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I have been here before. The end of the 1st half year should be described in glyphs similar to the end of the 2nd half year. There is a waxing half and a waning half, two similar but yet very different entities. Therefore it is not necessary to explain the similarities between Gb5-2--3 and Ga7-24--25 as some sort of double accounting:

Gb4-33 (354) Gb5-1 Gb5-2 Gb5-3
Ga7-22 (192) Ga7-23 Ga7-24 Ga7-25

But Ga7-24--25 are not located halfway to Gb5-2--3. Twice 192 = 384, not 354.

Gb4-33 is located at a kuhane station, Hatinga Te Kohe, and - we have seen - there are also other glyphs which follow and which can be regarded as marking points where seasons break:

Gb4-33 (354) Gb5-1
Gb5-6 (360) Gb5-7
Gb5-10 (364) Gb5-11
Gb5-12 (366) Gb5-13

Nga Kope Ririva at 177 = 6 * 29.5 maybe stretches halfway to 7 * 29.5, because 6.5 * 29.5 = 191.75 and Ga7-22 (192) would then be the beginning of next station:

Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 (177) Ga7-8 Ga7-9 Ga7-10
Ga7-11 Ga7-12 Ga7-13 Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16
Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19 Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 (192)

If Nga Kope Ririva stretches 15 glyphs ahead from 177, then it would be strange if not also Hatinga Te Kohe would stretch 15 glyphs ahead from 354. But instead, I guess, Hatinga Te Kohe continues all through the glyph line b5 with 13 * 29.5 = 383.5 on the border between Gb5-29 and Gb6-1:

Gb5-6 (360) Gb5-7 Gb5-8 Gb5-9 Gb5-10 Gb5-11
Gb5-12 (366) Gb5-13 Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16 Gb5-17
Gb5-18 (372) Gb5-19 Gb5-20 Gb5-21 Gb5-22 Gb5-23
Gb5-24 (378) Gb5-25 Gb5-26 Gb5-27 Gb5-28 Gb5-29 (383)

Therefore, we should assume that also Nga Kope Ririva continues beyond Ga7-21. If so, then for at least 10 more glyphs ahead:

Ga7-22 (192) Ga7-23 Ga7-24 Ga7-25 Ga7-26
Ga7-27 Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30 (200) Ga7-31

Nga Kope Ririva is a place with Rei glyphs, a place where the new generation will form.

In the glyph dictionary I wrote:

Next step naturally is to investigate if also side a of G could cover the whole year, if also in the G text we should count two days per glyph. The major kuhane stations on side a would then (as before) be:

5. Te Kioe Uri (118)
Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29
3. Te Poko Uri (236)
Ga5-6 Ga5-7 Ga5-8
1. Nga Kope Ririva (384)
Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8

But the distances between kuhane stations would not be 29.5 but 59 days, and sun will leave at Nga Kope Ririva after 384 days. Te Kioe Uri would mark the end of the dark time - appropriately named as the time of the Black Rat.

And the calendar would be divided into tertials:

sun barred 1st half of sun present 2nd half of sun present
Te Kioe Uri (118) Te Poko Uri (236) Nga Kope Ririva (384)

In order to keep the rule of 60 days beyond winter solstice before sun reappears the first half of Te Kioe Uri must be located before winter solstice - the calendar will begin (and end) 2 months before winter solstice. Once they regarded the year to have only 10 months.

When multiplying the ordinal glyph numbers by 2 Nga Kope Ririva did not become 2 * 177 = 354 = 12 * 29.5 but it became 13 * 29.5 = 383.5 (384). Why?

Te Kioe Uri was 59 (= 2 * 29.5), and 4 * 29.5 = 118. From Te Kioe Uri to Nga Kope Ririva there are 177 - 59 = 118 glyphs. If each glyph is counted as 2, then the distance becomes 118 * 2 = 236 and 118 + 236 = 354.

The halfway point should be 118 + 118 = 236. I must have made a simple mistake, and I will correct it immediately now.