58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(2.) Ivory reliefs, with hunting-scenes, groups of animals, 

 etc. 



(3.) Hsematite and other cylinders ; in two instances w^ith 

 cuneiform inscriptions. 



(4.) Porcelain objects, including vases, plates, and rhytons, 

 in the form of human and animal heads. 



(5.) Fictile objects of the Mycenaean period, including- 

 vases with chariots, stags, bulls, and marine creatures, such 

 as the cuttle-fish, together with numerous *' false amphorae ; '* 

 and other characteristic forms. 



(6.) Vases of the early Cypriote wares. 



A special publication describing the excavations carried on 

 under the Turner bequest at Amathus (1893-4), Curium 

 (1895), and Enkomi (1896) is in preparation. 



A. S. Murray. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



I. — Arrangement. 

 Mediaeval Room. — The re-furnishing of this room is in 

 progress. The completion of the wall cases on the northern 

 side in February of the past year, has already been recorded^ 

 The old cases on the southern side have now been taken 

 down, and the erection of others of the new pattern is in 

 progress. It was found necessary, in order to make the tinal 

 arrangement of the objects easier, to make detailed notes of 

 all measurements, and of the construction of the old fittings. 

 The specimens removed have been in part stored in cupboards 

 and drawers ; but as many as possible have been kept on 

 exhibition in the wall cases and central cases of the Asiatic 

 Saloon. 



Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Rooms. — A considerable 

 improvement has been made in these rooms, both as to ap- 

 pearance and for the greater safety of the collections, by- 

 replacing the old covers of the table cases by others of the 

 new pattern. 



. The principal objects from the Gibbs Bequest have been 

 re-mounted on velvet- covered tablets. 



Pre-historic Room. — A series of modern examples of stone 

 implements in their handles, &c., has been arranged in a 

 frame and exhibited in this room, with labels showing their 

 relation to the similar implements of early times. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — The various sections of this 

 gallery have been kept under careful observation, and many 



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