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"inscription_translation": "The illuminated one, the Osiris, king Nakhthorheb-Meryhathor, vindicated, says, \"O these shabtys, if the Osiris, king Nakhthorheb-Meryhathor, vindicated, is counted off to do any of the work in the necropolis, there being obstacles, placed therin, as a man about his duties, 'Here I am!' you shall say. If you are counted off at any time therein to cause the fields to grow, to irrigate the river banks, or to ferry the sand from the West to the East and vice-versa, 'Here I am!' you shall say.\"",
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"title": "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience",
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