54 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 

 Egyptian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Egyptian Collections 

 has been continued and the greater number of the important 

 objects acquired during the year have been incorporated and 

 exhibited. 



A fine granite column from the portico of the pyramid 

 tomb of King Unas (Vth dynasty) has been repaired and set 

 up in the Vestibule, and the massive " false door" of Asa-ankh 

 has been mounted near it. Granite plinths have been placed 

 under the large sarcophagi, and many of the statues of Sekhet 

 have been remounted. 



The labelling of the exhibits has been continued. For con- 

 venience of reference the monuments have been renumbered 

 consecutively. 



Several of the larger objects in the Galleries and many of 

 the hard-stone sepulchral tablets have been carefully cleaned. 



Twenty-six Caen stone plinths and pedestals have been 

 worked and placed in position ; sixteen granite plinths have 

 been prepared and " fixed '' ; forty-four white alabaster plinths 

 have been washed and polished, and figures of gods, etc., 

 mounted on them ; and two hundred and ten porcelain figures, 

 etc., have been mounted on smaller pedestals. 



Oak frames have been made for sixty-eight stone altars and 

 sepulchral tablets ; eight stelae frames have been repaired. 



A limestone door-jamb of Mer-en-Ptah and a cornice-slab of 

 Sa-Amen have been repaired and mounted ; and eight large: 

 slabs have been cleaned and mounted. 



1831 scarabs, small plaques, porcelain figures, etc., have been 

 mounted on cloth-covered wooden plinths. 



260 miscellaneous objects have been cleaned, or repaired, 

 and when necessary remounted. 



413 casts of scarabs for photographic purposes have been 

 made, 10 fragments of papyri have been unrolled and mounted, 

 and a collection of ostraka has been boxed. 



694 labels have been written and painted on the plinths, etc., 

 in the Egyptian Galleries ; and 3526 numbers have been painted 

 on antiquities, casts, etc. 



1,666 objects have been registered, and about 900 objects, 

 from which the numbers had disappeared, have been identified 

 and re-numbered. 



260 descriptive slips for the new Guide have been written. 

 70 stelse have been copied, and 34 have been collated a 

 second time. 



