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Although the evidence is rather flimsy, we should try to create a new table:

 
G 57 A 130
Ga2-27 Aa2-40
K 61 P    
Ka3-15  

Given the length of P I have put it in the same column as A, where we should divide the number of glyphs by 2 to get number of days.

Rei initiates new seasons, I have said:

The Rei glyphs were used by the rongorongo men to mark cardinal points, i.e. points where the direction of the journey of the sun canoe across the blue sea of the sky had to be adjusted.

The orientation of the canoe as seen in the glyphs is therefore 'standing on its front end'. It has stopped for a moment and a new straight course will soon begin.

Whereas the sun is steady and always the same the moon is the incarnation of change. Therefore the Rei glyphs have 'appendices' in form of 'sickles' below the hull, a sign to indicate the moon. Rei glyphs always appear when change is due, never at other times.

The calendars for the year had the solstices and equinoxes located at points which did not coincide with the points where the major calendar periods changed. In that respect their view corresponds with our view: New year arrives, for example, later than winter solstice and spring equinox before the 1st of April

In P, we can guess, a Rei glyph should appear around somewhere close to position 130. These are the Rei glyphs in P and only one of them can be possible:

Pa1-10 Pa3-4 Pa3-43 (155) Pa5-74 Pa7-9
Pa7-41 Pa7-56 Pa8-17 Pa8-21 Pa10-5
Pb1-5 Pb2-4 Pb3-4 Pb4-36
Pb7-27 Pb7-28 Pb11-243 Pb11-254
 

Not much, though, is immediately gained from Pa3-43 with surroundings:

Pa3-40 Pa3-41 Pa3-42 Pa3-43 Pa3-44 Pa3-45

However, the distribution of Rei glyphs in P does give some clues:

Pb11-243 Pb11-254 Pa1-10 Pa3-4 Pa3-43
Pa5-74 Pa7-9 Pa7-41 Pa7-56 Pa8-17
Pa8-21 Pa10-5 Pb1-5 Pb2-4 Pb3-4
Pb4-36 Pb7-27 Pb7-28

The last two Rei glyphs on side b probably are of a special nature, otherwise true Rei glyphs are absent beyond the peculiar Pb4-36. With two glyphs for each day 4 * 36 possibly means 2 * 36 = 72 (or 720) days.

 

*Pb11-40 *Pb11-41 *Pb11-42 *Pb11-43 *Pb11-44 *Pb11-45
*Pb11-46 *Pb11-47 *Pb11-48 *Pb11-49 *Pb11-50 *Pb11-51
*Pb11-52 *Pb11-53 *Pb11-54 *Pb11-55 *Pb11-56 *Pb11-57
*Pb11-58 *Pb11-59 *Pb11-60

Let us finish here, and add Pa3-43 to our table:

G 57 A 130 65.5
Ga2-27 Aa2-40
K 61 P 155 77.5
Ka3-15 Pa3-43

77.5 is rather far from 65.5, but 3 * 43 = 129, and if divided by 2, gives a close 64½. And this number is also close to what is described in G and K:

Ga2-26 Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 Ga3-1 Ga3-2 Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5 (64)
Ka3-14 Ka3-15 Ka3-16 Ka3-17 Ka3-18 Ka3-19 (65) Ka3-20 Ka3-21

We must remember the general structural similarities between such numbers as 364 and 64:

Aa2-28 Aa2-29 Aa2-30 Aa2-31 Aa2-32 Aa2-33 Aa2-34 Aa2-35
118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125
59   60   61   62  
Aa2-36 Aa2-37 Aa2-38 Aa2-39 Aa2-40 Aa2-41 Aa2-42 Aa2-43
126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133
63   64   65   66