58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



V. — 1. A Babylonian duck-weight. 



Presented by Alfred Holland, Esq. 



VI. — A collection of paper " squeezes " of Ethiopic, 

 Himyaritic, and other inscriptions. 



Presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq. 



E. A. Wallis Budge. 



Department of Greek and Eoman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



The arrangement of the Mausoleum Room has been com- 

 pleted, including the painting and decorating of the walls and 

 ceiling ; the seated figure from the Thrasyllus monument has 

 been transferred to the Ephesus Room ; the casts of the west 

 frieze of the Parthenon have been partly re-moulded and 

 partly cleaned ; four sculptures from Civita Lavinia moulded 

 and cast ; the terra-cotta roof and cornice from Civita Lavinia 

 have been repaired and erected in the Etruscan Saloon ; 26 

 sculptures mounted on plinths, and three pedestals altered ; 

 14 new pedestals of variegated marble have been placed in the 

 Sculpture Galleries ; three painted stelse from Cyprus, and 

 two inscriptions have been repaired and mounted on stone 

 plinths ; a series of Portland plinths, one sculpture, and a 

 mosaic pavement have been cleaned and repaired ; two slate 

 shelves have been fixed for inscriptions ; 17 pieces of archi- 

 tecture have been placed in the Grseco-Roman Basement ; 

 22 vases, and a number of fragments of pottery and other 

 objects from Cyprus, have been cleaned and repaired; a stand 

 has been made for the drawings of the Priene Temple ; six 

 trays have been made for cases in the Terra-cotta Room ; two 

 table-cases in the Mausoleum Room, two pedestal-cases in the 

 Bronze Room, two table-cases in the Third Vase Room, and 

 a series of wall-cases in the vestibule of the Gold Ornament 

 Room have been prepared and fitted with cloth or velvet ; a 

 marble patera has been framed and fixed in the Entrance 

 Hall ; one bronze statuette, three kylikes, and one gold vase 

 have been mounted ; one oak plinth made for the Bronze 

 Room ; 24 pedestal blocks, 190 tablets, and 18 wooden labels 

 prepared ; fittings have been made for the Gold Ornament 

 Room ; two upright cases for vases have been raised on 

 plinths ; antiquities excavated at Amathus arranged for 

 exhibition ; 1,072 bronzes, and 532 vases catalogued ; 598 

 objects registered; 280 descriptive titles written and attached 



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