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PLATE 32



FIG. 3. Portion of astronomical ceiling (Sen-n-mut). (his, xiv (1930),
PI. 1^9.) Jupiter, Sirius, and Orion are shown in three successive columns
starting from the left. The three conspicuous stars almost in a vertical line
seem to be S, e, and £ Orionis. The 'Egg' near the centre may represent the
Pleiades and the V-shaped group—between Orion and the 'Egg'— the Hyades.
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