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19G tablets and fragments have been copied ; 2 Boundary 

 Stones have been copied ; and many copies of texts have been 

 collated, and a large number of fragments have been examined 

 with a view to publication. 



Works in Progress. 



1. Babylonian Boundary Stones. — About 106 plates of texts 

 have been translated and transliterated. Six additional plates 

 have been prepared. 



2. Cuneiform Texts.— A number of Omen Texts have been 

 copied and collated with a view to publication in " Cuneiform 

 Texts," and a number of Old Babylonian Letters have also been 

 examined and copied. 



Publications. 



1. " Egyptian Hieratic Papyri," with descriptions, transla- 

 tions, etc. 



2. " Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt." 



3. " Cuneiform Inscriptions in Western Asia," Vol. V. 

 Reprint. 



4. " Cuneiform Texts " (Creation Series), Part XIII. 

 Reprint. 



5. " Cuneiform Texts " (Omen Series). Parts XXVII. 

 and XXVIII. 



6. " Cuneiform Texts " (Old Babylonian Letters, etc.). 

 Part XXIX. 



Students. — About 3,020 visits have been made to the 

 Department by students and others ; and 13,980 objects have 

 been issued for use by students. 



Personally conducted Parties. — Fifty-eight parties have 

 been personally conducted through the Department by members 

 of the staff, the number of persons being about 1,268, including 

 pupil-teachers and others from schools. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 i.— Egyptian : — 



i. — 1. A fine foundation deposit brick in blue glazed porce- 

 Igffii. On each side are the royal names and 

 prenomens of Rameses II., King of Egypt, about 

 1330, and round the sides run the king's titles or 

 " strong names." This is the largest and finest 

 brick of the kind hitherto discovered. From 

 the temple of Rameses II. at Bubastis. XlXth 

 dynasty. 



2. A small brick from the same deposit and place 

 inscribed with a text which states that the temple 

 was built for Rameses II. by one of his sons, called 

 Kha-em-Uast, the famous magician, whose statue 

 is already in the Museum (Southern Egyptian 

 Gallery, No. 615). XlXth dynasty. 



