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plates forming the ornamentation of an Etruscan cliair has 

 been fixed on a wooden model ; a marble dish and shade in 

 the Entrance Hall have been refixed, and the shade of the 

 Parthenon model in the Elgin Room altered. 



A series of wooden ebonised labels has been prepared for tops 

 of wall-cases in the Terracotta, Etruscan, Bronze, and Vase 

 Rooms, six others for the Gold Ornament Room and three 

 for the Entrance Hall ; the plans in the Ephesus Room 

 have been cleaned, and all thermometers refixed ; new locks 

 have been provided for table-cases in the Elgin and Mausoleum 

 Rooms and Etruscan Saloon, and for a case in the Gold 

 Ornament Room Vestibule ; the racks for students' drawing 

 boards have been altered, and 66 pegs provided for easels ; 

 the pedestals in the Vase Rooms have been fixed to the floor 

 and the shades screwed down. 



Seven silver objects, two bronzes, 26 terracottas, 39 vases, 

 and a series of fragments of pottery from Cyprus, Daphnae, 

 and elsewhere, have been cleaned, repaired, and restored ; 84 

 casts have been made from gems ; 990 labels prepared and 

 attached to objects; 279 objects registered ; 1,108 terracottas 

 catalogued. 



A new edition of the Parthenon Guide, Volume II. of the 

 Catalogue of Sculptures, and a publication on " Excavations 

 in Cyprus under the Turner Bequest " have been issued. 



Progress has been made in preparing Catalogues of Vases 

 (Volume I.), Sculpture (Volume III.), and Terracottas. 



The number of visits made by students to the Departmental 

 Library for purposes of research is 426. 



II. — Acquisitions. 

 By Purchase. 



I. — Objects in gold. 



1. Fragment of bar of square section, part of which was 

 already in the Museum ; total weight 1113 grains, or eight 

 and-a-half times the Mycenaean unit of 130 grains. Probably 

 this bar was an ojSlXto-Koc used as a medium of exchange. 



2. Frontlet or mouth-piece with embossed spiral pattern, 

 of unusual size. 



3. Finger-ring with murex-shells engraved on bezel. 



4. Double finger-ring, with lotus-flowers engraved on sides, 

 the bezels inlaid with paste. 



5-6. Two pairs of earrings of twisted wire ; one pair has 

 small porcelain cylinders attached. 



7-14. Eight head-bands or frontlets, plain or embossed with 

 patterns. 



