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and the doors re-lined with velvet, for the belter exclusion of dust; the objects con- 

 tained in those cases have been cleaned. 



The two sheds in which are at present deposited the remains of the Mausoleum and the 

 sculptures from Cnidus, Branchidse, Cyrene, and Carthage, have been lined with paper, and 

 colourt'd inside. 



Progress has been made in the arrangement of tbe bronzes, gold ornaments, and ivories. 



Three hundred and twenty objects have been catalogued, and five hundred and forty-nine 

 have been registered. 



Descriptive titles have been affixed to five hundred and eighteen objects, and two 

 hundred and twenty-five titles have been numbered. 



Progress has been made in the printing of the second volume of the Vase Catalogue. 



One hundred and eighteen vases, terra-cottas, and other objects, have been repaired. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



Antiquities from Camirus, in the Island of Rhodes. — During the past year a most 

 interesting terra-cotta coffin has been obtained from the excavations carried on at Camirus 

 by Messrs. Biliotti and Salzmann. This coffin is 6 feet 4 inches long and 2 feet 1 inch 

 wide. Bound the mouth, human heads, animals, and floral ornaments are painted in 

 brown and crimson, on a pale ground. These ornaments are similar to those which occur 

 on the archaic vases from Caiiiirus, and are probably derived from Phoenician sources. It 

 is believed that this curious specimen of fictile art is unique. 



A Panathenaic Amphora, and a number of other interesting vases, have been obtained 

 from the same site, together with some curious bronze amulets, and a few terra-cotta 

 figures. 



A colossal marble torso, discovered at Elaa, the Port of Pergamus, hy Captain T. Spratt, 

 E.N. This torso has formed part of a naked male figure, of which only the trunk, and part 

 of the right upper arm, have been preserved. The original figure was probably about 12 

 feet high. From the action of the right arm, which is slightly advanced, it seems probable 

 that a spear was held in the right bund. I'lie torso is modelled in a bold effective style, 

 and is an interesting specimen of colossal statuary. It is not unlikely that it was executed 

 during the Macedonian period, by some sculptor of the school of Pergamus. 



A hydria and a number of terra-coita figures from the Cyrenaica, obtained from Mr. Chaffers. 

 On the Hydria is a group of Europa and the bull, painted in red and white, on a black 

 ground. Some of the terra-cotta figures represent Muses, and are finely composed. 



A bronze balance weight, with a graduated scale, and an inscription stippled in late Greek 

 characters. — This weight and scale are adjusted in the same manner as in a modern steelyard. 

 Obtained through the Baron Texier from the Valley of the Majander, in Asia Minor. 



The following presents have been received during tiie year: — • 



A collection of Greek Vases, Terra-cottas, and other Antiquities discovered in tombs in Sicily, 

 and presented to the British Museum by Earl Russell, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs. 



This most interesting collection is the fruit of excavations made by Mr. George Dennis, 

 in Sicily, in 1862-3, at the expense of Her Majesty's Government. Most of the objects 

 obtained by him were discovered in Greek tombs at Centuripee, Terra Nuova (the ancient 

 Gela), and Agrigentum (now Girgenti). The vases are chiefly lekythi, with subjects painted 

 in red on a black ground, or in black on a red ground. Some few have polychrome figures 

 on a white ground. 



The following are the most remarkable of these vases : — 



A lekythos, 1 foot 6 inches in height, on which a group of two females is painted in several 

 colours on a white ground. One of these figures stands in front of an Ionic column, holding 

 iu her right hand an oinochoc and in her left a phiale, which she offers to a seated female 

 figure. This composition is remarkable for the severe simplicity of the drawing and 

 colouring, and ior the force and distinctness of the outlines. This lekythos is an unusually 

 fine specimen of a very rare class of vases. 



A lekythos, 1 foot 1-^^ inches high, on which a seated female figure is painted in several 

 colours on a white ground. This figure holds up a chaplet or fillet with both hands. 

 Behind her is a calathus or basket lor wool, above which hangs an alabastron ; her 

 chiton is painted a reddish brown colour, over which a black peplos is thrown. In 

 the drawing of this figure the same pure and severe style may be recognized as in the 

 figures on the lekythos already described. In the head dress, type of features, and general 

 style of drawing, these figures resemble the heads on the etirlier silver tetradrachms of 

 Syracuse. 



A lekythos 1 foot 3^ inches high, with red figures on a black ground. The subject is a 

 warrior receiving a libation from a female figure, probably on his departure for battle. The 

 device on his shield is a Satyr dancing, and from it liangs a laiseion or fringe, on which an 

 eye is painted. 



A krater, 



