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colossus of Eamessu II., weighing over 800 tons, 
at the Eamesseum ; these are works of much the 
same magnitude. While, on the other hand, no 
example is known of a composite statue in Eg 3 'p- 
tian work, except where introduced as an archi¬ 
tectural element, and built in small blocks, with 
a column. Thus, vast as the size appears, there 
is no sufficient reason to suppose that it was not 
carved in one block of stone. 
That the foot was no isolated freak of work, is 
shown by the sizes of other parts which can be 
identified. From the centre of the upper curve 
of the ear to the highest ridge of the lobe is 
5 inches. This on the pair of colossi is 1 to If 
inches, which would made the great colossus four 
or five times the height, or between a foot less 
and 17 feet more than the height already deduced, 
92 feet. Another indication is the largest car¬ 
touche on the stones built into the pylon ; this is 
36 inches wide, while cartouches on the pair of 
colossi are 8 J wide; thus suggesting a scale of 
four and a quarter times the size, or just the 92 
feet above stated. 
The back pilaster was unusually slight for a 
figure of such size, just as the base was thinner 
than would be proportionate. This shows thatthe 
sculptors were running as close to their material 
limits as they could venture. As the figure alone 
was thirteen times the height of an ordinary man, 
its weight, if there were no additions, would be 
440 tons; but to this must be added the bulk of 
clothing around the thighs, the slab joining the 
legs, the juncture of the arms to the body, the 
base, the back pilaster, and the crown, all of 
which, on a modest 'computation, would equal the 
weight of the figure itself; and when we also 
consider the general breadth and heaviness of 
Egyptian forms, and the various filled-up angles, 
etc., we can hardly write the whole weight as 
under 900 tons. 
"We will now give a brief catalogue of the 
various fragments, stating the dimensions in 
inches :—(1) Part of the side of the crown, the 
ear, and back pilaster (Plan, 3-5); 50 high, 
58 wide, and 46'5,from back to front; the centre 
of the ear is 26 from the front of the pilaster, 
which is 16‘5 thick; the pilaster does not project 
on either side of the crown, so that the block was 
built in easily in later times, only deeding the ear 
to be out flat. This lies on the east face of the 
south side of the pylon. (2) A piece between the 
middle part of the upper right arm and the chest; 
the angle at which the two surfaces join the inter¬ 
mediate flat space, shows what this is by comparison 
with other colossi; block 56 long. (3) Part of 
a curved surface, between the pilaster and back 
of the shoulder (?), 31x14. (4) Piece of 
a curved surface, between arms and body (?), 
15x55. (5) Part of the shoulder (?), 37x42. 
(6) Part of the back pilaster, and of the left 
thigh, covered with ribbed dress (proving that 
the colossus was standing), with part of the rise 
towards the mass held in the left hand (Plan, 12); 
the ribs of the clothing are 2 to 2^ inches wide, 
which is proportionate to those on life-size 
statues; the block is 47 X 39 X 61, and shows the 
slightness of the black pilaster, which is but 10 
to 12 wide, and does not project beyond the side 
of the figure, part of w'hich has been out away to 
make it flush with the edge of the pilaster for 
building. The back of the pilaster has been turned 
outwards in using it for building, and bears the car- 
touches and bust of Sheshonk III. receiving the 
aiiWt to his lips from some deity. (7) Part of the 
slab joining the legs (Plan, 37), with a trace of the 
back edge of the dress shown; block, 90 X 49 X 28. 
(8) Part of same slab (?), polished face, slightly 
curved, 30x21. (9) Large block, with a scrap 
of old polish on it, flat, 7 X 12. (10) Block with 
a polished face, 26 X10, slightly curved. (11) 
Part of outer side of left lower leg (Plan, 32), 
73x47x22. (12) Part of leg and instep, 
46 X 38 X 23 : the half-width of the leg 24 back 
to front, and 19 side to side. This gives the 
proportion of 14 and 18 times the natural size 
respectively, thus even exceeding the previous 
estimates; but the ankles are always thick and 
clumsy in Egyptian work, as in the modern 
