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Northampton Sekhemka statue : ウィキペディア英語版 | Northampton Sekhemka statue
The Northampton Sekhemka statue is an Ancient Egyptian statue, given by the Marquess of Northampton to Northampton Museum around 1870. It dates from the 5th dynasty and shows Sekhemka the scribe with his wife, Sitmerit. It was the subject of a controversial sale in July 2014, raising questions of the museum's ownership and the ethics of selling artifacts. The statue was sold to an unidentified buyer for £15.76m, which broke the existing world record for Ancient Egyptian art at auction.〔"Museum faces outcry over sale of ancient Egyptian statue", ''Financial Times'' (London), 11 July 2014〕 On 1 August 2014, Northampton Museums had their accreditation removed by the Arts Council England, which ruled that the sale did not meet the required standards for museums managing their collections. == Description == The statue depicts Sekhemka sitting in a traditional scribal pose and holding on his knees a partly unrolled papyrus which lists various offerings. He is named in an inscription on the plinth of his statue as ''"Inspector of Scribes in the House of Largesse, one revered before the Great God"''. His wife Sit-Merit is shown sitting at his feet. The limestone statue is 75 cm tall with the base from front to rear being 43 cm.〔Al-Ahram Weekly Issue 1205, T. G. H. James, 1961〕 Archaeologist Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology, took many detailed colour photographs of the statue whilst it was on display in Christie's prior to auction and has published them on his own blog.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author= Mike Pitts )(【引用サイトリンク】title=DIGGING DEEPER ) 〕
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