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448 labels have been drafted and painted on the plinths in 

 the Egyptian Galleries, and numbers have been painted on 

 17 objects, casts, etc. 



1821 casts of scara-bs for photographic purposes have been 

 made ; four papyri have been repaired. 



1472 objects have been registered or re-registered, and 

 about 580 objects, from which the numbers had disappeared, 

 have been identified, renumbered, and noted in the Registers. 



Works in Progress, 



1. Select Papyri. — The translation of two papyri for the 

 new volume has been continued, and 14 collotype plates have 

 been printed off. 



2. Coptic Homilies. — About 80 foil, have been copied for 

 publication. 



3. Catalogue of Scarabs. — Catalogue slips for 2426 scarabs 

 have been written, and of these 2194 have been revised. The 

 slips for the royal scarabs, 2621 in number, are arranged ready 

 for the printer. 



4. Egyptian Texts. — 101 stelae, mastaba doors, etc. have been 

 copied, and 35 plates have been prepared for the lithographer. 



A slip list of 4100 scarabs has been made for use during the 

 preparation of the Scarab Catalogue. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 

 The general re-arrangement of the unexhibited section of 

 the Babylonian and Assyrian Collections has been continued, 

 and the cleaning of the bas-reliefs has been continued. 



A large portion of the Babylonian Collection, the Kuyunjik, 

 " Daily Telegraph," and other Assyrian Collections have been 

 removed to the Assyrian Room in the Basement, and re-arranged 

 temporarily during the alterations in the Northern Gallery. 



280 tablets and fragments have been cleaned and repaired, 

 and the boxing of the collections has been continued ; plaster 

 casts of 89 Babylonian cylinder-seals have been made, and 

 mounted with the originals on wooden blocks ; 14 fragments 

 have been rejoined, and 25 labels and 376 registration numbers 

 have been written and painted. 



280 tablets and other objects have been registered; a slip 

 list for a collection of Babylonian tablets has been made, and a 

 slip list of the copies of cuneiform texts up to No. 4030. 



141 tablets have been copied ; 35 tablets have been collated ; 

 452 tablets have been examined and selected for publication ; 

 and 630 tablets belonging to medical and other series have 

 been examined and arranged. 



The new cylinder of Sennacherib has been copied, and parts 

 of the text translated ; and Introductions, Index, etc., have 

 been written for Parts XXV. and XXVI. of " Cuneiform Texts 

 from Babylonian Tablets." 



