TAA i.3.1.24

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          The tomb of Amenemhet which dates from the reign of 

<??> Tutmosis^sic III 1501 B.C.<,> shows a vessel very similar to one 

of these sailing vessels, with one steering oar and a split 

stern, towing <a> "Solar Bark" with a lotus stern turned back 

on itself like one of Tutankhamen's "Solar Barks" and with 

a throne amidships. This is stated to represent an imaginary

and posthumous pilgrimage to the shrine of Osiris Abydos such 

as should have been made – during their lifetimes – by Amen-

emhet and his wife.

          In the tomb of Payemrê, of about the same date, the 

towing of the "Solar Bark" – bearing a figure of Payemrê on 

the throne – is done by two sailing boats exactly similar 

to Tutankhamen's barges, except that the latter have no 

mast or sail. The Payemrê boats have long added bow and 

stern with a "niche"/<"notch"> in each and also "look-outs" forward 

and aft. In this case the scene seems to represent a real 

voyage to Abydos made in the man's lifetime.

<In> As to the question of the parts which the boats 
represented by the models took or were supposed 
to take in a river procession the eight barges, being 

without mast or sail, obv obviously had to be towed, 

while the twelve <small> cargo boats were presumably did 

most of the towing, but as the following notes^sic

show, arrangements seem to have been so various that 

no precise allocation of duties can be reasonably 

attempted.>