56 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



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

 tinued. The contents of the cases in the Nineveh Gallery 

 have been revised and re-arranged and classified, and the 

 labelling of the tablets has been continued. The contents of 

 the case containing the cylinders and tablets of the later 

 Babylonian Empire have been re-arranged and labelled. 



Five hundred and sixteen tablets have been repaired ; one 

 hundred and two tablets have been cleaned ; one hundred and 

 eighty-four "joins" have been made ; and two thousand four 

 hundred and thirty tablets have been arranged in numbered 

 boxes on shelves. About fifty blocks for raising the inscribed 

 cylinders have been made ; fifty-five weights, bricks, figures, 

 &c. have been mounted on plinths or pedestals; and the 

 large Assyrian cylinders have been mounted on new and 

 improved pedestals. The case list for the Assyrian room 

 has been continued, and the Babylonian cones have been 

 remounted. 



About three hundred and sixty tablets of the Spartali II., 

 88-5-12, and 91-5-9 collections have been copied and cata- 

 logued ; thirteen hundred and twenty-one tablets of the 

 91-5-9 collection have been registered ; three thousand six 

 hundred and seventy-one tablets of the Kouyunjik collection 

 have been verified with the registers, and found to be correct. 



Twelve sheets of the fourth volume of the Catalogue of 

 the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection have 

 been passed for press. 



Twenty-three paper impressions of inscriptions have been 

 made. 



Students : — 

 One thousand seven hundred and thirty visits have been 

 made to the Egyptian and Assyrian Department by students 

 and others ; and fourteen thousand five hundred and sixty 

 objects have been issued to them for study. 



II. — Acquisitions. — Purchases. 

 Egyptian : 



1. Alabaster stele with a figure of the lady Theth in 



relief ; lYth or Yth dynasty ; about B.C. 3600. 



2. Slab with painted figure of Khnemu hetep, a high 



official who flourished in the Vth dynasty ; 

 about B.C. 3600. 



3. Side of a mastaha door of the time of Pepil. ;j 



about B.C. 3300. 



4. Complete mastaha door with upper tablet anc 



libation I 



