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The problem with Rei glyphs is that they are too frequent - because of that they cannot function as reliable markers.

 

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

The table is encouraging but not convincing.

In G, the text which is best known for us so far, there are 7 well ordered mago glyphs, and Ga7-16 sits where we can find only an imaginary parallel glyph in K:

 

Ga2-14 Ga3-23 Ga7-16
Gb6-11
Gb6-13 Gb7-13 Gb7-16
Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17
...
Kb4-19 *Kb5-2 *Kb5-3

Obviously Ga7-16 is located at an important point. It is located at the beginning of Nga Kope Ririva (which is beginning in the last one of the kiore + henua periods):

 
Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8 Ga7-9 Ga7-10
175 176 177 178 179 180
Ga7-11 Ga7-12 Ga7-13 Ga7-14
181 182 183 184
Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17
185 186 187

Now I have counted from the last glyph on side b, and 6 * 29.5 = 177 becomes the feathery henua ora in Ga7-7. It says, though, that there are 8 periods at left and 8 at right. Maybe it refers to the situation at Te Pei?

The tail at right in Ga7-16 is the standard direction not only for mago but also for other glyph types. In Ga7-13 a cycle is closing at left and the bottom part is drawn as if to focus the attention of the reader - perhaps to allude to the switch of direction taking place.

The ordinal numbers (7-7 etc) tell we have done right by counting from Gb8-30. 177 is half 354 and 180 half 360, quite in order because the first cycle of the sun ends here.

183 * 2 = 366 at Ga7-13 and the tagata rere sign confirm each other. In Ga7-14 the 'sails' are in the past (at left).

In A there is only one glyph which closely resembles Ga7-16:

 

Aa4-29 Aa6-28 Aa6-70 Aa8-12 Aa8-37 Aa8-83
 
Ab3-40 Ab3-44 Ab3-67 Ab4-73 Ab4-74

The location of Aa8-12 is though neither at day 186 nor at day 366 (or 372) - neither in Nga Kope Ririva (6 * 29.5 = 177) nor in Hatinga Te Kohe (12 * 29.5 = 354), but in Hua Reva (10 * 29.5 = 295):

 
Aa8-2 Aa8-3 Aa8-4 (590) Aa8-5 Aa8-6 Aa8-7 Aa8-8 Aa8-9
Aa8-10 Aa8-11 Aa8-12 (598) Aa8-13 Aa8-14 Aa8-15 Aa8-16 Aa8-17
Aa8-18 Aa8-19 Aa8-20 Aa8-21 Aa8-22 Aa8-23 Aa8-24 Aa8-25

We cannot trust less frequent glyphs either. But we can recognize that Aa8-12 may mean something like 'sun has been swallowed'. The surrounding ua glyphs confirm we are in Hua Reva. The kuhane stations seem to be reliable as guidance in A.

Aa6-70 in Te Pei (8 * 29.5 = 236) is located in a surrounding with vai glyphs. Its mouth is closed and the ua glyphs are adorned with 'eye crests' or have been reversed (Aa6-66):

 
Aa6-50 Aa6-51 Aa6-52 Aa6-53 Aa6-54 Aa6-55 (472) Aa6-56
Aa6-57 Aa6-58 Aa6-59 Aa6-60 Aa6-61 Aa6-62 Aa6-63
Aa6-64 Aa6-65 Aa6-66 Aa6-67 Aa6-68 Aa6-69 Aa6-70 (487)
 
Aa6-71 Aa6-72 Aa6-73 Aa6-74 Aa6-75 Aa6-76

In G there are two similar mago glyphs (with mouths closed):

Ga2-13 Ga2-14 (45) Ga2-15 Ga2-16 Ga2-17 Ga2-18 Ga2-19
Ka3-1 Ka3-2 (48) Ka3-3 Ka3-4 Ka3-5 Ka3-6 Ka3-7
Ga3-22 Ga3-23 (83) Ga3-24
Ka4-13 Ka4-14 (81) Ka4-15

The closed mouth should mean the opposite of the open mouth - there is a turn into sun light. Ka4-15 initiates a season with a broad henua. Aa6-70 is positioned at the beginning of the 2nd cycle of the sun, when he is 'abroad', but there are feathers which lighten up.

In Ga2-14 at 45 the half wedge sign inside the head of mago could say 'half' - implying 45 is ½ * 90. Ga4-6 is number 90:

 
8 9
Ga4-5 Ga4-6 (90) Ga4-7 Ga4-8
Ka5-2 Ka5-3 (86) Ka5-4 Ka5-5

The first three glyph lines in G measure up 84 days (if Gb8-30 is counted). In K the first four glyph lines measure up 83 days, possibly an indication we should add an extra glyph at the beginning of the K text.