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BOOK OF ȦM-ṬUAT
the hieroglyphics above the full moon read
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, and those above the stern of the boat read, "Field of him that beareth up Urnes,"
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The ends of the second boat likewise terminate in
The Boat of the goddess Hathor.
bearded human heads, but each is surmounted by a pair of plumes. In the centre of the boat, between two goddesses, stands a huge sistrum, which is the symbol of the goddess Hathor, and indicates that the boat is that of Hathor, or of Hathor-Isis. In the fore part of the boat is a beetle, which is described as "This great god Neper,"
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