Card/Transcription No.: 308-1

308. MODEL BOAT (SOLAR BARK) (See No. 312) 1

POSITION:
S.E. corner of chamber; upon top of black shrine-like chests; bows towards west; other
boats resting on top of this specimen.

DIMENSIONS:
L. overall (i.e., the longer axis of boat) 137; Max. beam 23.5; Max. depth 10.5 cents.

DESCRIPTION:
Representing a kind of light craft, of primitive form, of the type developed from the raft or
reed float, flat bottomed, capable of navigating shallow water with minimum draught and
maximum load & in shape reminding one of the Venetian gondola.

Made out of several logs of wood, pinned together, shaped and planed with an adze.
                     
Bow and stern turned up: the two ends rising in a curved line which are curved back and
over at the stem and stern and terminate in the familiar papyrus umbel.

(?) the planking ((?) carvel-built) joined together fore and aft by (?) bulkheads filled in.