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have been cleaned or repaired. Thirty-five imperfect bronzes 

 have been completed by the restoration of the missing parts. 



One thousand six hundred and nineteen objects have been 

 registered, 1,647 numbered ; 680 labels have been written, 

 and 356 labels printed in the Department. 



The Catalogue of Finger Rings has been published, and 

 a new edition of the Guide to the Department has been 

 issued. The publication of the British Museum Excavations 

 at Ephesus has been prepared for press. 



Progress has been made with the Catalogues of the First 

 Vase Room, the Roman Pottery, and the Gold Ornaments, 

 with the Guide to the Room of Greek and Roman Life, and 

 with a new edition of the Guide to the Sculptures of the 

 Parthenon. 



Students. — The number of visits to the Students' Room 

 for purposes of research has been 428 ; 1,565 other visits to 

 the Staff for purposes of inquiry, and 1,206 attendances of 

 students in the Sculpture Galleries have been entered. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 By Purchase. 



I. — Objects in Gold. 



1. Eight stamped plaques pierced for attachment, one of 

 them ornamented also with filigree work. 



These resemble the primitive treasure found in the recent 

 Museum excavations at Ephesus, and are probably from that 

 site. 



2. Pair of earrings in the shape of clubs terminating m 

 lions' masks, to which are attached pendent amphorae made 

 of black and white glass and gold. The clubs are prolonged 

 at each end by twisted wire, forming a loop to fit over the 

 ears. 



3. Sixteen stamped bracteate plaques, of which fourteen 

 are copied from coin-types ; they include pieces of Olbia, 

 Naxos, Magna Graecia, and Rome. 



4. Fifteen amulets or pendants, one set with a plasma 

 gem, another with a sard, and another with a sardonyx 

 cameo representing Eros leaning on a column. 



5. Necklace of 106 gold and 52 glass beads, strung in such 

 a way as to suggest a bead-and-reel pattern. 



2-5 from Olbia. 



7. Ring, set with a golden sard intaglio : a youthful head 

 of Hermes with caduceus. Roman, 1st century B.C. Found 

 in a tomb in the island of Lipari. {Journ. Hell. Stud., VII., 

 p. 51 ; Brit, Mus, Catalogue of Finger Rings, p. xiii., 

 No. 1655.) 



