60 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUrvL 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, Sc. 



The reconstructed Ionic capital from the early temple of 

 Artemis at Ephesus has been placed in the Archaic Room. 

 Three reliefs from Roman sarcophagi have been removed 

 from the Mausoleum Annexe and placed on slate shelves 

 on the wall of the first Graeco-Roman Room. Casts of 

 fragments have been added to slabs VI. (east) and XXXVI. 

 (north) of the Parthenon Frieze. 



Three bases, four inscriptions, three heads, one statue, and 

 twenty-one miscellaneous objects have been mounted. 



Nine dozen plinths have been made for terracottas, and 

 10 for bronzes ; 57 wooden labels prepared and fixed ; 12 

 blocks have been made for gems and 1 large cameo has been 

 remounted ; 30 Terracottas, 81 Vases, 32 Bronzes, ]9 Lamps, 

 and 6 miscellaneous objects have been cleaned and repaired ; 

 648 labels written, 97 printed* 417 objects numbered, and 

 93 registered. 



The Catalogue of Terracottas has been completed. Vol. III. 

 of the Catalogue of Sculpture is in the press. Progress has 

 been made with the Catalogues of Vases (Vol. I.) ; of Roman 

 Pottery and Lamps ; and of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman 

 Jewellery. 



592 persons have visited the Students' Room for purposes 

 of research. 



The number of students visiting the Sculpture Galleries 

 was 3,462. 



Twenty parties of students of architecture and other 

 subjects have visited the Department for lectures and 

 demonstrations. 



II. — Acquisitions, 

 I. — Objects in Gold. 



1. Bracelet : in the centre is a large disc set with pearls, 

 emeralds, and an amethyst. The sides of the hoop are of 

 open-work in the form of ivy leaves with pearls inset, and 

 are attached to the disc by means of hinges. Late Roman 

 work of the 4th or 5th century. From Tunis. 



2. Earring of oblong form, rounded off* at the top. Round 

 the border is a row of pearls ; within are two rectangular 

 compartments set with emeralds and placed between three 

 circular compartments once set with gems. Below, from a 

 ring, is hung a pendant, with three drops suspended from 

 twisted gold wires. In the centre is an amethyst, on either 

 side are pearls. Roman work as preceding. From Tunis. 



