62 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Three cases in the Elgin Room and two in the Phigaleian 

 Boom have been altered and lined with cloth, and in the 

 Elgin Room the engraving of the Acropolis re-mounted ; 

 a series of gems has been mounted on blocks ; and a series 

 of wooden labels prepared for the Elgin Room, the Etruscan 

 Saloon, the Terracotta, Bronze, and Vase Rooms. 



Two terracottas, 12 glass and porcelain objects, 45 vases, 

 and a series of fragments of pottery from Cyprus and 

 Naucratis have been cleaned and repaired ; 1,356 terracottas 

 have been catalogued; 544 objects registered ; 504 descriptive 

 titles written, and 544 printed, and attached to objects ; 650 

 objects from Cyprus have been drawn for publication, and 

 34 drawings made for the new Departmental Guide ; and 

 progress has been made with the numbering of the Bronzes. 



A Catalogue of the Bronzes and a Guide to the Depart- 

 ment have been published ; progress has been made with 

 the Catalogues of Vases (Volume I.), Sculpture (Volume II.), 

 and Terracottas, also in preparing and printing a second 

 edition of the Guide to the Parthenon Sculptures, and a work 

 on the Excavations in Cyprus under the Turner Bequest. 



The number of visits made by students to the Departmental 

 Library for purposes of research is 450. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



By Donation, 



I. Terracotta statuette of Atys playing on Pan's pipes (see 

 Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, xxi. (1897) pi. 6, 

 p. 518). 



From Ani'phiioolis. Presented by Miss C. A. Hutton. 



II. Fragment of marble slab with Greek inscription by one 

 Poimn^, in memory of her husband : TTOIMNH KATATTAO 

 VN TON 6IAION ANAPA MNHMH . . . PIN, Uoinvn 

 KaTttTrXouv tov elr^iov avdpa, fjLvi^iurjl^g \a^piv. 



From Hierapetra, Crete. Presented by Gunner 

 G. H. Bishop, R.N. 



III. — 1. Fresco painting on panel, representing Hebe (?) 

 winged, floating in air and holding up a dish 

 towards Zeus' eagle (c/. Pitture d'Ercolano, 

 ii., pi. 39); much restored; said to be from 

 Pompeii. 

 2-5. Two pairs of gold earrings, ending in lions' heads, 

 and two single earrings with pendant ornaments. 

 6-8. Three stones set in gold, from a necklace. 

 9-11. Three small gold fibulae. 



12. Gold finger-ring, with tragic mask engraved on 

 bezel. 



