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deity who is kneeling in the middle of the boat. In the centre kneels a woman without arms, and before and behind her stands a man, who is likewise without arms. At each end of the boat grows a plant or, perhaps, a large ear of wheat, which indicates that the boat is that of the form of Osiris as the god of vegetation, who is known by the name Neper. The legend by the ear of corn in the front of the boat reads, "the boat which conveyeth Neper,"

, and that by the ear in the stern, "collector(?) of herbs and plants,"

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. The deity in the boat, or the boat itself perhaps, is called Ḥept-menȧ-f-tuȧ-uȧa-f,

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. This boat is the boat of the god Neper, the god of grain, and a form of Osiris as the god of vegetation; it may be noted that its side has no utchat

upon it.

In the upper register are:--

1. A bearded god, with a phallus in the form of a knife, called Ȧst Netch-t,

, or

, i.e., "Isis, the avengeress." 2. A god of similar form and attribute called Seb-Qenbeti,

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, i.e., "Seb of the two corners."

3. A ram-headed god, with a similar attribute called