66 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, <&;c. 



Part of the north side of the Parthenon frieze has been 

 re-arranged and new casts from fragments have been inserted. 

 In the Archaic Room the lion with the dedicatory inscription 

 to Apollo has been mounted on an inscribed base from the 

 same spot. A Portland stone pedestal has been placed beneath 

 a sepulchral chest from Xanthos ; fragments have been 

 added to the Parthenon, Phigaleian, and Nereid friezes, and 

 to an Attic stele. A terracotta sarcophagus from Clazomenae 

 has been repaired, mounted, and placed in the First Vase 

 Room. The reconstruction of an Ionic Capital from the early- 

 temple of Diana at Ephesus has been nearly completed. Two 

 Roman heads, a relief from Cyprus, and a por.tion of a head 

 from the Nereid monument, have been mounted. Twelve 

 stone plinths have been prepared for mounting sculptures. 

 Moulds and casts have been made from two female heads, 

 from the Apotheosis of Homer, from Figs. 4.3-45 on the east 

 side of the Parthenon frieze, from a new fragment recently 

 added to the frieze, and from the Ionic capital of the early 

 temple of Diana at Ephesus. 



A case has been placed in the vestibule of the gold 

 Ornament Room, and a series of silver phalerae and rings 

 mounted in it ; 40 Vases, 36 Terracottas, 3 Bronzes, and a 

 series of silver ornaments have been cleaned and repaired ; 

 60 objects registered ; 418 labels written and 258 printed. 

 The Catalogues of Sculpture (Vol. III.) and Terracottas 

 have been prepared for printing ; and progress has been 

 made with the Catalogue of Vases (Vol. I). 



A new edition of the General Guide to the Department 

 has been issued. 



416 persons have visited the Students' Room for purposes 

 of research. 



The number of students visiting the Sculpture Galleries 

 is 3,293. 



Fifteen parties of architectural and other students have 

 visited the Department for lectures and demonstrations. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 By Purchase. 

 I.— Gold. 

 1. Bracelet of Mycenaean type. From Myndus. 



