In addition to all these objects, there were two small boats, one in gold and one in silver, emblematic of the bark in which the mummy must cross the river to her last home, and of that other bark in which she would ultimately navigate the waters of the West, in company with the immortal gods.

When found, the silver boat rested upon a wooden truck with four bronze wheels; but as it was in a very dilapidated state, it has been dismounted and replaced by the golden boat (fig.

307).

The hull is long and slight, the prow and stem are elevated, and terminate in gracefully-curved papyrus blossoms.

Two little platforms surrounded by balustrades on a panelled ground are at the prow and on the poop, like quarter-decks.