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2 6o A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. produced by the art of any other people. The inscription is mutilated by a fissure in the granite, but Mariette believes that the statue represents Menephtah, the son of Rameses 11."^ Fuj. 223. — Head of Menephtah, Boulak. Drawn by Saint-EIme Gautier. There is a colossal statue of Seti II., the son of this Menephtah, in the Louvre (Fig. 224). Although the material of which it 1 Gab. Charmks, Dc la Reorganisation du Miisce de Boulak. — M.arifttf, Notice, No. 22.