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4. In the G text has evidently been underlined a division of the solar year determined by the heliacal risings of δ Leporis and δ Lupi:

June 18 (169) 143 November 9 (313) 52 168
1 144 220
364
Ga6-27 (640) Ga6-28 (169) Ga6-29 (*234)
Zuben Elschemali (231.8), μ Lupi (232.3) δ Lupi (233.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (233.3), ε Lupi (233.4)  φ² Lupi (233.5), Pherkad (233.6), υ Lupi (233.9), Alkalurops (234.1)
November 8 9 10 (314)
89 53 104
Ga1-24 (25) Ga5-4 (115) Ga6-28 Gb2-18 (274)
Wezn (496.6), δ Leporis (496.7), Betelgeuze (497.3) 93 Leonis (179.0), Denebola (179.3) 106 (= 2 * 53)
June 18 (169) 89 September 16 (259) 159 (= 365 - 259 + 53) = 3 * 53
Ga1-22 Ga1-23 (496) Ga1-24 (25) Ga1-25 (*90) Ga1-26
γ Leporis (494.9) Saiph (495.5), ζ Leporis (495.6) Wezn (496.6), δ Leporis (496.7), Betelgeuze (497.3) η Leporis (498.0), Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, Mahashim, and γ Columbae (498.3) η Columbae (498.7), μ Orionis (499.3)
June 16 17 June 18 (169) 19 6h (499.3)

Counting from atariki and the heliacal rising of  δ Leporis in June 18 (day 169 in our calendar) we will reach the heliacal rising of δ Lupi in November 9 after 144 days.

Wikipedia:

Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ) ... is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Dalet

Letters that come from delta include Latin D and Cyrillic Д.

A river delta (originally, the Nile River delta) is so named because its shape approximates the upper-case letter delta (the shape is a triangle) ...

Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets ... The letter is based on a glyph of the Middle Bronze Age alphabets, probably called dalt 'door' (door in Modern Hebrew is delet), ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door

The Egyptian glyph has the door lying on its side, possibly 'to kill' it, making it harmless (number 4 is unlucky). A door is a dangerous place, you never know what you will encounter on the other side. The picture below is from Wilkinson, Hieroglyphernas Värld:

Wilkinson says it is from the grave of Sennedjem (Thebe, 19th dynasty) and we can here see 'the doors to heaven'.