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DepabTxMent of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. 



1. —Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



Egyptian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Egyptian Collection has 

 been- continued, -and a number of important objects acquired 

 during the year have been incorporated and exhibited. 



Four hundred and twenty seven labels have been written 

 and painted, and attached to objects in the exhibition cases ; 

 one thousand and four labels have been prepared for writing ; 

 two large cases have been fitted with trays to hold tablets ; 

 one hundred and forty "angle-blocks," and one hundred and 

 two pedestals, stelse frames, &c., have been made ; one 

 thousand four hundred scarabs, figures, and other objects, 

 have been cleaned and mounted; fittings have been built 

 into one table case, and the great exhibition case in the 

 second Northern Gallery has been fitted with trays. 



One thousand four hundred and eight objects of the various 

 collections have been registered ; seven hundred and nineteen 

 scarabs have been catalogued ; two hundred and ninety-five 

 Coptic and other ostraka have been copied and collated. 



The section of the General Guide describing the antiquities 

 in the Department has been revised and enlarged. The 

 description of the papyri for publication has been continued. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the tablets has been con- 

 tinued. The re-arrangement, classification, revision, and 

 labelling of the contents of the cases in the Nineveh Gallery 

 have been completed, and large general labels have been 

 affixed to the cases. The contents of the case containing the 

 cones, mace-heads, figures, &c., of the earlier Babylonian 

 Empire have been re-arranged, classified, and labelled. 



Three hundred and four " case-tablets," and tablets have 

 been repaired ; four hundred tablets have been cleaned ; 

 about one hundred and fifty "joins" have been made; one 

 boundary stone has been repaired ; one hundred and thirty- 

 four " case-tablets " have been opened; metal stands have 

 been made for fifty-four stone tablets, and other Babylonian 

 antiquities ; sixty-two figures, &c., have been laounted on 

 stone plinths ; six pedestals have been made for the inscribed 

 cylinders ; ventilation shafts have been cut in the Assyrian 

 basement, behind the slabs, &c. 



The case list for the Assyrian room has been continued, 

 and a list of the tablets exhibited in the Ninevah Gallery has 

 been made. 



About four hundred and nine tablets of the various 

 0.125. Babylonian 



