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From Spica (*202) to ε Equulei (*317) there were *115 right ascension days, a number which immediately will make us think of Mercury, the quick and lively little planet.

Not only Spica but also ε Equulei were implicitly connected (in mind) with the synodic cycle of Mercury.

... Another name for Mercury was Hermes and Hermes Trismegisthos (thrice-mighty) could have referred to the fact that there were 3.14 * 115.88 = 364.0 days for the cycle of the Earth around the Sun. Although the calendar has 365 days for a year this is due to the fact that the Earth has to turn around an extra day in order to compensate for how the direction to the Sun changes during a year ...

18 73 40
Gb6-26 Gb7-17 Ga1-29 Ga3-11
SIRRAH ADHIL (*19) TEJAT PRIOR (*93) *134
March 21 (445) April 9 (99) June 22 (173) Aug 2 (214)
"Febr 8 (39) 27 (58) "May 12 (132) "June 22 (173)
ALCHITA (*183) SPICA (*202) η Sagittarii (*276) ε Equulei (*317)
"Aug 10 (*142) "Aug 29 (*161) "Nov 11 (*235) "Dec 22 (*276)
182 13
Gb1-24 Gb2-12
ε Equulei WEEPING
Febr 1 (32) 15 (46)
"Dec 22 (356) "Jan 5 (370)
"June 22 (173) "July 6 (*107)

In the G text we can therefore perceive not only Gb7-17 but also Gb1-24 as signs of Mercury:

66 + 107 = 173

Gb1-24 (253)

Gb7-17 (427)

Febr 1 (32) 66 April 19 (99)
ε Equulei (*317) ADHIL (*19)
ACUBENS (*135) SPICA (*202)

Aug 3 (215)

Oct 9 (282)
*317 + *67 + *183 = *567 = *202 + *365

We can then update our earlier table:

472 = 365 + 107
297 13 23 115 18
Gb1-24 (253) Gb2-12 (267) Gb3-1 Gb3-2 Gb6-26 (408) Gb7-17 (427)
Febr 1 (32) 15 (46) 11 (435) March 12 March 21 (445) April 9 (99)
ε Equulei (*317) WEEPING *354 *355   SIRRAH ADHIL (*19)
ACUBENS (*135)   *171 *172 8 ALCHITA (*183) SPICA (*202)
Aug 3 (215) 17 (229)     Sept 20 (263) Oct 9 (282)
"Dec 22 (356) "Jan 5 (370) *313 *314 "Febr 8 (39) 27 (58)
"June 22 (173) "July 6 (*107) *130 *131   "Aug 10 (*142) "Aug 29 (*161)
365

I have left empty places which still remain in the dark.