TAA i.3.1.26

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models, for while the bows are pointed and only slightly 

raised, the sterns are flattened on their upper surface and 

spread out into a sort of <the form> <the semblance> of <a> horizontal fish<->tail. This unusual 

form may perhaps be derived from the flattened sterns of the

ceremonial reed canoes.

          The deck<->fittings consist of a cabin amidships through 

the centre of which the mast is stepped and two lightly/<and the roof of which is approached by a flight of steps. There are also two> <highly> decorated kiosks<, gilded pavilions> or shrines, already referred to, placed one 

at each end of the vessel.

          The two steering paddles and their attachments are exactly 

similar to those just described for the barges except that 

each <paddle> is decorated at its upper end with a carved <human> head, <while the 

vertical posts are rather x[?] wider at their upper ends.>

          Fortunately, Nos. 336 and 276 are in such excellent preser-

vation with mast, sail and rigging in-tact/<all complete,> <all intact>, that their fittings deserve record in considerable detail,/<.> f/<F>or they constitute the 

only authority in the round for the rigging of sailing vessels

of the XVIII Dynasty, a style totally different from that seen 

in the sailing boat models of the XII Dynasty. No. 321, however, 

is considerably damaged, while its/<such> differences <, from them other two as are> still visible

from the other two are negligible/<are of little importance.>

                                                     The Rigging of the Large Sailing Vessel <No.> 336.

1. As the mast is stepped through the cabin, no peg – such 

as is found in smaller sailing boats – is visible.
2. The length of mast from head to deck is about two-thirds 

of the length of the vessel.
3. The mast is fitted with upper B's squared,/<–> with two holes 

aside <–> and lower B's rounded <–> with four holes aside. B's are 

the term applied, from their form, to similar fittings used 

on the bowsprits of latter-day sailing ships.
4. There are no shrouds or backstays.
5. The fore-stay is knotted and looped round the mast-head 

above the upper B's, then led over <the> forward cross-beam of 

forward kiosk/<pavilion>, which it fouls<,> and then knotted round bow.
6. The lower yard, or spreader, is curved upwards at the