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no reed mat or carpet hanging from the prow, we may assume that it is intended to represent the Āṭet or Māṭet Boat, i.e., the boat in which the Sun-god travelled over the sky from sunrise to noon.

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The Boat of the Birth of Osiris, with serpents and gods.

In front of the boat glide three serpents, which are called Sek-re,

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, Sepȧ,

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, and Nepen,

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, and in front of these march four man-headed

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Gods in the procession of the Boat of the Birth of Osiris

gods and two hawk-headed gods, each with a serpent in his left hand, a god called Nābti,

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, who holds a crook

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in each hand, Net, or Neith, goddess