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made to the Egyptian and Assyrian Department by students 

 and others. They have been assisted in their researches ; 

 and six thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight objects have 

 been issued to them for study. The students' room has been 

 enlarged, and a new platform built for tlie assistant. 



II. — Acquisitions. — Purchases. 

 i. Egyptian : 



1. Blue glazed faience fish ; of the XXIInd dynasty. 



2. A small gold lion, with inscription on the base of 



the pedestal. Very fine work. 



3. Flat gold bracelet or armlet, with open-work 



figures of animals, etc., in silver and gold, 

 arranged alternately ; the principal amulets are 

 the snake, the tortoise, the crux ansata, the 

 utchat, the hare, the ape, the hawk, and the 

 tet. This piece of jewellery is of great interest, 

 and is the only example in the Museum of a 

 rare class of Egyptian metal-work. After the 

 XXVIth dynasty. 



4. Fine limestone figure of a priestly official of high 



rank named Atha, who lived at Thebes during 

 the reign of Shabaka, King of Egypt ; about 

 B.C. 700. 



5. Limestone figure of a kneeling man, holding a 



stele, upon which is engraved a version of part 

 of the XVth chapter of the Book of the Dead ; 

 perhaps of the XVIIIth dynasty. 



6. Flat green glazed faience bottle, with two handles. 



From Thebes. 



7. Large diorite jug, with handle ; of the XXth 



dynasty. 



8. White fine alabaster jar, containing unguent ; of 



the XlXth dynasty, or earlier. 



9. Wooden cramp from a wall of the Temple of 



Seti 1. (King of Egypt), about B.C. 1370 at 

 Abydos. 



10. A wooden draught box, with a drawer containing 



twelve draughts, six conical and six oval. From 

 Thebes. 



11. Two ivory crescent-shaped objects, carved with 



figures in outline of gods and animals and sacred 

 insects. From Thebes. 



12. Ushahti figure of Amasis, the superintendent of 



the workmen in the Temple of Amen-Rfi, at 

 Thebes. 

 0.108. 13. The 



