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When we in G then move further backwards, beyond the mentioned 7-glyph long parallel, we will not find any further parallel with R.

Ga2-20 (51) Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23 Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 (57)
Ra5-12 (122) Ra5-13 Ra5-14 Ra5-15 Ra5-16 Ra5-17 Ra5-18 (128)

The parallels between R and A, moving backwards in time:

Ab4-24--28 Ra6-18--23
Ab4-15--20 Ra6-12--17
Aa8-56--62 Ra4-13--19
Aa7-75--76 Ra4-8--10
Aa7-9--56 (parts of) Ra3-19--24
Aa6-77--82 Ra3-8--12
Aa6-57--58 Ra3-3--7
Aa6-53--55 Ra3-2--5
Aa6-39--45 Ra2-18--24
Aa6-31--38 Ra2-12--17
Aa6-27--30 Ra2-9--11
Aa5-82--Aa6-1 Ra2-7--8
Aa5-68--73 Ra1--119--202
Aa5-54--67 Ra1-112--118
Aa4-19--30 Rb7-119--Rb8-1

Although I may have imagined some of the parallels, the pattern is very clear: The texts run in parallel from the beginning of side a of R up to the 3rd of the special henua season periods (according to G):

3
Ga3-10 Ga3-11 Ga3-12 Ga3-13 Ga3-14 Ga3-15 Ga3-16
3
Ab4-24 Ab4-25 Ab4-26 Ab4-27 Ab4-28
2
Ra6-18 Ra6-19 Ra6-20 Ra6-21 Ra6-22 Ra6-23

Henua period number 2 is missing in R:

2
Ga3-6 Ga3-7 Ga3-8 Ga3-9
2
Ab4-21 Ab4-22 Ab4-23

Or maybe number 2 and 3 are compressed into a single period in R.

The main point, though, is that the parallel sequences of glyphs - when comparing R and A - is more or less continuous from the beginning of side a of R to the middle of glyph line Ra4. Then comes a leap to the special henua periods:

Ab4-24--28 Ra6-18--23
Ab4-15--20 Ra6-12--17
3 glyph lines 2 glyph lines
Aa8-56--62 Ra4-13--19
Aa7-75--76 Ra4-8--10
Aa7-9--56 (parts of) Ra3-19--24
Aa6-77--82 Ra3-8--12
Aa6-57--58 Ra3-3--7
Aa6-53--55 Ra3-2--5
Aa6-39--45 Ra2-18--24
Aa6-31--38 Ra2-12--17
Aa6-27--30 Ra2-9--11
Aa5-82--Aa6-1 Ra2-7--8
Aa5-68--73 Ra1--119--202
Aa5-54--67 Ra1-112--118
1 glyph line 1 glyph line
Aa4-19--30 Rb7-119--Rb8-1

What this table says is that although we cannot see parallels between A and R everywhere, the order of the parallels we can perceive is strict and without any jumps back and forward. Presumably it means that the texts are parallel in content all the way from bottom up.

We know the special henua periods arrive in the middle of the double 261 glyphs long sequence beginning with Ab1-1:

258 258
Ab1-1 Ab1-2 Ab4-17 Ab4-18 Ab7-25 Ab7-26
1 2 261 1 260 261

Although we cannot see parallel glyphs beyond Ra4-19, it is yet possible to begin to construct a table:

... 145
5 Ra1-101 Ra1-102 Ra1-103 Ra6-14
6 7 8 154
152 ...
Ra6-15 Rb4-20 (308) Rb4-21 Rb4-22 Rb4-23
1 154 155 156 157

If we let the beginning of side a determine the length of this double sequence, then Rb4-20 will be the last glyph.

If we wish to have twice 261 = 522 as the length, we must realize that there are no more than 420 glyphs on the tablet. Therefore we need to go more than a cycle around the tablet. 261 - 154 = 107. Counting backwards on side b, we will reach to Rb5-3:

...
Rb5-1 Rb5-2 Rb5-3 (261) Rb5-4 Rb5-5
Rb5-6 Rb5-7 Rb5-8 Rb5-9 Rb5-10 (254)

Rb5-8 looks like Gb8-12, and Rb5-5 (3 glyphs earlier) like Gb8-9 (also 3 glyphs earlier):

Gb8-6 Gb8-7 Gb8-8 Gb8-9 Gb8-10
Gb8-11 Gb8-12 Gb8-13 Gb8-14 Gb8-15

There are only 5 glyphs further backwards before we reach Rb4-20 (to which we have counted 308 moving forward from Ra1-1). 308 + 107 + 5 = 420.

If we move 261 - 154 = 107 steps ahead (beyond Rb4-20), we will arrive at glyph number 308 + 107 = 415.

But then I discover I have made a mistake. There is also a glyph line Rb9, but badly damaged. I guess it once could have had 30 glyphs. It means the total number of glyphs on side b could have been 194 + 30 = 224, and the total number of glyphs in R could have been 226 + 224 = 450.

a1 30* 30 b1 17* 17 243
a2 24 54 b2 24* 41 267
a3 30* 84 b3 21* 62 288
a4 26* 110 b4 23* 85 311
a5 30* 140 b5 26* 111 337
a6 29* 169 b6 33 144 370
a7 31* 200 b7 29* 173 399
a8 26* 226 b8 21* 194 420
sum 226* b9 ca 30 ca 224 ca 450
  sum 224*

Moreover, once there may have been also a glyph line a9. The tablet is so damaged that my numerical exercises possibly are unreliable. At least in detail. But the general overview still holds:

 

Aa1 Aa2 Aa3 Aa4 Aa5 Aa6 Aa7 Aa8
        Ra1 Ra2 Ra3 Ra4
        Ra5      
Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 Ab6 Ab7 Ab8
      Ra6 Ra7 Ra8    
Rb1 Rb2 Rb3 Rb4 Rb5 Rb6 Rb7 Rb8