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



Department of Oriental Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



In the Egyptian division six compartments, in the northern Egyptian Gallery, have 

 been fitted up and glazed for the reception of objects. 



A large leg in granite, from the statue of an Egyptian king or deity, and two colossal 

 statues of Pasht, have been mounted on granite pedestals; three large objects on 

 pedestals of Portland stone, and two figures have been repaired. 



300 smaller Egyptian antiquities have been mounted on pedestals for exhibition ; 

 three small figures repaired ; three inscribed fragments framed, and 1 1 Gnostic gems 

 mounted. 



Five pieces of papyri have been mounted, framed, and glazed. 

 Seven other pieces of papyi'i, comprising one long papyrus, have been mounted. 

 Eight pieces of pajjyri have been glazed. 

 An Egyptian belt, of green leather, has been glazed. 



Some of the cases in the Second Egyptian Room have been provisionally re-arranged 

 for the display of the Egyptian objects recently acquired from the Blacas Collection. 

 668 Egyptian objects haA'e been catalogued. 

 Five papyri have been catalogued. 



541 descriptive slips have been inserted in the Egyptian Catalogue. 

 Progress has been made in the revisions of the facsimiles of inscribed Egyptian stones 

 preparing for publication ; and the accompanying text has been nearly completed. 



In the Assyrian division progress has been made in the glazing, for better preservation, 

 of the sculptures in the Assyrian Basement ; and the whole of the reliefs on the south 

 side of that room have been protected by plate glass. 



Two inscribed stones, ornamented with bas-reliefs, and inscribed with inscriptions rela- 

 tive to the sale of fields in the reign of Merodach-adau-akhi, King of Babylon, who 

 probably reigned about B.C. 1120, have been placed under glass shades for better 

 preservation. 



The cases in the Assyrian side room, containing the bronze objects there exhibited, 

 have been re-arranged for the incorporation of additional bronze objects there displayed. 



The recesses in the Nimroud Central Saloon, behind the colossal human-headed winged 

 lion and bull, have been glazed above, and fitted up as presses for the reception of Assyrian 

 and Babylonian bricks, and other objects. 



A new table case, for the reception and exhibition of Assyrian antiquities, has been 

 placed in the Kouyunjik Gallery ; and the drawers of some of the other table cases fitted 

 in an improved manner for containing objects. 



Some additional fragments of reliefs have been mounted, and three marble slabs, in- 

 scribed with the so-called standard inscription of Asshur-izir-pal, have been mounted, 

 glazed, and placed above the reliefs in the Nimroud Gallery. 



Progress has also been made in the cleaning, restoration, and mounting of Assyrian 

 objects ; three tablets glazed, four fragments of reliefs, and 47 smaller objects mounted 

 for exhibition. 



Progress has been made in the joining of the bilingual black fragments of clay ; 923 

 fragments of tablets have been examined and placed in the drawers of the table cases of 

 the Kouyunjik Gallery ; 184 fragments of historical prisms and cylinders placed there, 

 and 118 similar fragments cleaned and repaired. 



265 drawings of Assyrian objects have been arranged in two volumes, vols. iii. and iv. 

 of " Assyrian Drawings." 



Titles have been written for 454 drawings of Assyrian objects, many of which have 

 been verified with reliefs in the collection ; indices have been made to the same, and 

 duplicate copies prepared. 



1597 objects have been registered and had registration marks attached to them. 

 1164 entries of objects acquired between 1846 and 1861 have been transcribed from the 

 general registers into the new Assyrian registers of the Oriental Department. 

 588 descriptive labels have been prepared and attached to objects. 

 230 numbers have been printed and attached to the objects in the collections. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 217. 

 Amongst them the most remarkable are : — 



Portions of two latus fishes in silver pendants of a necklace. Presented by A. "W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



Hawk, flying with expanded wings. Presented by G. Witt, Esq. 



A bronze figure of Isis, seated ; small stone figure of a frog ; portions of wooden 

 boxes ; glass beads and bugles. Presented by the Trustees of the Christy Collection. 



A pectoral plate, in blue porcelain, with figures of a king and the deities Khons, Thoth, 

 Pasht, Ra, Horns, and Mentii, of fine workmanship. 



Small bronze shrine, with figure of Amen-Ra, seated, inscribed with the name and titles 

 of Shabatok, king of the 25th dynasty. 



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