ssus is now in
front of the third Pylon, and Wiedemann concluded from this
fact that Amenothes had begun extensive works for enlarging
the temple of Amon; Mariette believed, with greater
probability, that the colossus formerly stood at the
entrance to the XIIth dynasty temple, but was removed to its
present position by Thutmosis III.

As Nofritari had been metamorphosed into a form of Isis, Amenothes was
similarly represented as Osiris, the protector of the Necropolis, and he
was depicted as such with the sombre colour of the funerary divinities;
his image, moreover, together with those of the other gods, was used
to decorate the interiors of coffins, and to protect the mummies of his
devotees.*

* Wiedemann has collected several examples, to which it
would be easy to add others. The names of the king are in
this case constantly accompanied by unusual epithets, which
are enclosed in one or other of his cartouches: Mons.
Kevillout, deceived by these unfamiliar forms, has made out
of one of these variants, on a painted cloth in the Louvre,
a new Amenothes, whom he styles Amenothes V.

[Illustration: 147.jpg THE COFFIN AND MUMMY OF AMENOTHES]

Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-
Bey.

One of his statues, now in the Turin Museum, represents him sitting on
his throne in the posture of a king giving audience to his subjects, or
in that of a god receiving the homage of his worshippers. The modelling
of the bust betrays a flexibility of handling which is astonishing in a
work of art so little removed from barbaric times; the head is a marvel
of delicacy and natural grace. We feel that the sculptor has taken a
delight in chiselling the features of his sovereign, and in reproducing
the benevolent and almost dreamy expression which characterised them.*
The cult of Amenothes lasted for seven or eight centuries, until the
time when his coffin was removed and placed with those of the other
members of his family in the place where it remained concealed until our
own times.**

* Another statue of very fine workmanship, but mutilated, is
preserved in the Gizeh Museum; this statue is of the time of
Seti I., and, as is customary, represents Amenothes in the
likeness of the king then reigning.

** We know, from the Abbott Papyrus, that the pyramid of
Amenothes I. was situated at Dr-ah Abou'l-Neggah, amon