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If Ana-mua is at Ga1-4 and Ana-muri at Ga7-16, then Ana-roto ought to be between them:

Ana-mua, entrance pillar

Antares, α Scorpii

16h 26

Ana-roto, middle pillar

Spica, α Virginis

13h 23

Ana-muri, rear pillar (at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

Aldebaran, α Tauri

04h 33

North of the equator Aldebaran comes first (in spring), later Spica appears (after ca 9 / 24 = 4.5 months), and lastly Antares (after another 1.5 months). Antares is 6 months later than Aldebaran.

1

Aldebaran, α Tauri

zero

2

Spica, α Virginis

ca 4.5 months

3

Antares, α Scorpii

ca 6 months

But south of the equator it is spring when Antares appears, and Aldebaran comes in autumn. In between (ca 4.5 months after Aldebaran) Spica arrives:

1

Antares, α Scorpii

zero

2

Spica, α Virginis

ca 1.5 months

3

Aldebaran, α Tauri

ca 6 months

But the above table must be wrong, because if Spica occurs in summer north of the equator, it must be in winter south of the equator. It comes after Aldebaran, not before:

1

Antares, α Scorpii

zero

2

Aldebaran, α Tauri

ca 6 months

3

Spica, α Virginis

ca 7.5 months

If Aldebaran is at Ga7-16 (186), then we should find Spica later in the text. We can count:

179
Ga1-4 (5) Ga7-15 Ga7-16 (186)
68 248 249
'February 28' 'August 24' 'August 25'
182

182 days, half 364, is equal to ca 12 hours.

Spica is at 13h 23 = 13 * 60 + 23 = 803 minutes counted from 0h. Antares is at 16h 26 = 16 * 60 + 26 = 986. The difference is 986 - 803 = 183 (!) minutes.

Each glyph is counted as 1 day = 1 / 365.25 * 24 * 60 = 1 / 365.25 * 1440 =  3.94 minutes.

183 / 3.94 = 46 glyphs (an interesting number).

If we search around glyph number 68 - 46 = 22 we may find Spica:

a1 30 30 b1 26 26
a2 29 59 b2 35 61
a3 24 83 b3 30 91
a4 27 110 b4 33 124
a5 30 140 b5 29 153
a6 29 169 b6 28 181
a7 34 203 b7 31 212
a8 26 229 b8 30 242
sum 229 sum 242
20 40
Gb6-26 (409) Gb6-27 (410) Gb7-20 (431) Gb8-30 (472) Gb8-30 (1)
0 1 22 63 64
'December 21' 'December 22' 'January 13' 'February 23' 'February 24'

7 * 20 = 140, and 22 could be a sign of a closed cycle, double 'eyes' - one at left and one in front - is a sign of Janus. 64 - 22 = 42 = 6 * 7. Several signs seem to conjoin in pushing this investigation further.

Gb7-5 Gb7-6 Gb7-7 Gb7-8 Gb7-9 Gb7-10 Gb7-11
Gb7-12 Gb7-13 Gb7-14 Gb7-15 Gb7-16 Gb7-17
Gb7-18 Gb7-19 Gb7-20 Gb7-21 Gb7-22 Gb7-23 Gb7-24
Gb7-25 Gb7-26 Gb7-27 Gb7-28 Gb7-29 Gb7-30

The birth of a new sun may be the topic at the beginning of the glyph sequence above (cfr Gb7-8), moon could be next in line (a fat mago first, then full moon, then a lean mago). A 3rd regeneration is beginning with gagana in Gb7-18, but the numbers seem to indicate it once again is connected with the sun, for instance is Gb7-26 ending with 26 (like Gb6-26).

Let us change the topic. When Tama arrives in its proper place, at 14 * 29.5 = 413, winter solstice is a few days in the past:

Gb6-17 (400) Gb6-18 Gb6-19 Gb6-20 Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (413) Gb7-4

If we count with solar months being 30 days, then the path of sun will take in 0.5 nights for each month of the lunar count. After 10 lunar months sun will have arrived at the same glyph as moon.

Number 14 (Tama) + 10 = 24. At Gb8-30 one of the 10 months have been consumed:

Gb8-16 Gb8-17 Gb8-18 Gb8-19 Gb8-20
Gb8-21 Gb8-22 Gb8-23 Gb8-24 Gb8-25
Gb8-26 (468) Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (472)

After another 9 months the rest of the difference will have disappeared. But a correction for the lunar path is made at Gb8-30, making moon stay one extra night there. Does also the sun stay there one extra night?

If not, he will have gained 1 night on the moon at that point, which means he will need only 8 further months to reach the moon. It will happen at Te Pei.