14 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



228 Egyptian objects have been mounted ; 53 larger Egyptian Antiquities have been 

 placed on stone pedestals. 



Two long Egyptian Papyri have been unrolled ; one Papyrus has been cleaned, and 

 another, being inscribed on both sides, has been placed between glass. 



Two Bas-re!iels from Java have been mounted on stone plinths. 



Forty-one objects have been repaired. 



Sixty-nine pieces of Ivory from Nineveh have been mounted. 



282 Gems have been mounted. 



150 Bronze matrices of Seals have been mounted with their impressions, and arranged for 

 exhibition. 



1,639 Type-casts of ancient Seals have been mounted. 



1,362 descriptive titles and numbers have been affixed to objects in the Collection. 



Progress has been made in the registration of general Antiquities. 



Seventy one new students have been admitted to draw in the Galleries. 



Medal Room. — 955 Coins have been registered. 



1007 slips of the Catalogue of Greek Coins have been written. 



The arrangement of the Greek series has been improved, and duplicates separated, but 

 not removed from the cabinets. 



The Roman Gold Coins have been systematically arranged, and their weights specified on 

 the cards beneath them, from Augustus to iEmilianus (B.C. 27 — A. D. 254), in completion of 

 the temporary arrangement made in the year 1859. 



The Catalogue of Roman Gold Coins has been continued, the whole number catalogued 

 being 966, from Augustus to Maximianus Hercules. 



The remaining portion of Mr. Hawkins' Medals (1,017 in number) has been registered. 



The various Collections of English Medals, including that purchased from Mr. 

 Hawkins, have been incorporated; the duplicates removed, and all the Medals, down 

 to the reign of George III. inclusive, arranged in strict chronological order, forming a series 

 of 3,796. 



2,268 Mediaeval and Modern Coins have been incorporated ; and the arrangement of this 

 portion of the Collection has been greatly improved. 



1 1 . — Acquisitions. 



(A.) General Antiquities. — Two Collections of Antiquities received during the past 

 year deserve special notice : 



1. A further Collection of Antiquities, excavated by the Rev. Nathan Davis, at the 

 expense of Her Majesty's Government, on the site of Ancient Carthage. This Collection 

 comprises the following objects: — 



Eighteen Votive Stelse, of the Punic period, fifteen of which have on them Phoenician 

 inscriptions, similar to those previously received. 



A portion of a Phoenician inscription in 11 lines, similar in import to the famous 

 Marseilles inscription, and containing regulations relating to ofl!^erings and payments to 

 priests. 



Eight Stelae of Romano- Punic style, with rude figures and ornaments. 



Ten Roman tablets of white marble, with inscriptions, chiefly Christian. 



Portions of several mosaic pavements ; among them three panels of good style and 

 execution, containing repre^^entations of Marine Divinities and Harpies; seven other 

 panels are from a quadrangular Pavement, representing Hunting Scenes, in which three 

 mounted Huntsmen are pursuing gazelles, boars, stags and other animals, one of which is 

 caught with a lasso. 1 his Mosaic is interesting from its late date, being evidently 

 subsequent to the time of Constantine, and probably not anterior to the fifth century. 



2. A Collection of objects obtained from excavations, recently made by MM. Salzmann 

 and Biliotti, on the site of the cemetery of the ancient town of Camirus, in Rhodes, under 

 a finnan obtained by Her Majesty's Government, which excavations have resulted in the 

 discovery of some remarkable remains of the Archaic Greek period. The Collection has 

 been selected from two consignments from this source, and contains many objects of Archaeo- 

 logical interest. They consist chiefly of gold ornaments, painted vases, vessels of glass 

 and porcelain, bronzes, and terracottas, remarkable for their preservation and their 

 Archaic character. Among the vases may be specially noticed a, pinax, or plate, on which 

 is represented the combat of Hector and Menelaus over the body of Euphorbus. The names 

 of the combatants are inscribed over them in very ancient characters. Several of the vases 

 are peculiar in style and fabric, and are, therefore, probably the produce of a local manu- 

 factory in ancient times. 



Among the other acquisitions of Antiquities the following are the most important: — 



I. Egyptian. — A Papyrus in the Hieratic character, containing an inventory of the 

 furniture and dresses belonging to a temple. 



Portion of a Sepulchral Tablet, with the name of a Queen Meri-sekar, hitherto unknown ; 

 presented by A. W, Franks, Esq. 



A Circular Ornament, in black marble, with a figure ol Harpocrates in bas-relief. 



11. Assyrian. 



