50: ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH WUSEUM. 



Four hundred and seventy- three objects have been 

 registered ; eight thousand and seven hundred and fifty-four 

 objects have been re- numbered; one hundred and forty 

 ostraka have been copied, thirty ostraka have been collated ; 

 and twelve hundred and ninety-six labels have been written 

 and attached to objects. 



About eight thousand scarabs and other amulets have been 

 classified and arranged preparatory to cataloguing, and about 

 thirteen thousand case and catalogue numbers have been 

 attached to them. 



The greater part of the new Guide to the Third and 

 Fourth Egyptian E-ooms has been written. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Babylonian and 

 Assyrian collections (the unexhibited section") has been con- 

 tinued. Twelve thousand six hundred and forty tablets have 

 been re-numbered, and the necessary alterations have been 

 made in the registers and case-books. The 1903-10-1.3 collec- 

 tion has been numbered and arranged ; sixteen thousand three 

 hundred and six boxes containing tablets have been lined with 

 cotton wool ; one hundred and fifty trays containing tablets 

 have been labelled. 



The Assyrian bas-reliefs presented by His Majesty the 

 King and by the Library Committee of the Corporation of 

 the City of London, have been cleaned, mounted, and labelled. 

 The tablets of the Kuyunjik Collection have been re-examined, 

 and 118 fragments have been rejoined, all " rejoins" having 

 been noted on the labels. 



Three thousand four hundred and eighty-eight tablets and 

 other objects have been registered, and five hundred and 

 ninety-six tablets have been cleaned and repaired. An index 

 to the '' Incantation Tablets " has been begun, and three 

 hundred and eighty tablets have been copied for publication. 



Fuhlications. — Parts XVI. and XVII. of "Cuneiform 

 Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c. in the British Museum," 

 have been compiled and issued. A revised and greatly 

 enlarged edition of the " Guide to the First and Second 

 Egyptian Rooms " has been printed, and issued. 



Students. — Two thousand seven hundred and fifty visits 

 have been made to the Department by students and others ; 

 and seven thousand two hundred and eighteen objects have 

 been issued for their use. 



Sixty-two parties, comprising about eight hundred persons, 

 have been personally conducted through the Department by 

 the stafi". The parties came from Institutions, educational 

 and social, at Hornsey, Hampstead, Harrow, Marylebone, 

 Clapham, Bethnal Green, Wood Green, Welwyn, Limehouse, 

 Waltham, Clapham, Eton College, &;c. 



