54 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, d'c. 



Egyptian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Egyptian Collections 

 has been continued, and most of the important objects acquired 

 during the year have been incorporated and exhibited. 



A number of monuments in hard stone have been washed, 

 and the systematic cleaning of the limestone and sandstone 

 statues, stelae, &;c. has been continued. Many small objects 

 have been treated for efflorescence of salt, and copper plugs 

 have been inserted in mountings and iron ones removed. 



The labelling of the exhibits has been continued, and the 

 old sale catalogue numbers and early collection numbers have 

 been checked and restored wherever necessary. Objects, the 

 source of which could not be traced, and which bore the old 

 collection numbers, have been numbered according to their 

 positions in the collection. 



A number of stelae, parts of which were in a crumbling 

 state, have been repaired, carefully washed, re-dried, and 

 re-framed. 



The tomb wall paintings in the Third Egyptian Room have 

 been removed from their frames and repaired, and arrange- 

 ments for effective ventilation have been fitted in the cases. 



A selection of sheets from the Greenfield Papyrus has been 

 exhibited in the Southern Egyptian Gallery. 



Eighty-three Caen-stone, marble, alabaster, and slate plinths 

 have been worked and prepared ; 246 wooden plinths, tablets,, 

 stands, plaques, &c. have been prepared and polished ; 60 

 mahogany labels have been prepared and polished ; a cabinet 

 for holding casts of scarabs has been made ; four trays for 

 holding slip lists of collection numbers have been made ; five 

 stelae frames have been made and glazed and polished, and 12 

 have been repaired. 



Fittings necessary for the safety of the objects during 

 building operations in the first three Egyptian Rooms have 

 been made, and certain collections have been removed and 

 replaced. 



Nine hundred and eighteen moulds and casts of the bases 

 of scarabs have been made in connection with the Catalogue 

 of Scarabs which is now being prepared, and the scarabs 

 from which they were made have been cleaned, re-numbered 

 and re-mounted. 



Sixty bronze figures, bowls, rings, and other small objects 

 have been cleaned and repaired. 



Forty-six figures of gods and sacred animals have been, 

 mounted on stone or alabaster plinths. 



