1. The current star at the north pole is Polaris and we have found a suitable glyph in Gb7-25:
The position for Polaris above (which has been adjusted downwards with 1 day due to the precession) is equal to 26.6 days beyond March 21. 107 (April 17) - 80 = *27. From this we can deduce that 0h must be at Rogo in Gb6-26. There will be 63 days from there to the end of side b (not 64 as I earlier thought). I have allowed Polaris and the 5 other stars close by to spread out over 3 glyphs because we have concluded the precision in principle cannot be greater: ... The position of a star in the text is presumably defined not by a single glyph but by a triplet of glyps, because there must be borderline cases where it is difficult to know if a star is at the end of a day or if it is at the beginning of next day ... A pair of glyphs is necessary. But with a pair of glyphs for each star there are still borderline cases, viz. those where a star was measured to be e.g. in position 436.0 - should it pair up with Gb7-24 or with Gb7-26? Only with a triplet of glyphs for each star can an orderly system be possible. In order to measure out 329 (November 25) - 107 (April 17) = 222 days from Gb7-25 (Polaris) to Ga7-16 (Antares) it is necessary to count puo in Gb8-30 twice. This is the only instance so far when I have given a glyph 2 dates.
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