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160. The creator of the C text could have defined what he meant with his glyph type niu also by using number 407 for this purpose, cfr glyph number 407 in the G text:

Gb6-25 (366 + 41) Gb6-26 (408) Gb6-27 (229 + 180) Gb6-28 (181)
0h (365.25)

no star listed (365)

Al Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)

CAPH = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8)

Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 (Porcupine)

ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8)

χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
March 20 (*365) 21 (0h) 22 (*1) 23 (82 = 41 + 41)
"Febr 7 8 (*325 = *366 - 41) 9 10 (41 = 181 - 140)

At the time of Bharani this had been the 1st day after 0h (and 39 days after "February 10):

5
Cb1-6 (398) Cb1-12 (354 + 50) Cb1-13 Cb1-14 (350 + 8 * 7) Cb1-15 (407)
te pahu manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi eaha te nuku erua koia kua huki e niu tu
Al Ghafr-13 (Covering) / Svāti-15 (Very Good)

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

ARCTURUS, SYRMA (*215)

31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (No Feet) (223.3), μ Librae (223.8) Al Zubānā-14a / Visakha-16 (Forked) / Root-3 (Badger)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (*224)

KOCHAB (Kakkab, the Star) = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7)
Oct 22 (295) Oct 28 (300 + 1) 29 30 31
MIRA (*33 = *215 - 182) μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA = γ Ceti, θ Persei (39.8) π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR (Bend in the River) = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9) BHARANI (*41 = *224 - 183) TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4)
April 23 April 29 (118 + 1) 30 May 1 (121) 2
'March 27 (*6) 'April 2 (92 = 91 + 1) 3 4 (*14 = *41 - 27) 5
"March 13 (*358) "March 19 (*364) 3-20 (*365) 0h (*366) "March 22 (*1)
FEBR 18 (*335) BIS-SEXTUM FEBR 25 26 (*343 = *366 - 23) 27 (58 = 122 - 64)
29 35 36 37 = 41 - 4 38 = 58 - 20
394 = 398 - 4 400 = 35 + 365 401 402 = 406 - 4 403

The sequence of heliacal star dates in the text seems here to make a jump ahead with 1 place, because *366 = 365 + 1 and from Arcturus, Syrma (*215) to Zuben Elgenubi (*224) there were not 9 but 8 days.

... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

Thus it should be the birth place of the Morning Star (*) - the Egg or the Nut where a new generation 'crept forth from their hiding places':

Rogo niu

... γ, 4.1, greenish, on the right arm at the inner edge of the Urn, and the westernmost [?] star in the Y, is Sadachbia, from Al Sa'd al Ahbiyah, which has been interpreted the Lucky Star of Hidden Things or Hiding-places, because when it emerged from the sun's rays all hidden worms and reptiles, buried during the preceding cold, creep out of their holes!

Notably β Ursae Minoris (Kochab) followed in the day after Zuben Elgenubi:

... at the ancient time of Bharani the star at the North Pole was not Polaris but β Ursae Minoris - Kochab (as in Babylonian Kakkab = Star).

Evidently there was a tradition with a star high up for drawing down a line to the point at the equinox, from Alcor to Spica for instance.

The Chinese Heart station was referring to Alcor (the Fox) and this 'heart' had been close to the Full Moon when Hyadum II was at 0h:

... In the inscriptions of Dendera, published by Dümichen, the goddess Hathor is called 'lady of every joy'. For once, Dümichen adds: Literally ... 'the lady of every heart circuit'. This is not to say that the Egyptians had discovered the circulation of the blood. But the determinative sign for 'heart' often figures as the plumb bob at the end of a plumb line coming from a well-known astronomical or surveying device, the merkhet. Evidently, 'heart' is something very specific, as it were the 'center of gravity' ... See Aeg.Wb. 2, pp. 55f. for sign of the heart (ib) as expressing generally 'the middle, the center' ...

1 Horn α Virginis (Spica) Crocodile (202.7) Oct 9 (282)
2 Neck κ Virginis Dragon (214.8) Oct 21 (294)
3 Root α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) Badger (224.2) Oct 31 (304)
4 Room π Scorpii (Vrischika) Hare (241.3) Nov 17 (321)
5 Heart σ Scorpii Fox (247.0) Nov 23 (327)
0h MARCH 22 (*1) 23 (82)
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2) Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)

no star listed (66)
May 24 25 (145) 26 (*66)
°May 20 21 (*61) 22 (142)
'April 27 28 (118) 29 (*39)
"April 13 14 (104) 15 (*25)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX
Heart-5 (Fox)

σ SCORPII (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 (Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

November 23 (327) 24 25 (*249)
°November 19 20 (*244) 21 (325)
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)
"October 13 (286) 14 15 (*208)

And the Arabs had their 16th station at Antares, similarly named The Heart (Al Kalb).

The distance between a right ascension line drawn from Alcor to Spica (submerged like a Crocodile)

and the day where the Sun was rising like the Eye of the Bull could be determined as *202 (Spica) - *65 (Ain) = 137 days (significantly equal to the day number for May 17 - in the day after heliacal Alcyone). Or, measuring by moving with the Sun, the distance was 366 - 137 = 229 days (significantly equal to the number of glyphs on side a of the G tablet).

314 47
Ca6-11 (151) Ca8-1 Ca8-2 Ca8-3 (202)
te heheu ke - te niu kua huri Etoru marama
SADALMELIK (*334) ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18) ADHIL = ξ Andromedae (*19)
Febr 18 (49) April 7 8 9 (99 = 282 - 183)
DEC 17 (168 + 183) 33 = 351 + 48 - 366 FEBR 3 4
REGULUS (*152 = *334 - 182) σ Virginis (200.4) γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (*202 = *19 + 183)
Aug 20 (232) Oct 7 8 9 (282 = 232 + 50)
ºAug 16 (*148) ºOct 3 (*196) 4 5
'July 24 (*125) 'Sept 10 11 (254) 12 (*175)
"July 10 (*111) "Aug 27 28 (240) 29 (*161)
JUNE 17 (168 = 2 * 84) AUG 4 (*136) 5 6 (218 = 282 - 64)
148 = 152 - 4 196 197 198 = 218 - 20
314 + 51 = 365

... Proclus informs us that the fox star nibbles continuously at the thong of the yoke which holds together heaven and earth; German folklore adds that when the fox succeeds, the world will come to its end. This fox star is no other than Alcor, the small star g near zeta Ursae Majoris (in India Arundati, the common wife of the Seven Rishis, alpha-eta Ursae ... The Arabs in the desert regarded it as a test of penetrating vision; and they were accustomed to oppose 'Suhel' to 'Suha' (Canopus to Alcor) as occupying respectively the highest and lowest posts in the celestial family. So that Vidit Alcor, et non lunam plenum, came to be a proverbial description of one keenly alive to trifles, but dull of apprehension for broad facts ...

I.e. when Spica and the Fox had been at the Full Moon in FEBRUARY 4 (35), then there would have been 46 days to the Crow in MARCH 22 (81).

Furthermore, 46 + 137 = 183 = 229 - 46.

... There was no water in the village. The lakes and rivers were dry. Raven and Crow, two young girls who were having their first menstrual courses, were told to go and draw water from the ocean. Finding the journey too long, Raven decided just to urinate into her basket-bucket. She decieved no one and was severly scolded. Crow returned much later but with drinking water. As a punishment, Raven was condemned never to find water in the summer; only in winter would she find something to drink. For that reason the Raven never drinks during the hot months; she speaks with a raucous voice because of her dry throat ...