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the Partlienon west pediment have been re-mounted and re- 

 moulded ; casts from the Nereid Monument have been repaired. 

 Thirty-nine pieces of sculpture and fragments and three inscrip- 

 tions have been mounted on stone pedestals ; one medallion 

 bust has been fixed in the Roman Gallery ; one alabaster 

 statuette, six gems, forty-four bronzes, and twenty-one terra- 

 cottas have been mounted on wooden bases. Sixty-nine vases 

 and three series of vase fragments, eleven terraco ttas, seventeen 

 bronzes, three objects of alabaster, one of gold and one of 

 glass have been cleaned and repaired. 146 objects were 

 registered and 813 numbered ; 142 labels were written and 

 244 printed. 



The number of visits to the Departmental Library and 

 Students' Room for purposes of research was 574; there were 

 992 other visits to the Staff for enquiry or on departmental 

 business, and 2,138 attendances of students of art and 

 architecture in the Sculpture Galleries. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



I. — Scul'pture in stone or marble. 



1. Marble altar dedicated to Hercules Augustus by Primi- 

 genius luvencianus, keeper of the marbles of the Emperor 

 Vespasian ; in front is carved in low relief the club and 

 lionskin of Hercules, at the sides the cup and bow and quiver. 

 Ht. 22| in. 



Found in Apiil, 1737, at the marble wharf (La Marmorata) 

 on the bank of the Tiber at Rome. C.I.L. YI. 301. 



2. The front of a marble fluted sarcophagus, of the type 

 called Lenos, with two lions' heads, with rings. L. 5 ft. 2 in. 



3. Marble portrait bust, probably of 1st cent. A.D., in high 

 relief within a medallion formed by an oak wreath. 



4. Marble sepulchral cippus dedicated by Valeria Donata 

 to her husband Tiberius Claudius Corinthius and herself. 

 Ht. 28| in. Found about 1731 at the Capene Gate, Rome. 

 C.I.L. VI. 14,979. 



5. Inscribed marble sepulchral chest of Plotia Lesbiana, 

 with lid ; on each side of the inscription are dolphins. C.I.L. 

 VI. 24,339. 



6. Inscribed marble sepulchral chest of Nicephoros, with lid. 

 This is tlie missing original from which the modern inscription 

 C.I.L. VI. 35,910 is copied. 



7. Inscribed marble sepulchral chest of On. Cornelius 

 Secundus ; around the inscription is- a swag of foliage suspended 

 from masks of Ammon. 



8. Inscribed marble sepulchral chest of M. Yipsanius 

 Primigenias. 



9. Two marble brackets with acanthus and palmette 

 decoration. Found at Ostia. 



