1 6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Progress has been made in tbe cleaning', repaiation, and mounting of Assyrian objects ; 

 three huger objects have been mounted on stone pedestals, 15 smaller ones on plinths, 339 

 smaller on tablets, and 71 cleaned and repaired. 



About 1,429 inscribed Assyrian clay tablets have been identified and arranged in card 

 boxes for better presercation, and 84 other objects placed in similar boxes for the same 

 purpose. 



The Punic inscriptions from Carthage have been examined and fastened in one of the 

 compartments of the Basement Room. 



93 paper impressions of Egyptian and Arabic inscriptions have been stamped and placed 

 in the presses of tlie second Egyptian Room. 



329 numbers have been printed and attached to objects in the collection. 



360 objects have been registered, and had registration marks affixed to them. 



350 descriptive labels have been prepared and attached to objects in the Collection. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



Amongst the acquisitions of this department, the following objects are the most 

 remarkable : — 



A statue of breccia of fine workmanship, rather less than life size, bearing the name of 

 Shaaemuab, fourth son of Rameses J I., and Governor of Memphis. Presented by Samuel 

 Sharpe, Esq. 



The board from the foot of a mummy case, on which is painted the bull Apis galloping 

 to the right, from Sakkara. 



Black granite torso of a figure of Harpocrates, on which are engraved figures of deities. 



Four small terra-cotta vases found near the pyramids of Gizeh. 



A bronze seated statue of the goddess Pasht. 



A bronze figure of the goddess Isis, the eyes of which are inlaid with gold. 



The upper part of a figure of the god Ptah, in hard green stone, and of fine workmanship. 



The upper part of a seated figure of Isis in hard stone, and of fine execution. 



A laige wooden head lest or pillow, called ouols, on which figures of the deities, Besa 

 and Thoueris, and hieroglyphs are engraved. Presented by the Trustees of the Christy 

 Collection. 



The bottom of a terra-cotta vase, on which is represented the combat of two gladiators, 

 a retiarius named Philemon, and a mirmillo called Stephanus, of the Roman period. 



Portions of the linen bandages of a mummy, on which is traced in outline a monarch, 

 whose features resemble those of Ptolemy Physcou, standing between two crocodiles. 



Bandage of linen from the outer covering of a mummy, on which is drawn in black ink, 

 the vignettes and text of some chapters of the Ritual. In the vignettes of the 1st chapter, 

 the mummy of the deceased is seen conducted to the tomb in a thensa or four-wheeled 

 car. 



Head of a figure in calcareous stone, from Kadesh Naphthali. Presented by the Very 

 Reverend the Dean of Westminster. 



Terra-cotta lamps of the Byzantine period, from Jerusalem. 



A terra-cotta stamp and some steatite beads, from Samaria. 



Glass beads and other objects from lyre. 



In addition to the above mentioned, are the Eoyptian and other antiquities of the Blacas 

 Collection, which will be found mentioned in the special report of that acquisition to the 

 Museum. 



S. Birch. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



One hundred and sixty-five sculptures, inscriptions, and sepulchral tablets have been. 

 mounted on plinths and repaired ; two portions of tessellated pavement, from Halicarnassus, 

 have been repaired and mounted on slate ; two large pedestals in the second Elgin Room 

 have been repaired. 



Two thousand and fifty objects have been registered ; three hundred and twenty-seven 

 descriptive titles have been attached to objects. 



Sheets I to R of the Catalogue of Vases have been printed. 



The Guide to the First Vase Room has been issued to the public. 



Three hundred and forty-two Greek fictile vases, glass vases, and other antiquities, have 

 been repaired, cleaned, or mounted. 



Some portions of the friezes of the Ionic Monument in the Lycian Room have been 

 re-mounted. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



At the close of the year 1865, Mr. Dennis, Her Majesty's Consul at Benghazi, made 

 excavations on account of the Trustees in the ancient cemeteries of Teuchira and Ptolemais, 

 two cities of the Cyrenaic Pentapolis. 



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