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FIRST DIVISION--NET-RĀ
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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.
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
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