to be 242, one less than the rau hei number:

241
Ga6-25 (166) Gb6-25 (*0)
242