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I think this was a major discovery. Every discovery which has to do with the structure of Tahua is a major one.

A subtle long trail of not quite parallel glyphs connects the beginning of side a with the beginning of the 2nd (24 glyphs long) part of the 32 glyph sequence beginning with Ab3-60:

220
Ab1-1 Ab1-2 Ab3-56 Ab3-57 Ab3-58 Ab3-59 Ab3-60 Ab3-61
1 2 223 224 225 226 227 228
1 110 112 113 114

Or maybe it is a longer sequence than 32 glyphs. Ab3-26 is drawn exactly like Ab3-60:

Ab1-5 Ab1-13 Ab1-67 Ab2-61 Ab2-75 Ab2-82
Ab3-26 Ab3-60 Ab4-15 Ab4-41 Ab5-1 Ab5-6
Ab5-32 Ab6-27 Ab7-44 Ab7-46 Ab8-61

I have listed 17 Rei glyphs on side b. In addition to the 2 redmarked another group (blackmarked) has 5 members (or 6 is also Ab6-27 is counted - but then also Ab4-41 should be a member, and Ab2-82 counted as a third member of the redmarked sort).

190
Ab1-1 Ab1-2 Ab3-26 Ab3-27
1 2 193 194
1 95 97
Ab3-28 Ab3-29 Ab3-30 Ab3-31
195 196 197 198
98 99
Ab3-32 Ab3-33 Ab3-34 Ab3-35
199 200 201 202
100 101

We must leave this train of thought.

Instead, back to where we were. If there is a subtle trail running in semi-parallel from Ab3-68 forwards, then we should investigate what lies before:

Ab3-68 Ab3-69 Ab3-70 Ab3-71 Ab3-72 Ab3-73 Ab3-74 Ab3-75
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa1-3 Aa1-4 Aa1-5 Aa1-6 Aa1-7 Aa1-8

Is the subtle trail beginning earlier than with Aa1-1 (respectively Ab3-68)?

Ab3-48 Ab3-49 Ab3-50 Ab3-51 Ab3-52 Ab3-53
Ab8-65 Ab8-66 Ab8-67 Ab8-68 Ab8-69 Ab8-70
Ab3-54 Ab3-55 Ab3-56 Ab3-57 Ab3-58 Ab3-59
Ab8-71 Ab8-72 Ab8-73 Ab8-74 Ab8-75 Ab8-76
Ab3-60 Ab3-61 Ab3-62 Ab3-63 Ab3-64 Ab3-65 Ab3-66 Ab3-67
Ab8-77 Ab8-78 Ab8-79 Ab8-80 Ab8-81 Ab8-82 Ab8-83 Ab8-84

The trail is indeed very faint, if it is not all in my imagination.

The distance from Aa1-1 to Ab3-68 is 904 = 4 * 226 glyphs or 2 * 226 = 452 days:

668 234 428
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Ab3-68 Ab3-69
1 2 902 905 906
904 = 4 * 226 430 = 2 * 215

But a better way to divide the text, I guess, would be to count to 236 (as in 2nd 36) from the beginning of side b:

234
Ab3-68 Ab3-69
236 = 8 * 29.5

1334 - 236 = 1098 = 18 * 61.