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ivory relief, 107 vases and fragments, 3 bronzes, 12 terra- 

 cottas, and 26 gold and silver objects have been cleaned and 

 repaired ; 366 objects have been registered, 1,827 numbered ; 

 255 labels have been written ; and 17 printed in the department. 



Progress has been made with the preparation for publication 

 of The Sculptures of the Parthenon in folio, and of the Cata- 

 logues of Gold Ornaments ; Lamps ; Vases, Vol. I ; Ivories ; and 

 Inscriptions. 



Students. — The number of visits to the Departmental 

 Library for purposes of research has been 563 ; there have 

 been 1,347 other visits to the Staff for purposes of enquiry or 

 Departmental business, and 1,077 attendances of students in the 

 Sculpture Galleries have been entered. 



II. — Acquisitions. 

 By Purchase. 



I. — Bone and Ivory. 



1. Six thin bone plaques, fragmentary, incised with geo- 

 metrical patterns and figures of deer ; the incisions are inlaid 

 with a black substance. They are perhaps late Mycensean 

 work. 



2. Ivory plaque from the arm of a couch. The plaque is 

 carved in relief with a design representing Bacchus seated, 

 holding a wine-cup in his left hand and grasping with his 

 right a bunch of grapes which hang from a vine ; above, a 

 Cupid flying. Roman work. From the Campan'ari Collection. 

 (Graeven, Antike Schnitzereien, No. 59.) 



II. — Bronze. 



1. Head of a woman, broken from a statuette. Archaic 

 Greek work. 



2. Statuette of a cow walking. On its back is an inscription: 

 in archaic Peloponnesian characters: AAKOZ ANE0EKE 

 HEPA. Said to be from Sparta. 



3. Relief, cast by cire perdue, of a boar. It has been 

 attached to some curved background, such as a shield-boss, 

 which is now lost. Greek .work of the 5th century B.C., 

 found near Smyrna. 



4. Statuette of Diana Multimammia, wearing a high polos, 

 and with body swathed. 



5. Head of a peacock, broken from a large figure. The 

 feathers Were originally plated with silver. 



6. Beak and head of bird, upper part, perhaps from a water 

 spout. 



7. Fragment of a plant, perhaps the head of an asparagus 

 stalk. 



8. Leg, perhaps of a deer, with hinged joint at the upper 

 end. 



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