18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BlUTISH MUSEUM. 



The Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities has 

 secured several interesting bronzes, includino- a obh century 

 statuette of Hephfestus, and a remarkable bronze steelyard ; 

 an alabaster statuette of Aphrodite ; a marble votive relief 

 of Zeus of Labranda, from Caria, associated with the sculptures 

 of the Mausoleum ; a series of sculptures brought from Rome 

 to England in the 18th century ; a large amphora of Dipylon 

 style, and a number of other vases. 



The Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities 

 received an important accession of arms and armour as the 

 result of the labours of a committee appointed to report on 

 the various collections in the armouries of the Tower, Wool- 

 wich, and elsewhere. The Byzantine Research Fund placed 

 at the disposal of the Trustees all the results of its excavation 

 of a Coptic site in Egypt. The gift of a selection from a 

 remarkable " find " of Jacobean jewellery by the Right Hon. 

 Lewis Harcourt has been mentioned above, and a fine English 

 astrolabe of the 14th century was presented, by Mr. Maurice 

 Rosenheim. Another acquisition was a nne cameo of Queen 

 Elizabeth. A Persian pottery bowl and cup was the gift of 

 Mr. Van den Bergh, and a large Persian dish was acquired by 

 purchase. The second portion of a large collection of ancient 

 Peruvian pottery was also acquired in the course of the year ; 

 and among a large number of additions to the ethnographical 

 collections the most noteworthy was an elaborately carved 

 ivory tusk from Benin. 



In the Department of Coins and Medals the principal 

 accessions were a unique Paphlagonian coin of Attalos 

 Epiphanes ; an almost unique tetradrachm of Orodes II. of 

 Parthia ; a group of gold staters of Cyrene ; an unique bronze 

 coin of Carausius, and a selection of early English coins from 

 the Carlyon-Britton collection ; a selection of English coins 

 of the 14th and 15th centuries from the Walters collection ; 

 a fine and unique medal by Simon Passe ; and a very fine 

 collection of over a thousand coins of the Frankish rulers of 

 Athens and Achaia and of the semi-bracteate coins of Switzer- 

 land, presented by Mr, Maurice Rosenheim. 



The special Parliamentary grant for the assistance of Schools 

 of Art has been devoted to the supply of (1) casts of ancient 

 sculpture, (2) facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts, (3) electro- 

 types of Italian Renaissance medals. Gifts of official publica- 

 tions have also been made to many local libraries and 

 museums. 



The following are the publications issued by the Depart- 

 ments at Bloomsbury during the year : — 



Hieroglyphic Texts from Egyptian Stelae, &c., in the British 

 Museum. Part V. 50 plates. Folio. 7s. Gd. 



Wall Decorations of Egyptian Tombs. Illustrated from 

 examples in the British Museum. With 8 plates and descriptive 

 letterpress. 5s. 



Carchemish. Report on the Excavations at Djerabis on 

 behalf of the British Museum, conducted by C. Leonard Woolley. 



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