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The structure of K, the shortest of the texts we have on our table, is slowly becoming more and more clear. The mirror parallel in C forced us to define the end of the K text:

168 = 6 * 28
Ca6-28 Kb4-15
 177 = 6 * 29.5
Ca7-9 Kb5-5
182 = 7 * 26
Ca7-14 Kb5-10
192 = 6 * 32 = 8 * 24
Ca7-24 Kb5-20

We had better document this clearly:

Kb4-15 Kb4-16 Kb4-17 Kb4-18 Kb4-19
168 = 6 * 28 = 8 * 21 169 170 171 172
...
*Kb5-1 *Kb5-2 *Kb5-3 *Kb5-4 *Kb5-5
*173 *174 = 6 * 29 *175 *176 = 8 * 22 *177 = 6 * 29.5
...
*Kb5-6 *Kb5-7 *Kb5-8 *Kb5-9 *Kb5-10
*178 *179 *180 = 6 * 30 *181 *182 = 7 * 26
...
*Kb5-11 *Kb5-12 *Kb5-13 *Kb5-14 *Kb5-15
*183 *184 = 8 * 23 *185 *186 = 6 * 31 *187
*Kb5-16 *Kb5-17 *Kb5-18 *Kb5-19 *Kb5-20
*188 *189 *190 *191 *192 = 8 * 24 = 6 * 32

I have added Kb5-14 in order to connect it to Ca7-14, which we have found to be reasonable. But Ca7-14 has number 182, which connects it also to Kb5-10. In C number 182 can be explained as 13 * 14, with moon (7) involved. In K number 182 is not equally relevant. Kb5-5 (6 * 29.5, 177, Nga Kope Ririva) shows a 'moon' type of henua, while Kb5-10 has the normal type of henua. In Kb5-2 the henua sign is understandable - it is defined by using 6 (174 = 6 * 29). Not so at Kb5-10. 182 / 6 = 30⅓. But the glyph has ordinal number 10 counted from the strait of the sharks:

...
*Kb5-1 *Kb5-2 *Kb5-3 *Kb5-4 *Kb5-5
...
*Kb5-6 *Kb5-7 *Kb5-8 *Kb5-9 *Kb5-10
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*Kb5-11 *Kb5-12 *Kb5-13 *Kb5-14 *Kb5-15
*Kb5-16 *Kb5-17 *Kb5-18 *Kb5-19 *Kb5-20

Kb5-12 (5 * 12 = 60) has number 8 * 23, which seems to connect it to the last glyph, Kb5-20 (5 * 20 = 100) which has ordinal number 8 * 24. Going backwards we then find 8 * 22 = 176 to be Kb5-4 (5 * 4 = 20), and 8 * 21 = 168 at Kb4-15 (4 * 15 = 90).

Summarizing:

168 6 * 28 8 * 21
174 6 * 29  
176 6 * 29⅓ 8 * 22
177 6 * 29.5  
182 6 * 30⅓  
184 6 * 30 8 * 23
186 6 * 31  
192 6 * 32 8 * 24