which present a most attractive appearance, and 

 worthily represent an important but obsolete industry. 



Continuing what has now become an annual event, 

 the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund have 

 sent a further gift of Egyptian Antiquities. The objects 

 thus added to the fine collection from the same inex- 

 haustible region already in the Museum, comprise 

 specimens from all the various areas of exploration 

 occupied by the Society during the past year : Ehnasya, 

 Oxyrynchus, Deir-el-Bahari have all thus contributed. 

 The objects include a series of terra-cotta lamps of the 

 Roman period, twenty-two in number ; votive offerings, 

 representing the eye and ear in blue faience, dedicated 

 for the cure of disease ; portion of a carved slab, with 

 the head of the goddess Nekheb ; beautifully carved 

 capitals, and other architectural fragments ; an earthen- 

 ware sarcophagus, complete, but in pieces ; three frag- 

 ments of papyri from Oxyrynchus, and numerous small 

 objects that cannot be particularly mentioned. 



The Committee of the Beni Hassan Excavations 

 also enabled the Museum to share in a distribution of 

 Egyptian pottery of the XXIInd to the XXVth 

 dynasties. 



Returning to our own city, a glance at the list of 

 donations will show that many Bristol antiquities have 

 been added to our collections, and your Committee have 

 had great pleasure in conveying the best thanks of the 

 City Council to all who, during the year, have benefited 

 the Museum by their many gifts. 



Hcquisitions bg ipurcbase. 



The Committee have taken advantage of many 

 opportunities of acquiring by purchase, objects of anti- 

 quarian, historical, and literary interest. In this way a 



