SEBEK-HETEP III.

Towards the middle of the Island are two gray granite colossal statues, lying on the ground ; one statue broke into two pieces when it fell down, or was overthrown, and the other has lost parts of its arms. The height of each statue, including the pedestal, which is nearly 3 feet, is between 23 and 24 feet. Lepsius attributed them to the Hyksos period, but they seem to me to belong to a far later date.

The king is represented as bearded, and wearing the crown of the south ; round his neck is a collar formed of circular ornaments. His tunic is fastened round his waist by a knotted cord, and is held in position by a strap passing over each shoulder.

In the unbroken statue the king wears anklets, and in the broken one armlets ; in front of the right leg of the latter is a small statue of Harpocrates, with the forefinger of his right hand raised to his lips, and wearing a pair of horns with a disk between them. Cailliaud calls them " colossal statues of Memnon," ' and Hoskins thought they be-Voyage, torn, ii., p. 2.

557 STATUE OV KING SEBEK-HETEP III. ON THE ISLANDOF ARKO.

[From Lepsius, Denkmdler, Abth. II. Bl. 120.