56 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eleven hundred and thirteen descriptive labels have 

 been written and painted ; four thousand and seventy 

 numbers have been painted on objects. 



One hundred and forty objects have been registered. The 

 transcribing of hieratic papyri has been continued, and eight 

 sheets have been printed^off. Descriptions of forty-six plates 

 of Coptic ostraka and stelae have been written, and read in 

 proof. 



Three thousand six hundred and thirty-six index slips, 

 and five hundred and ninety-seven identification slips, have 

 been written. A list of objects presented has been made. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Babylonian and 

 Assyrian collections (the unexhibited section) has been con- 

 tinued. Two thousand six hundred and twenty-five tablets 

 have been re-numbered, and the necessary alterations have 

 been made in the registers and case-books. The 1905 collec- 

 tions have been numbered and arranged ; one thousand five 

 hundred and fifty-four tablets have been boxed ; five thousand 

 seven hundred and seventy-three tablets have been num- 

 bered. 



Twenty-four descriptive labels have been written and 

 painted ; one limestone slab has been repaired and mounted ; 

 twenty-three case-tablets have been opened ; seven hundred 

 and ninety-three tablets have been repaired and cleaned ; 

 one hundred and thirty-one fragments have been rejoined. 



About three thousand tablets have been registered. 

 Copies of forty-six inscribed cones, bricks, fee, have been 

 written. 



Fifty plates of text have been copied for publication. 



The preparation of a complete edition of the great 

 trilingual inscription of Darius at Behistun is in progress ; 

 and ten sheets have been printed off". 



The entries in the case-books have been kept up to date. 



Publications. — Part XXI. of " Cuneiform Texts from 

 Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the British Museum" has been 

 compiled and issued. " Greek and Coptic Texts of the 

 Christian Period in the British Museum," dealing with the 

 Christian inscriptions of Ancient Egypt, with one hundred 

 plates, has been printed and issued. 



Students. — About 2,750 visits have been made to the 

 Department by students and others ; and 2,987 objects have 

 been issued for their use. 



Sixty-five parties, comprising about eight hundred and 

 seventy persons, have been personally conducted through the 

 Department by members of the staff". The parties came from 



