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Forty-eighfc figures, statues, and other objects have been 

 mounted on marble or alabaster or granite plinths ; nine 

 hundred and twenty scarabs have been mounted ; and fourteen 

 terra-cotta bowls, &ic. have been mounted on stands. 



A granite sarcophagus has been taken to pieces, the old 

 dowels have been removed and new copper plugs inserted, and 

 the monument has been mounted on granite plinths. 



A pyramidal sepulchral stele has been repaired and 

 mounted ; three stelse have been repaired, and six stelae have 

 been cleaned. 



The store-moulds for casts have been taken out where 

 required, and replaced after use. 



Several collections of antiquities which have been offered 

 for purchase have been examined, and repacked. 



Eighty-two labels have been drafted, one thousand four 

 hundred and nine objects have been registered or re-registered, 

 and the slip list of registered objects has been continued. 



Drawings of the sculptured portions of about seventy-six 

 stelae, and copies of the hieroglyphic texts which they illustrate, 

 have been made. 



Works in Progress. 



1. Coptic MSS. — Six manuscripts for Vol. V. have been 

 copied and the copies collated and sent to the printer, and 

 fifteen sheets of sixteen pages have been read and printed off". 

 Indexes to these sheets have been compiled. A preface and 

 introduction have been written to Vol. IV., and the translation 

 has been read and passed for press. 



2. Catalogue of Scarabs. — Nine hundred and eighty slips 

 for Vol. II. have been written, and eighty-five have been 

 revised. Selections of scarabs for reproduction have been 

 made. 



3. Egyptian Texts. — An introduction and description of 

 plates for Part V. have been written, and the bulk of the 

 material for Part VI. has been copied and arranged. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the unexhibited section of 

 the Babylonian and Assyrian Collections has been continued, 

 and bas-reliefs, stelse, &c., have been cleaned. 



The remainder of the tablets which were housed temporarily 

 in the Assyrian Saloon have been brought upstairs, the wooden 

 cases in which they were have been taken down, repaired, and 

 rebuilt, and the tablets replaced in them. 



A number of important cylinders, both Babylonian and 

 Assyrian, have been removed to a case in the Basement, and 

 two of the Table-Cases from the Nineveh Gallery have been 

 transferred to the Basement. 



