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These cumbersome exercises at last have borne fruit, though, and once again I will add a further page to the series from the link '3rd viri':

 
Even if we cannot see glyph number 150 it is possible to investigate the 'global' structure of the K text, in the hope of finding 168 or 186. Remarkably, 168 is quickly located:
 
9 73 73 ... 9
Ka2-10 Kb1-11 Kb1-12 *Kb5-11
1 75 1 75
150
168

Beyond *Kb5-11 there are only 9 glyphs to the end of side b:

*Kb5-12 *Kb5-13 *Kb5-14 *Kb5-15 *Kb5-16
*Kb5-17 *Kb5-18 *Kb5-19 *Kb5-20

Before Ka2-10 the 9 glyphs in line Ka2 are:

Ka2-1 Ka2-2 Ka2-3 Ka2-4 Ka2-5
Ka2-6 Ka2-7 Ka2-8 Ka2-9

In line Ka1 there once were 24 glyphs, some of them are obliterated. We remember how the first glyph line in the E calendar was special - it was necessary to add the 19 first glyphs of the first line to the cycle of 167 in order to reach 186.

Here, in K, the cycle is longer than 186 and we have to take away 6 glyphs from line Ka1. Following the pattern in E these 6 glyphs should be the last ones in the line:

...
*Ka1-19 *Ka1-20 *Ka1-21 *Ka1-22 *Ka1-23 *Ka1-24

We recognize *Ka1-22--24 from an earlier comparison between the parallel glyphs in G and those close to the end of E - an indication of glyphs outside the ordinary (regular) days of the calendar.

*Ka1-22 *Ka1-23 *Ka1-24

Ga1-19

Ga1-20

Ga1-21

Eb7-36

Eb7-37

Eb7-38

I think we should begin from the beginning and rebuild a table for the structure of K:

Ka1-1--*Ka1-24 24
Ka2-1--Ka2-9 9 84 168
Ka2-10--Kb1-11 75 150
Kb1-12--*Kb5-11 75 84
*Kb5-12--*Kb5-20 9

186 = 168 + Ka1-1--*Ka1-18 is not a certain part of the structure, and I have not included this idea in the table.

Ka2-10 and Kb1-11 are Rei glyphs, shouldn't also the 2nd Rei (Ka3-15) have a place in the table? From Ka2-10 up to and including Ka3-15 there are 28 glyphs, which seems promising:

Ka1-1--*Ka1-24 24
Ka2-1--Ka2-9 9 84 168
Ka2-10--Ka3-15 28 150
Ka3-16--Kb1-11 47
Kb1-12--*Kb5-11 75 84
*Kb5-12--*Kb5-20 9

But 75 - 28 = 47 can hardly be an intended part of the structure created for the K text. It is not better to divide 75 into 27 + 48.

A better solution is to focus on 26 and count between the Rei  glyphs - which we did earlier:

Ka1-1--*Ka1-24 24
Ka2-1--Ka2-9 9 84 168
Ka2-10 1 75 150
Ka2-11--Ka3-14 26
Ka3-15 1
Ka3-16--Kb1-10 46
Kb1-11 1
Kb1-12--*Kb5-11 75 84
*Kb5-12--*Kb5-20 9

Ka3-16--Ka4-14 (20 glyphs) were earlier defined as 'spring', resulting in 46 = 20 + 26.

6
Ka4-13 Ka4-14 Ka4-15

Numerically it is sound. Furthermore, Ka4-13 shows a complete cycle, which - together with 20 and 26 - may indicate a connection between Ka4-13 and Ka4-14, leaving Ka4-15 as the 1st glyph in next 26-glyph group. We have been here before.

'Summer' would then begin with Ka4-15 and end with Kb2-15:

20
*Kb2-12 *Kb2-13 *Kb2-14 *Kb2-15

6 and 20 as period numbers are sound, likewise the ordinal numbers in the lines, 15. *Kb2-14 maybe is connected with *Kb2-15 to indicate a season is complete.

