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6 miscellaneous pieces of sculpture have been mounted on 

 marble or stone ; 41 bronzes, 27 vases, 81 terracottas, 18 

 ivories mounted on wooden blocks ; 9 drawings and plans 

 framed. Three hundred and sixty sloping blocks have been 

 made for labels. 



Fifty-five bronzes, 99 terracottas, 67 vases, 33 ivories, 

 13 lamps, 80 rings, 27 silver objects, and numerous miscel- 

 laneous antiquities have been cleaned and repaired. 



Six hundred and forty-eight objects have been registered ; 

 573 labels written ; 1,826 objects numbered. 



A new edition of the Guide to the Sculptures of the 

 Parthenon has been issued. Progress has been made with 

 the printing of the Catalogue of Roman Pottery and the 

 Catalogue of Rings ; with the preparation of revised editions 

 of the Catalogue of Gems and of the Guide to the Depart- 

 ment. Progress has also been made with the preparation of 

 the plates of the Parthenon Sculptures and the account of 

 the British Museum Excavations at Ephesus. 



The number of visits to the Departmental Library for 

 purposes of research has been 600; 1,188 other visits to the 

 Staff for purposes of inquiry, and 1,758 attendances of 

 students in the Sculpture Galleries have been entered. 



Numerous parties of students have visited the Department 

 for lectures and demonstrations. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 By Purchase. 



I. — Objects in Gold. 



1. Earring of S-form set with a black jasper engraved on 

 either side. Obverse : head of Mercury ; reverse : scorpion. 

 Late Roman. 



2. Earring as last. The black jasper is engraved on one 

 side only with a helmeted head of Minerva. 



1, 2 were found at Episkopi, Cyprus. 



3. Pair of earrings in the form of disks with pendent 

 amphorae. They are set with emeralds and garnets, and are 

 attached to one another by a fine plaited chain. See 

 Froehner,^ Coll. Tyszkiewicz, 183, pi. xxiii. (Paris, 1898) = 

 pi. xi., 9 (Munich, 1892-1898). 



4. Pair of earrings, each consisting of a rosette of 51 petals, 

 from which is suspended an inverted pyramid surmounted by 

 a dove. From Cyprus. 



II. — Silver. 

 1. Silver-gilt disk with design in relief : Helios in quad- 

 riga rising above the horizon, below which are two dolphins 

 plunging. From a tomb at Elis. Cf. Pollak, Goldschmiedearb., 

 pi. XX., 533. 



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