This colossal statue is inscribed for Seti I, second king of the 19th Dynasty, but the style suggests that it was carved slightly earlier. Precious and semi-precious materials would have been used to complete the details of the figure. For example, the kilt, the sporrah of which is now missing, would most likely have been covered with gold, and the eyes and eyebrows inlaid perhaps with lapis lazuli. Bracelets would once have covered the joins between hand and wrist. The statue was discovered in six pieces and was reassembled in beginning of this century. A new reconstruction of the thigh area has recently been carried out (correcting a previous restoration).