Counting glyphs from Ka4-15 up to and including *Kb2-15 we reach 26 (Ka4-15--Kb1-10) + 1 (Kb1-11) + 26 (Kb1-12--*Kb2-15) = 53, but then we should take away Rei at Kb1-11 - we have done so for the first two Rei. 'Summer' surely stretches from Ka4-15 up to and including *Kb2-15:

  Ka1-1--*Ka1-24 24
  Ka2-1--Ka2-9 9 84 168
  Ka2-10 1 75 150
  Ka2-11--Ka3-14 26
  Ka3-15 1
'spring' Ka3-16--Ka4-14 20
'summer' Ka4-15--Kb1-10 26
Kb1-11 1
Kb1-12--*Kb2-15 26 75 84
  *Kb1-16--*Kb5-11 49
  *Kb5-12--*Kb5-20 9

By writing 'spring' and 'summer' instead of spring respectively summer I indicate it is only labels - we are discussing only the structure and not the content.

Kb4-7 and *Kb5-12 should be added:

  Ka1-1--*Ka1-24 24
  Ka2-1--Ka2-9 9 84 168
  Ka2-10 1 75 150
  Ka2-11--Ka3-14 26
  Ka3-15 1
'spring' Ka3-16--Ka4-14 20
'summer' Ka4-15--Kb1-10 26
Kb1-11 1
Kb1-12--*Kb2-15 26 75 84
  *Kb2-16--Kb4-7 26
24 Kb4-8--*Kb5-11 23
*Kb5-12 1 9
  *Kb5-13--*Kb5-20 8

Kb4-7 is the natural endpoint of a sequence of twice 26 glyphs, and it must be counted (contrary to the Rei glyphs). It is tempting to let also *Kb5-12 be the endpoint of a sequence of glyph, 24 is not a bad number. But it would be incommensurable with 75.

'Summer' is defined symmetrically only if we disregard Rei in Kb1-11, yet the glyph is necessary to reach the 1st 75. Therefore it ought to be allowed to put *Kb5-12 at the end of a 24-glyph long sequence without coordinating it with the 2nd 75 sequence. But the picture is not convincing, too complicated.

I decide to add another page with the new structure:

 
Counting to 26 from Kb1-12 instead of from Kb1-11 seems unavoidable:
 
24 24
Ka4-15 Kb1-10 Kb1-11 Kb1-12 *Kb2-15
1 26 1 26
'summer'

Rei at Kb1-11 cannot be counted if we wish to have an equal number of glyphs at left and at right in 'summer'. The pattern is that Rei glyphs do count when we sum up to 150 or 168 but not when we sum up to 20 or 26:

Ka2-1--Ka2-9 9 84 168
Ka2-10 (Rei) 1 75 150
Ka2-11--Ka3-14 26
Ka3-15 (Rei) 1
Ka3-16--Ka4-14 'spring' 20
Ka4-15--Kb1-10 'summer' 26
Kb1-11 (Rei) 1
Kb1-12--*Kb2-15 26 75 84
*Kb1-16--*Kb5-11 49
*Kb5-12--*Kb5-20 9

The structure shown in the table probably is, however, just a small part of the overall layout. For example: 168 + 24 (the number of glyphs in the first line Ka1) = 192 = 8 * 24, hardly a random number.

Where are the 24-glyph divisions beyond the first one between line Ka1 and Ka2? A new table answers the question:

24-25
*Ka1-24 Ka2-1
48-49
Ka3-2 Ka3-3
72-73
Ka4-5 Ka4-6
96-97
Ka5-13 Ka5-14
120-121
Kb2-1 Kb2-2
144-145
Kb3-7 Kb3-8
168-169
Kb4-15 Kb4-16
192-1
Kb5-20 Ka1-1

Quite possibly the 8 pairs of glyphs tell about old and new seasons, e.g. Kb3-7 and Kb3-8. We cannot continue with an investigation into that here and now.

An idea, though, must be documented: Why not continue counting to 192 also in the E calendar - 8 * 24 must have been a lure:

Eb2-9 Eb2-10 Eb2-11 Eb2-12 Eb2-13 Eb2-14
182 183 184 185 186 187
Eb2-15 Eb2-16 Eb2-17 Eb2-18 Eb2-19 Eb2-20
188 189 190 191 192 1