\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Models of wooden boats have often been found in tombs. They are symbols of the passage from one state to another and were supposed to
assure the deceased a safe voyage to the other world.\par
These statuettes also had an auspicious value: in fact they were linked to the hope that the deceased could ôsail on the boat of the sun,ö in other words would be able to return to the light.
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The funerary character of this model is certain: in fact the boat carries the mummy of the deceased, sheltered by a canopy.