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560 objects of the old collections have been identified with 

 the Registers, and broken and missing numbers have been 

 restored. 



The Greenfield Papyrus has been arranged and photo- 

 graphed ; and the fragments of the Medical Papyrus have been 

 arranged, and re-framed. 



About 1,763 miscellaneous objects have been registered, or 

 re-registered, and about 3,000 slips of Register Numbers have 

 been written. 



Seventy-two stelte and other objects have been copied for 

 publication, and drawings of the sculptured portions of them 

 have been made ready for the insertion of the texts. 



Works in Progress. 



1. Coptic MSS. — Papyrus Or. 6783 has been copied, 14 sheets 

 have been passed for press, and 16 sheets have been read in 

 proof. 



2. Catalogue of Scarabs. — Catalogue slips for 680 scarabs 

 have been written, and 13 sheets have been read and passed 

 for press. 



3. Egyptian Texts. — Material sufficient for about 40 plates 

 has been copied, and Part IT. is being prepared for publication. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the unexhibited section of 

 the Babylonian and Assyrian Collections has been continued, 

 and the washing and cleaning of the bas-reliefs has been 

 continued. The replacing of the glass in the Galleries is in 

 progress. 



The verification of several collections arranged temporarily 

 in the Basement has been completed, the contents of the boxes 

 have been checked, and worn or broken numbers restored. 

 The checking of the tablets of the Kuyunjik Collection with 

 the Registers is in progress. 



About 669 tablets and fragments have been cleaned and 

 repaired, and several " case-tablets " have been opened ; 1,960 

 tablets have been placed in wool-lined boxes ; 119 fragments of 

 tablets have been re-joined ; 15 cylinder-seals and two 

 Boundary Stones have been mounted ; casts of 61 cylinder-seals 

 cones, etc., have been made ; 1,890 registration numbers have 

 been painted on tablets and other objects, etc. 



About 263 tablets, etc., have been registered, and the slip 

 index to published Texts has been continued. 



About 130 texts from tablets, Boundary Stones, etc., have 

 been copied and collated, a large number of tablets have been 

 examined, and selections made for publication. 



