36 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, Sfc. 

 Egyptian Antiquities : — 



The removal of portions of the collections to places protected 

 against hostile air-craft has been continued. 



The classification and re-arrangement of the Egyptian Collections 

 have been continued, and the greater number of the objects acquired 

 during the year have been cleaned and mounted in readiness for 

 exhibition in due course. 



The washing and cleansing of monuments, statues, &c., have been 

 continued, and many stelse and earthenware vessels have been soaked 

 in water and treated to free them from salt deposits. 



The labelling of the Collections has been continued, and broken 

 numbers have been restored, and old, worn-out labels have been 

 replaced by new, full ones. Ill labels have been written and 

 painted, 463 numbers have been painted on objects, and about 20 

 objects have been photographed. 



411 scarabs have been removed from their mounts, moulds and 

 casts of the bases have been made for the Catalogue of Scarabs, 

 which is in course of publication, and the scarabs have been 

 remounted and renumbered. 297 impressions of scarabs have been 

 made. 



12 oak cases for mummied birds and animals, 9 alabaster 

 plinths, 4 satin-wood plinths, 9 oak plinths, and 1 frame have 

 been made, and 27 Caen-stone plinths have been prepared ; fittings 

 for wall cases in the Fourth Egyptian Room have been prepared 

 and fixed ; the locks and bolts of all the table-cases have been 

 examined, and eased where necessary ; cuj)boards and cases in the 

 Students' Room have been fitted with shelves and drawers, &c. 



A complete copy of the facsimile of the Ani Papyrus has been 

 fixed to the screen in the room adjoining the E.^tension, and a cast 

 of the Rosetta Stone has been mounted and exhibited in the Egyptian 

 Gallery. Three objects have been cleaned and repaired. 



15 objects have been registered, about 30 stelse have been 

 copied, and labels have been written for 50 plates of text. Drawings 

 of a number of stelse have been made for reproduction. 



Works m Progress. 



1. Coptic Texts. — Nine MSS. have been copied and the copies 

 collated and printed ; indexes have been compiled, descriptions of 

 the plates have been written, and a preface and introduction have 

 been written. 



2. Catalogue of Scarabs. — 329 scarabs have been catalogued 

 for Vol. II. 



3. Egyptian Texts. — 50 plates for Part VI. have been printed. 



4. Hieratic Papyri. — The transcribing of texts has been begun. 



