58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Works in Progress. 



1. Babylonian Boundary Stones. — About 50 plates of texts 

 have been translated and transliterated. • 



2. Cuneiform Texts. — The 50 plates for Part XXVI.I. have 

 been copied and sent to the printer. The 50 plates for 

 Part XXVIII. have been copied, and the revision of the texts 

 is in progress. 



Publications. — " A Guide to the Egyptian Galleries and 

 Vestibule (Sculpture) " ; Texts relating to St. Mena of Egypt 

 and Canons of Nic£ea in a Nubian Dialect " ; and Parts XXV. 

 and XXVI. of " Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, 

 etc." have been issued. 



Students. — About 3,260 visits have been made to the 

 Department by students and others ; and 16,962 objects have 

 been issued for their use. 



Personally conducted Parties. — Fifty-one parties have been 

 personally conducted through the Department by members of 

 the staff, the number of persons being about 1,150, including 

 pupil teachers and others from schools. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



i.— Egyptian : — 



i. — 1. Black granite seated statue of Ra-men-kheper-senb, 

 an Erpa and Ha prince, chief judge and second 

 prophet of Amen-Ra, the king of the gods, at 

 Karnak (Thebes), who flourished during the reigns 

 of Queen Hatshepset and Thothmes III., about 

 B.C. 1550. The style of the statue is archaistic, 

 and was modelled on that of the best examples of 

 the sculptor's work of the Xllth dynasty. From 

 Thebes. 



2. A massive quartzite sandstone seated figure of Teta, or 

 Tetathi, a priest, scribe, chancellor and councillor, 

 who flourished in the reigns of Queen Hatshepset 

 and Thothmes III., whose name he bears on his 

 shoulder. He administered the finances of the 

 Temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes, and as the high 

 priest of Ptah he directed the ceremonies in 

 connection with the dead in the Tuat Chamber. 

 From Thebes, 



ii. — 1. A diorite bangle from Upper Egypt. Predynastic 

 Period. 



2. Red and yellow stone vase. Predynastic Period. 



3. A cylinder seal on which is engraved the Horus 



name and titles of Sahu-Ra, a king of the Vth 

 dynasty. About B.C. 3500. 



