72 ACCOIJJJTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



The Sculpture Galleries. — The reconstruction of the order of 

 the Nereid Monument, begun last year, has been completed ; 

 the tiles and coffers of the roof have been restored and are 

 now re-mounted in their proper positions with fragments of 

 the cornice and lions' heads previously unexhibited. 



The re-arrangement of the Mausoleum Room has been 

 continued ; the exhibits from Priene and Halicarnassus have 

 been concentrated to leave the bays on each side of the 

 staircase vacant for the exhibition of architectural fragments, 

 and one of the marble lions has been re-mounted. Three 

 large sarcophagi have been brought out from the Mausoleum 

 Annexe and mounted between the colossal busts at the 

 head of the staircase, at the North end of the Mausoleum 

 Room. 



The grave relief of Archagora has been restored and set 

 up in the Phigaleian Room ; the newly-acquired bronze chariot 

 has been placed in a glass case in the Archaic Room. A series 

 of the votive sculptures from the temenos of Demeter at 

 Cnidos, have been arranged on shelves in the Ephesus Ante- 

 Room, on each side of the statue of Demeter. 



The Vase Rooms and Upper Galleries. — The arrangement 

 of the unexhibited portion of the Vase Collections has been 

 undertaken, the vases being arranged by groups and shapes 

 in the cupboards of the various rooms. In the Second Room, 

 a complete re-arrangement o£ the Proto-Corinthian and Rhodian 

 sections has been made ; and in all the rooms the vases have 

 been sponged over and the cases cleaned internally. 



In the Bronze Room, the head from Meroe has been set up, 

 the archaic Greek bronzes have been re-arranged, and cupboards 

 have been fitted with shelves on which unexhibited specimens 

 have been arranged. The fittings of several cases in the Room 

 of Greek and Roman Life have been modified ; in the Gold 

 Ornament Room, a re-arrangement has been made in accordance 

 with the Catalogue of Jewellery, and many fittings have been 

 re-covered with velvet ; in the Terra-cotta Room, the contents 

 of the drawers beneath the cases have been arranged according 

 to catalogue or registration numbers. 



The publication of the Catalogue of Jewellery was com- 

 pleted. Of the first volume of the Catalogue of Vases, the 

 Cypriote section was corrected in page, and the Italic section 

 setup in type ; the manuscript of the Corinthian, Rhodian, and 

 Naucratite sections was completed. Progress was made with 

 the Catalogue of Lamps, with the second part of Volume IV. 

 of the Greek Inscriptions, and with the revision of the 

 Departmental Guide. A beginning was made with a supple- 

 mentary volume of the Catalogue of Vases, and with a Guide 

 to the Gallery of Casts. 



