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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