54) ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE EIlITISH MUSEUM. 



Two thousand two liundred and nine slips for a Cata- 

 logue of Scarabs have been written, one hundred and 

 seventy-eight have been re-written, and one thousand and 

 twenty-five have been revised for printing. 



Six thousand and seventy-eight index slips and an index- 

 slip list of the Egyptian gods have been written. Two 

 hundred and fifty objects, the numbers of which were 

 obliterated, have been identified. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the unexhibited section 

 of the Babylonian and Assyrian collections has been con- 

 tinued. Three hundred and ninety-one tablets have been 

 boxed, and number labels added. 



Fifty-three descriptive labels have been written and 

 painted on plinths ; thirty-four case-tablets have been 

 opened, and the fragments of the cases re-joined ; three 

 hundred and ninety tablets have been cleaned and repaired ; 

 two hundred and forty-five number tablets have been written 

 and fixed; casts of sixty-four seal-cylinders have been 

 made> etc. 



Two thousand one hundred and forty-one tablets have 

 been registered. Sixty-three tablets have been copied for 

 publication. 



The preparation of a complete edition of the great 

 trilingual inscription of Darius at Behistim is in progress, 

 and sixteen sheets have been printed off", 



Indexes to Parts HI., IV. and V. of " Cuneiform Texts " 

 have been made ; seven hundred and twenty-two " K " num- 

 bers have been entered in the registers ; and the entries in 

 the case-books have been kept up to date. 



Publications. — Parts XXII. and XXIII. of " Cuneiform 

 Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c. in the British Museum," 

 have been compiled and issued. 



Students. — -About 2,668 visits have been made to the 

 Department by students and others; and 4,121 objects have 

 been issued for their use. 



Personally Conducted Parties. — Fifty-eight parties, 

 comprising about eleven hundred and three persons have 

 been personally conducted through the Department by 

 members of the stafi". The parties came from institutions, 

 educational and social clubs, schools, &c., at Bayswater, 

 Clapton, Dulwich, Hornsey, Islington, Holloway, Highbury, 

 New Cross, Ratcliff'e, Walthamstow, Westbourne Park, 

 "Westminster, Winchmore Hill, and other parts of London. 



