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1. The first star of Scorpius (so far listed) is Dschubba (δ), which at the assumed date of G evidently was rising heliacally in day 242 after equinox:

Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 (177) Ga7-8 Ga7-9 (*242) Ga7-10
ψ² Lupi (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis (237.7), Unuk Elhaia (237.9), π Cor. Borealis (238.1)   δ Cor. Borealis (239.5), χ Lupi (239.6), κ Cor. Borealis (239.9) ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis (241.1) ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4) ι Cor. Borealis (242.5)
'November 14 '15 '16 '17 '18 (322) '19

I have named the glyph type hakaturou, inspired by Metoro. If we change 'probably' in my summary page below into a more cautious 'possibly' this is still my view:

 
The hakaturou glyhs come in several variants, e.g.:
 
Kb4-7 Ha6-6 Aa1-5 Eb8-25

All three examples appear to be connected with change from one 'season' to another.

Kb4-7 probably depicts a gnomon with the straight 'throat' being the staff while the 'head' could represent the sun.

Ha6-6 (the variant which I have chosen as representative for the hakaturou glyph type) maybe alludes to how Maui according to myth fished up a whole island, with houses, people and all. A new season is like a new land and the fish-hook shape of this variant of hakaturou should have some meaning. In addition the brothers of Maui ate from the fish before the gods had got their portion - a sacriledge (turou). Metoro could have thought about that when he said hakaturou.

Aa1-5 (one of four such glyphs following each other) may represent the four corners of the 'earth'. The sign in form of a 'knee' probably indicates the efforts to raise the sky 'roof' to let in the light of spring summer.

Eb8-25 maybe depicts the old and new years looking at each other at winter solstice. Bb6-17 has similar double-heads looking at each other: