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Five hundred and eighty six tablets and fragments of 

 the various Babylonian collections have been copied for 

 purposes of publication. 



Two thousand five hundred and twenty tablets of the 

 various collections have been registered ; and seventeen 

 hundred and fifty-eight have been verified with the registers 

 and found correct. 



Parts iii. — vi. of " Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian 

 Tablets, &c., in the British Museum " have been issued ; and 

 thirty sheets of the " Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in 

 the Kouyunjik Collection " have been printed ofi". 



A number of paper impressions of inscriptions have been 

 made. 



Students : — 



1,960 visits have been made to the Department by students 

 and others ; and 4,378 objects have been issued to them for 

 study. 



II. — A cqiiisitio'iis. 



Purchases, 

 Egyptian : 



1. Limestone slab on which is sculptured, in relief, 



the figure of a high official who flourished in 

 the IVth dynasty ; about B.C. .3800. 



2. Limestone architrave from the tomb of an 



officer of Shepses-ka, king of Egypt ; about 

 B.C. 3700. 



3. Limestone mastaha door from the tomb of a high 



official of Khufu (Cheops), king of Egypt; 

 about B.C. 3733. 



4. Black and white variegated stone bowl from the 



neighbourhood of Abydos. IVth to Vlth dynasty, 

 i.e., B.C. 3760-3133. 



4. False door from the tomb of Khennu, a priest of 

 Hathor and official of King Men-kau-Ra 

 (Mycerinus), king of Egypt ; about B.C. 3633. 



6. Fine limestone inscribed slab with list of objects, 



&e. ; about B.C. 320. 



7. Limestone architrave from the tomb of a high 



official and priest of Ptah called Uash. Vlth 

 dynasty; about B.C. 3200. 



8. Limestone door from the tomb of Pepa, a scribe, 



with figures of Pepa and his wife Khentet-ka. 

 Vlth dynasty ; about B.C. 3200. 



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