a1	50	50	b1	*51 (?)	51
a2	58	108	b2	48	99
a3	52	160	b3	47	146
a4	56	216	b4	51	197
a5	59	275	b5	57	254
a6	*69?	344	b6	54	308
a7	*51?	395	b7	50	358
a8	*54?	449	b8	*54 (?)	412
a9	*53?	502	b9	65	477
a10	*67?	569	b10	67	544
a11	*58?	627	b11	53	597
a12	*21?	648	b12	*51?	648
sum	*648?		sum	*648?

The deep black gash has, according to the pictures of Barthel, damaged also line Ha7, and Fischer has left a space open in text line Ha7. Scrutinizing the picture in Fischer of side a definitely establishes it as a fact (though in his commentaries Fischer fails to mention it:  "... on line 6 of the recto there is one deep black gash and one small knot-hole ..."). We must be critical with what Fischer says.

The gash comes just where things are getting interesting in the text, when tamaiti has arrived on the scene. We have been here before:

glyph numbers are counted from Ha1-4 and days from Friday
Ha7-5	Ha7-6	Ha7-7	Ha7-8	Ha7-9	Ha7-10
180			181
					...
Ha7-11	Ha7-12	Ha7-13 (354)	Ha7-14	Ha7-15	*Ha7-16
354 / 3 + 64 = 182			183
...	...
*Ha7-17	*Ha7-18	*Ha7-19	*Ha7-20 (361)	*Ha7-21	*Ha7-22
184			185
*Ha7-23	*Ha7-24	*Ha7-25	*Ha7-26	*Ha7-27	*Ha7-28
186			187
*Ha7-29	*Ha7-30	*Ha7-31	*Ha7-32	*Ha7-33	*Ha7-34
188			189
*Ha7-35	*Ha7-36	*Ha7-37	*Ha7-38	*Ha7-39 (380)	*Ha7-40
190			191

The system with 3 glyphs per day gives the text a certain redundancy. On the other hand, the point from which to count disturbs. We have earlier deduced that we should here count from mago mea, not from Friday, which changes the days into for instance:

glyph numbers are counted from Ha1-1 and days from mago mea
*Ha7-20	*Ha7-21	*Ha7-22 (366)		*Ha7-38	*Ha7-39	*Ha7-40 (384)
180 = 366 / 3 + 58				128 + 58 = 186

And, moreover, the counting of glyphs is here suggested not beginning with Ha1-4 but with Ha1-1. The net effect is minus (64 - 58) plus 1 = minus 3 days. For example:

glyph numbers are counted from Ha1-4 and days from Friday
Ha7-8	Ha7-9	Ha7-10 (351)	Ha7-11	Ha7-12	Ha7-13 (354)
181			354 / 3 + 64 = 182 = 364 / 2
glyph numbers are counted from Ha1-1 and days from mago mea
Ha7-8	Ha7-9	Ha7-10 (354)	Ha7-11	Ha7-12	Ha7-13 (357)
176			357 / 3 + 58 = 177 = 6 * 29.5

According to the latter, more moon-oriented version (where tamaiti at Ha7-13 receives day number 177), a 'square' is finished with glyph number 357 and glyph number 360 (Ha7-16) as well as the two following glyphs are completely destroyed. The 2nd half of the lunar 'year' will begin in the dark gash, a suitable place from which to be born anew.

According to the more sun-oriented version, tamaiti will be the last part of day 182, and the 2nd half of the year lies in waiting in the dark gash. Half 365.25 = 182.625, and day number 183 is therefore only a fraction of a full day, only part of the first glyph of the day has been engraved.

Both readings find their ends (= beginnings) in the deep dark 'crack'.

We can conclude that the engraver used the deep dark gash to the best of his ability. Significantly the text of P has here a glyph somewhat resembling the earlier mentioned pito in Pb9-33, and its ordinal number (counted from Pa1-1) is 361 (one more than the final of 24 * 15 days):

 

		...	...	...
Ha7-14	Ha7-15	*Ha7-16	*Ha7-17	*Ha7-18	*Ha7-19	*Ha7-20
Pa6-42	Pa6-43	Pa6-44	Pa6-45	Pa6-46 (361)	Pa6-47	Pa6-48

Pb9-32	Pb9-33 (1025)	Pb9-34	Pb9-35	Pb9-36	Pb9-37

The 'person' (vae kore) looking back (Pa6-45) indicates the limit has been reached. Ika hiku (Pa6-44) and the 'leafless' (lifeless) tagata without eyes (Pa6-43) also tell about the end of a season. In Pa6-42 (probably also in Ha7-14) we can imagine the empty hand is waving goodbye, and even the 'flowing leg' could have the toes indicating 'emptiness'.

1025 - 361 = 664 = 8 * 83. In H the parallel engenders 1019 (the ordinal number for Hb8-1 counted from Ha1-4) - 359 (Ha7-18) = 660 = 11 * 60.