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Upper Egypt, by the British School of Archaeology in 

 Egypt, have been arranged in evolutionary sequence 

 in a floor-case : they date from the Xth to the Xllth 

 dynasty (B.C. 3000-2500). 



A considerable number of smaller objects from the 

 same locality include Ushabti figures of wood, terra- 

 cotta, and stone, a large quantity of beads and amulets, 

 bronze mirrors, etc. 



Assyrian Antiquities. 



A replica, in black marble, of the obelisk of 

 Shalmaneser II., King of Assyria, B.C. 860-825, taken 

 from the Royal Palace at Nimroud, and now in the 

 British Museum, has been acquired, and is now on 

 exhibition in a case close to the famous carved alabaster 

 slabs from the same place. 



Greek Antiquities. 



The casts of the figures originally contained in the 

 East and West Pediments of the Temple of Athene, 

 at Aegina, have been arranged in a similar position on 

 the North and West Walls of the Antiquities Room ; 

 also casts of the frieze of the Temple of Apollo, at 

 Phigaleia, on the West Wall. These have a certain 

 local interest, as the discoverer of the originals in each 

 instance was C. R. Cockerell, R.A., the architect 

 of the Bristol Institution. 



Room No. II. 



Ethnographical Collection. 



The only addition of importance is a collection of 

 native Persian objects, presented by Miss E. G. Tanner, 

 who has brought them together in the course of her 

 travels in the East. A considerable portion of the 



