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



• A selection of Assyvian and Babylonian bricks has been disposed for public exhibition in 



the room adjoining the Assyrinn Basement Room. 



, The Assyrian engraved Cylinders and some other Oriental gems, have been arranged 

 and exhibited in one of the cases of the Koyunjik Gullery. 



The smaller Assyrian objects, formerly exhibited in the second Egyptian Room, have 

 been removed to the table cases of the Assyrian Galleries, and to the wall-cases of the side 

 room adjoining the Nimroud Gallery, where they are in process of arrangement. 

 ' The Phoenician Inscriptions procured by the Uev. N. Davis from Carthage, and some 

 other Oriental inscriptions and remains, ha\e been provisionally arranged for public exhibi- 

 tion in the room adjoinintj the Assyrian Basement Room. 



A selection has been made from recent acquisitions of Peruvian Antiquities, and the 

 whole arranged in one of th? central cases of the Ethnographical Room. 

 ' 188 Egyptian objects have been described and catalogued. 



108 Egyptian objeci.s have been mounted. 



32 Larger Egyptian Antiquities have been mounted on stone pedestals, 11 Egyptian 

 objects have been repaired, and 11 Egyptian tablets framed and glazed. 



197 Assyrian objecis have been mounted. 



102 Engraved stones have been mounted. 



1,662 Terracotta Assyrian tablets and fragments have been cleaned. 



75 Inscribed Caithagmian tablets have been framed for public exhibition. 



77 British. Antiquities have been mounted. 

 : 686 Descriptive labels have been attached to objects in the Collections. 



3,424 Registration numbers hav:- been affixed to objects. 



623 Books, Prints, and Drawings, belonging to the depurtment, have been stamped. 



2,139 Type impressions of Great Seals of France, and other French Seals have been 

 made. 



2,658 Miscellaneous objects from the general arrears of the old Department of Antiqui- 

 ties, have been registered by this Department. 



All the acquisitions of the year 1861, 572 in number, have been registered, and as far as 

 possible incorporated. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The acquisitions of the Department are 672 in number, and may be classed as follows : — 



Egyptian. — A Collection of Antiquities, Maps, and Plans, illustrating the excavations 

 made at various points of the valley of the Nile, to determine the chronological epochs and 

 comparative antiquity of the River deposits. These excavations were made by Hekekyan 

 Bey, at the expense of the late Pacha of Egypt, and ar the suggestion of Leonard Horner, 

 Esq., F. R.S., in whose memoirs in the Philosophical Transactions for 1855 and 1858 they 

 are fully described. Presented by Leonard Horner, Esq. 



A sandstone Tablet of the reign of Osorlesen III. of the 12th dynasty, ordering certain 

 repairs ai Elephantina; and four Sepulchral Tablets, one of which is for Merimes, Prince 

 of ^Ethiopia, in the reign ol Amenophis III. 



A small sepulchral obelisk for a military officer. 



Four inscribed Scarabaei, one of them bearing the prenomen of Ai, a monarch of the 

 13th dynasty. 



Five Egyptian Papyri, viz. : — 



1. Fragments of a ritual of the 18th dynasty. 



2. Ritual for a deceased named Hanta, daughter of Ankhemraut, with curious 



vignettes illustrating the Cosmogony of the Egyptians. 



3. Ritual of the 19th dynasty for Kliarui-Arusai, with fine coloured vignettes. 



4. Ritual ol the 21st dynasty for Muthetp, priestess of Amenra; it is of unusual cha- 



racter, and has very fine coloured vignettes. 



5. A letter in the Demotic character. 



Three documents of the Ptolemaic period on hnen. 



Poitions of a remarkable wooden Shrine, and a wooden model of a Cabin, both found at 

 Thebes. 



Antiquities of various periods, excavated by Major C. K. Macdonald, at the Wady Feiran 

 and the Wady Magarah, in the peninsula of Sinai. 



An Arragonite Vase of large size, from the catacombs of Alexandria. 



Persian. — Fifteen fragments of Sculpture, from Persepolis, collected by the late Earl of 

 Aberdeen, K.T., and presented by the present Earl of Aberdeen. 



Thirty-three Oriental Gems, one of which is of remarkable character, being a calcedony 

 Medallion, from a set of Roman military trappings, on the back of which has been engraved 

 the head of a Persian monarch, and various other devices. 



Phaniciau. — Sepulchral stele of white marble, found at Athens, and inscribed with a 

 bilingual inscription (Phoenician and Greek) for a Sidonian named Abdtanith (Artemi- 

 dorus), son of Abshemesh (Heliodorus), presented by the Council of the United Service 

 Institution. 



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