56 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. 



The Wall-cases in the Fourth Egyptian Room have been 

 shortened and adapted to the space available during the altera- 

 tions now being carried out in connection with the extension 

 of the Museum. The Standard Cases have been rebuilt, and 

 the collections from them have been cleaned, repaired where 

 necessary, and replaced. 



The cases containing the Egyptian papyri have been removed 

 to the Assyrian Saloon in the Basement. 



The labelling of the exhibits has been continued. 



The washing and cleaning of many stelse and figures in hard 

 stone have been carefully carried out. 



The remounting and repair of the Sekhet statues have been, 

 continued, and many of the old plinths have been replaced 

 by granite. 



Fifteen Caen stone plinths and pedestals have been worked 

 and placed in position ; twelve granite plinths have been made 

 and "fixed"; and one hundred and forty-one white alabaster 

 plinths have been prepared and polished, and figures of gods,. 

 ushabtiu figures, etc., mounted on them ; and one thousand 

 and three wooden plinths, pedestals, mounts of various kinds, 

 and vase stands have been made, and small figures, vases, etc.,, 

 mounted upon them. 



The two large painted casts of reliefs from a temple of 

 Rameses II., in Nubia, have been removed from the Fourth 

 Egyptian Room, and fixed on the walls of the Third Egyptian 

 Room. 



The remounting of the series of altars in the Egyptian 

 Galleries has been completed. 



Seventeen large wooden labels have been prepared and 

 fixed ; and 450 pin numbers have been fixed. 



62 objects, including coffins, stelse, large figures, etc., have 

 been repaired ; about 40 objects have been cleaned ; about 

 80 vase-fragments have been rejoined ; and a collection of early 

 pottery has been washed. 



2430 scarabs, porcelain figures, etc., have been mounted on 

 cloth-covered plinths. 



