ABSTRACT
Skhemka was found by Mariette in tomb of Skhemka, during the soundings which preceded the discovery of the Serapeum. In the bad light in which the Crouching Scribe is placed, the eyeball does not shine with a sufficiently strong sparkle, but it really does seem to have life in it and to follow visitor with its look. Let us add that it is unique in Europe, and that we must go to Boulaq for pieces fine enough to sustain comparison without disadvantage. In its present position the Crouching Scribe runs more risks than formerly in Egypt. The demotic inscriptions of Serapeum are carefully placed under glass, and the precaution is praiseworthy, although it makes the study of them impossible. The curators at Turin have placed the fine limestone statue of Amenophis I possessed by the Museum in a tightly closed glass cage, and to that protection is that the Pharaoh has preserved its epidermis and colour intact.
