62 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



The sculptures and architectural remains of the temple of 

 Diana at Ephesus have been put together and erected in the 

 Ephesus Room ; progress has been made in restoring an Ionic 

 capital from the archaic temple at Ephesus ; moulds have 

 been made from the column and entablature of the Mauso- 

 leum, and from three marble heads ; the Erechtheum column 

 has been set up on a marble plinth ; eight new plinths of 

 variegated marble have been placed under sculptures ; a 

 head has been restored and mounted, and an archaic head 

 restored; live sculptures and four inscriptions have been 

 mounted on plinths, and 16 inscribed lead tablets on slate ; 

 26 vases, five terra-cottas, eight bronzes, and ^ series of 

 objects from Cyprus have been cleaned and repaired ; 22 

 frescoes and four drawings have been mounted and framed ; 

 1,980 gems and rings have been re-mounted on velvet-covered 

 blocks, and 30 gems in silver-gilt settings ; tlie table-cases in 

 the Gold Ornament Room have been fitted with new locks, as 

 also the cases in the vestibule, where the collection of objects 

 in silver has been arranged, and a series of frescoes placed on 

 the walls ; the mounting of gems, rings, and gold ornaments 

 in the new Gold Ornament Room has been completed, and 

 the room thrown open to the public ; two upright cases in the 

 Fourth Vase Room have been re-arranged ; two cases in the 

 Etruscan Room iiave been fitted up for the collection of 

 bronze mirrors, one for the collection of Greek and Roman 

 weights and miscellaneous antiquities, and one for the exhi- 

 bition of antiquities excavated at Curium in Cyprus ; the 

 Departmental library has been re-arranged and re-catalogued 

 in the old Gold Ornament Room, the presses re-numbered, and 

 the room opened to students ; the collection of terra-cottas 

 has been re-arranged and numbered ; 120 bronzes have been 

 catalogued ; 350 objects registered ; 37-5 written, and 797 

 printed labels prepared and attached to objects ; nine sets of 

 duplicate antiquities from Amathus have been selected for 

 presentation to local museums; 43 drawings have been made for 

 the Vase-Catalogue, of which Vols. III.-IV. have been nearly 

 completed ; progress has been made with the Catalogues of 

 Sculpture (Volume II.) and of Bronzes. 



il.—Acqiiiaitions. 

 By Donation. 

 I. — 1. Ancient terra-cotta impression of a coin of the 

 Kilbiani Superiores. 



2, 3. Two ancient terra-cotta impressions of gems. 

 Excavated under the floor of a Roman house at Myndus, 

 and i^resented by Mrs. W. R. Paton. 



II.-^l. Terra- 



