TAA i.3.1.22

                                                      5.

some of the more ceremonial boats which will be described 

later.

          In the same class, so far as their hulls are concerned, 

come four other models all with a cleft stern, a single 

steering paddle and a mast and square sail, but which have 

each a cabin amidships – while three of them have also a 

decorative kiosk forward (see Photo No. 334 and Plan No. 437). 

The hulls of these models are also more highly decorated and 

they may well be regarded as representing the intermediate 

stage between <a> cargo vessel and a royal barge.

          The models of vessels with double steering paddles include 

a series of eight barges without mast or sail and three large 

vessels equipped with mast and sail. Each of the eleven has 

a cabin in the centre of the vessel and a "kiosk" at each end, 

but in the case of the barges the cabin is of a curious "double 

decked/<roofed>" form. In these barges the two small kiosks <or "look-outs">, one forward just abaft the bow and the other aft, behind the rudders, are 

plain rectangular structures which appear to be little more 

than shelters for part of the crew, but in the masted and 

rigged vessels they are much larger and form the most highly 

decorated portions of the vessel. They both face inwards 

towards the centre of the ship and have the slightly curved 

roofs so typical of small shrines.

          To return to the barges without masts, the curious cabin 

with a smaller upper storey, somewhat suggests some of the 

"harem" barges seen in frescoes of the XII Dynasty tombs of 

Beni Hassan, where the women's heads are shown as projecting 

above the roof of the cabin. The small kiosks are very similar 

<[Hatshepsut]> to the "look-outs" found in the frescoes of Hatshepur/<s>ut's

expedition to Punt is/<in> the temple at Deir el Bahari <and project 

considerably beyond the sides of the vessels.>

          It is, however, the hull-forms of these barges which is 

most remarkable for they all have added bow and stern pieces 

which are feathered into the body of the hull at each end.