236 A History of Art ix Ancient Egypt. constant qualities in the productions of the first Theban Empire, being especially characteristic. The king represented wears the klaft with the tircEus in front of it ; his schenti is finely pleated and a dagger with its handle carved into the shape of a hawk's head is thrust into his girdle. The support at the back has, unfortunately, been left without the usual Inscription Fig. 212. — Upper [art of a royal statue. Grey gra-iite. Boulak. Drawn by G. Beiiedite. and we have nO means of ascertaining the age of the fragment beyond the style, the workmanship, and the very peculiar physiognomy. Deveria suggests that it preserves the features of one of the shepherd kings, some of whose images Mariette thought he had discovered at Tanis and in the Fayoum.^ ^ M. Fr. 'L'E'^ok^w^t {Biilletino della Coinmissioiie Anheologica di Ro>na, fifth year, January to June, 1877) believes that he has discovered in one of the Roman
