54. ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



One hundred and fifty-nine cylinder-seals and eleven 

 hundred and forty-nine tablets of the various collections 

 have been copied ; three thousand one hundred and twenty 

 tablets have been registered ; and three hundred and sixty- 

 eight bricks and thirteen Assyrian stelae have been cata- 

 ogued. 



Parts VII., VIII. of " Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian 

 Tablets, &c. in the British Museum," and the fifth volume of 

 the " Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik 

 Collection " have been issued. 



Students : — 

 2,140 visits have been made to the Department by students 

 and others ; and 7,286 objects have been issued to them for 

 study. 



II. — Acqidsitions. 



Purchases. 

 i. Egyptian : 



1. Limestone stand for holding censer inscribed 



with the name of Khufu-kaf, " royal relative " 

 and " southern chief " ; about B.C. 3700. 



2. Seated limestone figure of Annua ; about B.C. 



3000. 

 8. Standing steatite figure of Meri-pi-seb ; about 

 B.C. 3000. 



4. Black steatite standing figure of Anpu ; about 



B.C. 3000. 



5. Similar figure of Anpu ; about B.C. 3000. 



C. Similar figure uninscribed ; about B.C. 3000. 



7. Black steatite seated figure with illegible names ; 



about B.C. 3000. 

 .8. A similar figure with illegible name ; about B.C. 



3000. 

 1d. Base of a sandstone statue of Ptah-em-saf-senb- 



tefi, the son of Kemt ; about B.C. 2800. 



10. Limestone seated figure of a man with unfinished 



inscription ; about B.C. 2500. 



11. Painted limestone figure of a man with inscrip- 



tion in the early hieratic character ; the name 

 is probably to be read User ; about 2500. 



.12. Limestone statue of the official Kha-em-uast, who 

 is represented in a kneeling position, and is 

 supporting a stele ; about B.C. 1300. 



13. Limestone sepulchral stele of Herumes, an official 

 of the god Khensu, and his wife Aui; about 

 B.C. 1200. 



