Nebamun is depicted in a marsh, spearing fish, or hunting fowl. His hurling of a spear is thought to relate to __________.

A. ejaculation, and thus sexual procreation
B. the act of painting, and thus the Book of the Dead
C. the rowing of a boat, and thus the afterlife
D. the rays of the sun shining, and thus to Aten


Answer: A

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