. EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 49 



Two thousand three hundred and nineteen tablets of the 

 various collections have been registered ; and the verification 

 of the Kouyunjik Collection has been completed. 



Thirty paper impressions of inscriptions have been made. 



Students : — 



One thousand four hundred and ten visits have been made 

 to the Egyptian and Assyrian Department by students and 

 others ; and nine thousand three hundred and eight objects 

 have been issued to them for study. 



II. — A cquisitions. 



Purchases. 

 i. Egyptian : 



1. Limestone slab with hieroglyphic inscription (in 



relief) of the "royal relative" Hesa ; about 

 B.C. 0700. 



2. Portion of the cornice of a door of the tomb of 



the " royal relative " Ka-utcha-ankh ; about 

 B.C. 3700. 



3. False door from the tomb of Mert-tefs, an 



Egyptian Queen who flourished in the IVth 

 dynasty ; about B.C. 3700. 



4. Portion of a door of a mastaha tomb of the " royal 



relative " Rutchek ; about B.C. 3700. 



5. Alabaster vase inscribed with a name of Sahu-Ra^ 



a king of the Vth dynasty; about B.C. 3500. 

 From Sakkara. 



6. Alabaster vase inscribed with the cartouche and 



titles of the " royal son Teta," a king of the 

 Vth dynasty ; about B.C. 3300. 



7. Agglomerate bull, couchant, upon a pedestal, 



inscribed with the cartouche and titles of the 

 " royal son Teta," a king of the Vth dynasty ;. 

 about B.C. 3300. This object was probably used 

 as a weight. It seems to be unique, and is 

 remarkable both for the material and for the 

 fineness of the work. 



8. Limestone slab with figures of the deceased and 



his family in relief ; one of the Antef kings is 

 mentioned in the text upon it. From Uppec 

 Egypt ; about B.C. 2500. 



9. Stele of Uartu-sen-nekht ; about B.C. 2500. Fronr 



Abydos. 



10. Large limestone vase dedicated to the temple at 

 Abydos by Amenophis III. ; about B.C. 1470. 



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