SB ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two fcliousand five hundred and thirty-two objects have 

 been registered ; case numbers have been added to four 

 hundred and thirty-two tiles and to one thousand and fifty 

 ?carabs, thus completing the numbering of the objects in 

 the Third and Fourth Egyptian Rooms ; descriptions of 

 fifty-four plates of Coptic ostraka have been written ; the 

 writing of the Guide to the Third and Fourth Egyptian 

 Rooms has been completed ; one thousand two hundred and 

 twenty-eight labels have l3een written and painted; and 

 numbers have been painted on ten thousand one hundred 

 and forty-four objects. Material has been collected, and 

 labels have been painted on three hundred and sixty-two 

 stelse in the Egyptian Gallery. 



Assyrian Antiquities : — 



The general re-arrangement of the Babylonian and 

 Assyrian collections (the unexhibited section) has been con- 

 tinued. Two thousand six hundred and eighty-eight tablets 

 have been re-numbered, and the necessary alterations have 

 been made in the registers and case-books. The 1904 collec- 

 tions have been numbered and arranged ; fourteen thousand 

 six hundred and forty-six boxes containing tablets have been 

 lined with cotton-wool ; three thousand seven hundred and 

 seventy objects have been numbered ; five hundred and fifty 

 Babylonian tablets have been re-numbered, &c. 



The Black Obelisk has been remounted on a granite 

 pedestal Avith sub-plinth, and the cast of the Stele of 

 Khammurabi has been mounted and provided with a glass 

 case. 



A list of the published brick-texts has been made ; five 

 hundred and eight bricks have been arranged ; four hundred 

 and eighty-four tablets have been registered; copies of 

 forty-two inscriptions on bricks, cones, &c., have been made ; 

 seventy-six bowl inscriptions have been arranged chrono- 

 logically ; four hundred and sixty labels have been written 

 and painted ; six hundred and seventy -five tablets hg.ve been 

 cleaned and repaired ; a number of " case-tablets '"' have been 

 opened, and the fragments of the cases have been rejoined. 

 Twenty-three plates of Cuneiform Texts have been prepared 

 for publication ; a slip-index to three parts of Cuneiform 

 Texts has been prepared. 



Fuhlications.—V&rts XVIII., XIX., and XX. of 

 "Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the 

 British Museum " have been compiled and issued. A new 

 illustrated "Guide to the Third and Fourth Egyptian 

 Rooms " has been printed and issued. 



Students. — About two thousand nine hundred visits 

 have been made to re Department by students and others ; 

 and two thousand icur hundred and twenty-one objects 

 have been issued for their use. 



