EGYPTI.VN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 71 



Three hundred and twenty moulds and casts of the bases 

 of scarabs have been made for the Catalogue of Scarabs, which 

 is in course of publication, and the scarabs from which they 

 were made have been cleaned, re-numbered, and re-mounted. 



Eighty-two objects have been photographed, and about 

 thirty squeezes made. 



Works in Progress. 



1. Coptic MSS. — Three MSS. have been copied and the 

 copies collated and sent to the printer. Twenty sheets of 

 Vol. IV. have been revised and read in proof. An Introduction 

 to Vol. IV. has been written, and three indexes of words, names, 

 etc., have been compiled. 



2. Catalogue of Scarabs. — An Introduction to Vol. I. has 

 been written, and the proof sheets read and revised, and an Index 

 has been compiled. Two hundred and forty slips for Vol. II. 

 have been written. 



3. Egyptian Texts. — Material is being collected and several 

 plates have been prepared for Parts V. and VI. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the unexhibited section of 

 the Babylonian and Assyrian Collections has been continued, 

 and several bas-reliefs and other sculptures have been washed. 



The glass from the sculptures in the Nimrud Gallerj^ has 

 been removed and cleaned, and photographs of the sculptures 

 for an official publication have been made, and the glass 

 replaced. 



About one-half of the collection of tablets has been 

 removed upstairs from the Assyrian Saloon and their cases 

 taken down, and the rebuilding of these cases is now in 

 progress. 



One hundred and fourteen tablets have been cleaned ; one 

 hundred and twenty-one tablets have been repaired ; three 

 thousand and fifty-two tablets have been brushed ; three 

 thousand and twenty-one tablets have been arranged in wool- 

 lined boxes ; thirty-five fragments have been re-joined ; and 

 three hundred and thirty joins have been verified. 



One hundred and five casts of Babylonian seals have been 

 made ; 1,2(S8 casts of cylinder seals have been verified and 

 numbered ; and four cases to hold these have been made. 

 Four hundred pin-numbers have been fixed. 



Eighty fragments of tablets have been identified, and their 

 numbers restored. 



Thirty-three sheets of the Supplement to the Kuyunjik 

 Catalogue have been read in proof, and passed for press, and 

 an Introduction has been written. 



