72 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



One hundred and five labels have been drafted and painted, 

 and registration and collection numbers have been painted on 

 about 4,446 tablets. 



Eighteen hundred and sixty tablets have been registered, 

 and about 1,200 slips have been written. 



About seventy-one texts have been copied and collated ; an 

 Index to the Supplement has been compiled; and a complete 

 Index to all the re-joined fragments has been made. 



Eight hundred slips of the Catalogue of tablets have been 

 revised, and one hundred and forty slips of the Catalogue of 

 cylindrical seals have been written. 



Works in Progress. 



1. Cuneiform Texts. — Material is being collected for Part 

 XXXIV. 



2. Kuyunjik Catalogue (Supplement). — The Introduction 

 to this volume is in the hands of the printer. 



Publications. 



1. Coptic Apocrypha in the Dialect of Upper Egypt. 



2. Catalogue of Scarabs. Vol. I. 



3. Rosetta Stone. 



3. Egyptian Texts, Part IV. 



Students. — -About 3,8G0 visits have been made to the 

 Department by students and inquirers ; and 20,849 objects 

 have been issued for the use of students. 



Personally conducted Parties. — Seventy-two parties have 

 been personally conducted through the Department by members 

 of the staff, the number of persons being about 1,G20, including 

 pupil-teachers and others from, schools. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 i.— Egyptian : — 



i.— 1. A wooden head-rest, or pillow, for placing under the 

 head of a mummy. On one end of it is carved a 

 figure of Bes, a Sudani god, who is working magic 

 with a pair of snakes, and on the other end are 

 carved a figure of Bes holding the Eye of Horus, 

 and the symbol of the " fluid of life " of Ra. 

 XVIIIth dynasty. From Der al-Bahari. 



2. A steatite amulet of a fish (silurusl), mounted 



upon a pylon-shaped building, in front of which 

 are two uraei. Archaic Period. From Upper 

 Egypt. 



3. Green-glazed faience figure of the goddess Hatmehit 



standing between the wings of the goddess Nut. 

 She is supposed to have given birth to Harpo- 

 krates, whose head adheres to her body. A rare 

 object. Date uncertain. 



