36 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Sfc. 



On the closing of the Museum, in March, further measures were 

 taken for the protection of the collections from attack. Many 

 objects were removed from the galleries to places of greater safety, 

 or were put in safer positions in situ. 



While the cases were thus empty, the dust-intercepting velvet 

 puffings were renewed in the upper galleries, the cases of the Room 

 of Ancient Life, and four blocks of cases in the Third Vase Room 

 were repainted. A rearrangement of the frescoes in the Gold 

 Ornament Room was undertaken ; 21 of the locks were modified to 

 the Departmental suite ; the sculptures of Cyprus were transferred 

 from the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, and their arrange- 

 ment was begun. A rearrangement of the Hall of Inscriptions is in 

 progress. The arrangement of Slabs I. — XIII. of the North Frieze 

 of the Parthenon has been revised. 



The publication of the Greek Inscriptions has been completed 

 with the issue of Vol. IV., Part 2, which includes Indices to the 

 whole collection. Progress was made with the Catalogue of Silver 

 Plate, and with full labels for the Hall of Inscriptions. 



Moulds have been made of six slabs of the Phigaleian frieze ; of 

 the Blacas Asclepios, the bust of Trajan, the relief of a warrior 

 from Rhodes, and the Towneley bronze Heracles. Twenty-seven 

 pieces of sculpture and 41 Greek and Latin inscriptions haw been 

 cleaned, repaired, and mounted. The mosaic from Vienne (Isere) 

 has been laid on the floor in the Grseco-Roman basement, and 

 surrounded with a marble curbing. A wooden pedestal, and a 

 box for large negatives were made ; 15 vases were cleaned 

 and repaired ; 68 labels were written, and the Greek inscriptions 

 were numbered according to Vol. IV., Part 2 ; 73 objects were 

 registered. 



The number of visits to the Departmental Library for the 

 purpose of research was 322 ; there were 195 other visits to the 

 Staff for enquiry or on departmental business. 249 attendances 

 of students of art and architecture were made in the Sculpture 

 Galleries during the months of January and February. 



11. — Acquisitions. 

 I. — Marble. 

 1. Fragment of marble kymation with lion's head spout. From 

 an unrecorded site in the Mediterranean. Obtained by the late Capt. 

 i^. D. Lyon and presented by Mrs. Lyon. 



II. — Bronze. 



1. A portion of the collection formed by the late Lord Avebury, 

 including : — 



11 Fibulse. 

 6 Spear heads. 



