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ACCOUNTS, ETC., 0¥ THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Students. — About two tkousand and five hundred visits have 

 been made to the Department by students, dealers, and soldiers 

 from Egypt and Mesopotamia, and descriptions of four hundred 

 and eighty-four objects brought by them for examination have 

 been written. 



Publicatioms : — 



The Book of the Dead. An illustrated monograph. 

 The Babylonian Story of the Deluge. An illustrated mono- 

 graph. 

 Cuneiform Inscriptions. Part XXXV. 

 Hittite Texts in the Cuneiform Character. 

 Twenty-two coloured postcards of typical mummies and 

 coffins. 



II . — Acquisitions. 



I . — Egyptian : — 



I. 1-14. Ushabtiu figures in wood, stone, faience, from the 



Xllth to the XXVIth dynasty. 



15. Bronze segis of Khnemu-Amen. XXIInd dynasty. 



A rare object. 



16. Bronze libation bucket with figures of gods in relief. 



XXVIth dynasty. 



17. Bronze plate bearing the prenomen of Thothmes IV. 



18. Scale from a suit of bronze armour. 



19. Bronze base of a figure of Pa-nefer-ankh. 



20. Model of a hoe, in wood. 



21. Model of a cradle for moving stones, in wood. 



22, 23. Two wax figures made to be burnt in working magic. 

 XXIInd dynasty. 



24. Terra-cotta head of Apis, late period. 



25. Terra-cotta vase bandle, late period. 



26-31. Six porcelain handles of sistra. XXVIth dynasty. 

 32^5. A group of objects, scarabs, figures of animals, &c. 



Vlth to Xllth dynasty. 

 46-80. A miscellaneous collection of scarabs, chiefly of the 



XVIIIth dynasty. 

 81-99. A miscellaneous collection of scarabs, &c. XlXth to 



XXVIIth dynasty. 

 100-104. Gold gegis of Bast and four small silver objects. 



Xllth dynasty. 



105. Faience disc with the prenomen Uah-ab-Ra. 



XXVIth dynasty. 



106. Portion of sistrum with a figure of Sesheta. 

 lOT. Head of Ptah-Seker. 



108, 109. Figure of Hapi and a blue and green fragment. 



110. Vase with cartouche in a bronze stand. 



111. Marble vessel of Ptah-mes, high priest of Memphis. 



112. Fragment of marble vase of Thothmes II. 

 113-117. Bone fig^ures of a lion, a man, and three women. 

 118-125. Bone die, and seven bone objects. 

 126-130. Five objects — use unknown. 



131-136. Six fragments inscribed with royal names. 



