44 accounts, etc., of the british mttsefm. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



Many thousands of bags of sand have been removed from the 

 bulls, bas-reliefs and other sculptures, and the protective screens of 

 steel plates and slag wool have been taken down in the Nimrud and 

 Kuyunjik Galleries, and dismantled. 



The bas-reliefs of Ashur-nasir-pal and of the Lion Hunt of 

 Ashi.r-bani-pal have been rebuilt into the walls, and the slate and 

 wooden framework and the glass replaced. The ]jlinths have been 

 gritted and cleaned and the labels restored. No bas-relief has 

 suffered injury. 



The Bronze Gates of Shalmaneser have been unpacked and 

 replaced. 



Two hundred and forty-three cases of tablets, cylinders, &c. 

 have been unpacked and their contents brought up from the Base- 

 ment to the rooms leading to the new extension. 



Seventy-six thousand, three hundred and forty-six tablets (k 

 Collection, &c.) have been unpacked, and checked and replaced on 

 their shelves. A few of the shellac joinings gave way, but other- 

 wise no tablet suffered injury. 



Fifteen Table-Cases have been brought up to the Second 

 Northern Gallery and their contents replaced. 



Eighty-six cases of Babylonian Antiquities, results of the 

 Trustees' Excavations in Mesopotamia, have been unpacked, and 

 their contents examined. 



One hundred and ten vases, dishes, bowls, tablets, cylinders. &c. 

 have been repaired. 



Eight hundred and seventy-one tablets have been placed in glass- 

 topped boxes lined with cotton wool. 



Four thousand and thirty-six objects have been numbered. 



One thousand and sixteen objects have been registered, and eight 

 tablets and two texts have been co})ied. 



Students. — About 2,300 visits have been made to the Depart- 

 m(mt, chiefly l)y soldiers from Egypt and Meso})otamia, and the 

 objects brought by them for examination have been described. 



If. — Acquisitions. 



I. — Egyptian : — 



1. Fine white limestone ushabti tigure of Ba-en-Ra nieri 



Amen, or Menephthah, King of Egypt. About B.C. 

 1250. 



2. Alabaster ushabti figure from the tomb of Rameses II. at 



Thebes. About B.C. 1300. 



3. Stone ushabti figure with decorations in green colour. 



Archaic period. From Abydos. 



4. Green okzed faience ushabti figure of Tehuti-artas, son of 



Ant. From Der al-Bahari. 



5. Bronze figure of An-hetep, a royal butler. Very fine 



work of the XXth dynasty. 



