14 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



tke Keeper, Sir Hercules Read, by presenting- to the Museum a 

 rare and beautiful example of Chiin stoneware, of wkicli the 

 existing specimens are few in number and proportionately 

 valuable. Another addition to the Chinese collections was a 

 wooden statue, more than life-size, of a Bodhisatva with remains 

 of the original paint and gilding, dating probably from the 12th 

 century. This was obtained through the good offices of the 

 National Art Collections Fund and other friends. 



The Department of Coins and Medals secured a further 

 portion of the Weber collection of Greek Coins, but the most 

 interesting accessions were two single pieces; one being an 

 example (only six others are known) of the silver decadrachm 

 supposed to have been struck at Athens in commemoration of the 

 victory over Persia, while the other is the second known example 

 of the Crown of the Rose, struck by Henr}«VIII., but withdrawn 

 after two months. 



Publications issued during 1920 : — 



Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities 

 in the British Museum. Fifth edition, with illustrations, maps 

 and plans. 8vo. 2*. Qd. 



A Guide to the Exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman 

 Life. Second Edition. 8vo. 2s. Qd. 



How to Observe in Archaeology. Suggestions for travellers 

 in the Near and Middle East. 8vo. 2s. Qd. 



Grains and Grammes. A Table of Equivalents for the use of 

 Numismatists. Svo. 35. 



Rules for compiling the Catalogues in the Department of 

 Printed Books in th© British Museum. Svo. 2^. 6^. 



Cliinese Pottery STatue of a Lohan. 7 pp. text, with coloured 

 plate. 4to. Is. 



Guide to the Antiquities of the Bronze Age in the Depart- 

 ment of British and Mediaeval Antiquities. Second Edition, with 

 10 plates and 195 illustrations. Svo. 2s. 6^. 



Summary Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British 

 Museum. Fourth Edition. With plans and ilustrations. Svo. 

 4.d. 



The Book of the Dead. Monograph by Sir E. A. W. Budge. 

 Svo. 1^. 6^. 



The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of 

 Gilgamish. With an account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh. 

 With IS illustrations. Svo. Is. Qd. 



Hittite Texts in the Cuneiform Character from Tablets in 

 the British Museum. 50 plates. Foolscap folio. 15^. 



Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British 

 Museum. Part XXX. 50 plates. Foolscap folio. 12^. 



Guide to an Exhibition of Japanese Colour-Prints (from the 

 end of the ITth century to 1S5S). Svo. 6^. 



Frederic G. Kenyon, 



Director and Principal Librarian. 

 British Museum., 

 1st April, 1921. 



