GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 67 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, c&c. 



The two columns, which stood at the entrance of the so- 

 called Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae, have been restored 

 from the original portions presented to the Museum, with 

 the aid of plaster casts of fragments of the shafts and capitals 

 existing in other collections. Two marble bases have been 

 prepared for the columns, and alterations, have been made 

 in the arrangement of the Archaic Room to allow of their 

 suitable exhibition. A relief has been fixed to the wall of 

 the Third Graeco-Roman Room, and a stele placed in the 

 Phigaleian Room. Several plaster fragments have been 

 joined to the Metopes and Frieze of the Parthenon. 



In the Etruscan Saloon, Cases 26-37, 54-63, 88-98, and 

 126-135 have been cleared of their contents and cut back. 



Four statues, 2 heads, 4 reliefs, 1 statuette, 2 inscriptions, 

 and 5 miscellaneous pieces of sculpture have been mounted 

 on marble or stone; 119 bronzes, 8 gems, 8 silver rings, and 

 6 terra-cottas mounted on wooden blocks ; 9 frescoes and 

 2 mosaics framed ; and 8 frames containing frescoes fixed on 

 the walls of the passa,ge leading to the Gold Ornament Room. 

 Four blocks have been made for gems, and three pedestals for 

 the Fourth Vase Room. 



73 vases, 73 terra-cottas, 89 bronzes, 7 lamps, and 40 

 miscellaneous objects have been cleaned and repaired. 



449 labels have been written, 636 objects numbered, and 

 280 objects registered. 



The Catalogue of Roman Pottery and the Catalogue of 

 Rings have been made ready for the press. Progress has 

 been made with the Catalogue of Vases (Vol. I.), and with 

 revised editions of the Catalogue of Gems, the Guide to the 

 Sculptures of the Parthenon, and the General Guide to the 

 Department. 



The number of visits to the Students' Room for purposes 

 of research has been 574 : 1,000 other visits to the Staff for 

 purposes of enquiry, and 2,985 attendances of students in the 

 Sculpture Galleries have been entered. 



Numerous parties of students of architecture and oLher 

 subjects have visited the Department for lectures and 

 'demonstrations. 



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