ari, published by Naville and entitled The Temple of Deir el Bahari, Part VI, plate CLIV, where there is a picture of the boat containing two 30‐metre obelisks placed butt to butt [12]. The boat used here must have been at least 82 metres long. He mentions also the boat used to carry the two obelisks of Tuthmôsis I, which measured 63 metres by 21 wide (BREASTED, Ancient Records, II, 105). Both this boat and that of
atshepsôwet are spoken of as the “August” boat. {33}
[12] It has been suggested that the two obelisks shewn butt to butt in the Dêr el-Ba
ari sculpture were not the Karnak pair, but those erected before the Dêr el-Ba
ari temple. Excavation has not confirmed this. The subject is discussed by Breasted in Ancient Records, II, p. 135, note e.
Another great boat was made by one Uni, in the VIth dynasty, for the transport of stone from Aswân. This measured 60 cubits (31 metres) in length by 30 in width, and took only 17 days to construct (Ancient Records, I, 322).