ACCOUNTS, ESTIMAIES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. I3 



incorporation of recent acquisitions continued in each branch of the Collection of Coins and 

 Medals. 



The descriptive Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities is in progress. 



The registration of the Assyrian Antiquities is likewise proceeding. All the other Anti- 

 quities acquired during the year, and the greater part of the Coins, are registered and 

 incorporated. 



The system of labelling the objects in the various Collections has been continued and 

 extended. 



The principal acquisitions made by the department during the twelvemonth are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



Egyptian. — Lid of a Sarcophagus of the Ptolemaic period, a Tablet, and a wooden figure 

 of Pasht, presented by the late Marquis of Northampton. 

 A fresco Painting representing a Foreigner. 



Two Papyri, portions of the Funeral Ritual: one oflhem of unusually fine workmanship, 

 made for Ha-Nefer, scribe to Setlios I. 



Several figures, papyri, &,c., purchased at the sale of Lord Mountnorris' Collection at 

 Arley Castle. 



A Greek Bas-relief, presented by the Duke of IVorthumberland. 



Phoenician. — Specimens of Pottery from the temples at Krendi, in Malta, presented by 

 Charles Newton, Esq. 



Bilingual inscription, found at Dugga in Tunis, and brought home by Sir Thomas Reade. 



Greek. — Marble Sun-dial and other objects, presented by J. Scott Tucker, Esq. 



A collection of Votive Figures, found on t'le site of a Temple of Venus, in Cyprus, pre- 

 sented by Henry Christy, Esq. 



Twenty-nine Terracotta Vases from Ben-Ghazi, presented by the Bishop of Gibraltar. 

 Seventeen Vases from Melos, presented by Captain Graves, r.n. 

 Three very fine Athenian Vases, painted in colours. 



A Panathenaic Amphora and other painted Vases, from various parts of Greece. 

 Several Inscriptions from Asia Minor. 



A collection of Gold Ornaments and Gems formed by the Rev. Francis Arundell, in Asia 

 Minor. 



A circular Altar, inscribed with the name of Xenocrates. 



Etruscan. — A curious collection of objects in Stone and Terracotta, purchased from 

 Dr. Emil Braun. 



Two terracotta Figures of Nubian Boxers. 



An Escharion, and the vessels belonging to it, of early black ware. 



Roman. — A Bronze Lamp and Stand, presented by S. Chambers Hall, Esq. 



British Collection.— The additions to this Collection, since it has been placed in the New 

 Room, are very extensive. They comprise — 



An Urn from a tumulus in Hampshire, presented by W. S. Tomkins, Esq. 



A Flint Celt, found in Surrey, presented by R. Glutton, Esq. 



A Roman Altar and Bas-relief, presented by the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain 

 and Ireland. 



Roman Urns, found in Kent, presented by W. H. Nicholson, Esq. 



A collection of Vessels discovered on the site of a Roman Pottery in Hampshire. 



An Ornament in jet, and other antiquities, discovered in Suffolk. 



Two Roman Sepulchral Inscriptions, found near the Roman Wall of London, presented 

 by W. J. Hall, Esq. 



Amphorae and Sepulchral Urns, found in Essex, presented by the Dean of Westminster. 



Antiquities, discovered in excavating a Roman villa at Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, pre- 

 sented by George Davis, Esq. 



A Roman enamelled Cup and other antiquities, found in Northumberland, presented by 

 Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. 



Saxon Brooch, found near Abingdon. 



Saxon Brooch, formd at Stone, in Buckinghamshire. 



Saxon Ornaments and Weapons, found in Kent, presented by the Rev. J. Monins. 



The Matrices of the Seals of Boxgrave Priory, John Earl of Huntingdon High Admira 

 of England, and the Town of Droitwich. 



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