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Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 

 Egyptian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Egyptian Collection has 

 "been proceeded with, and a number of important objects 

 acquired during this year have been incorporated. 



Three hundred and fifty labels have been written and 

 painted; eighty-one zinc and wooden labels have been pre- 

 pared, polished, and fixed on cases ; wooden frames have been 

 made for eight papyri ; thirteen oak frames for stelae, and 

 five hundred and twenty-seven plinths and pedestals have 

 been made ; forty-nine clay figures of birds and animals, 

 thirty-six miscellaneous objects, and fifty-four bronze figures 

 have been mounted on plinths or pedestals ; iron standards, 

 blocks, and "runners" have been fitted in four mummy cases ; 

 and fillets have been fitted to one hundred and eighty-nine 

 trays. 



Nine hundred and eleven objects of the diflferent collections 

 have been registered. 



The second edition of the facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani 

 has been published, and twenty-eight sheets of the transcript 

 of the text and translation have been passed for press. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the tablets has been con- 

 tinued. Three hundred and sixty-seven tablets have been 

 repaired ; three thousand two hundred and fifty-one tablets 

 have been placed in boxes lined with wool, and numbered ; 

 two hundred and fifty-one " joins " have been made ; and the 

 case list for the Assyrian Room has been continued. Casts 

 of two hundred and seventy-three seals have been made ; 

 twenty-eight labels have been attached to the exhibition 

 «ases ; and five gate sockets and six inscriptions have been 

 mounted. 



Copies of five hundred and ninety-four fragments of the 

 82-7-14 collection, and of one hundred and ninety -five frag- 

 ments of Spartali II. collection have been made; one thousand 

 six hundred and thirty tablets of the various collections have 

 been registered ; one thousand five hundred and sixty- 

 three tablets of the Kouyunjik Collection have been verified 

 with the registers and found to be correct. 



Sixteen sheets of the fourth volume of the Catalogue of 

 the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection have 

 been passed for press. 



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