ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 2l 



The deity Bes, or Bessa, holding a figure of Osiris and Cynocephalus, in blue porce- 

 lain. 



Hapi, or the bull Apis, standing on a sledge, in steatite. 



Bronze doll, in shape of an undraped female, with moveable arms. 



A curious leathern belt, or tunic, of green colour, ornamented with a lotus flower and 

 remains of a fastening. 



Figure of a priest, of wood, gilded. 



Bronze column with papyrus capital, on which is an Ur^us, wearing the pschent. 



Vase, in shape of a negro bearing a vase for the toilet, in dark steatite. 



Female figure, of good workmanship, in dark wood. 



Arragonite vase, in the shape of five cylinders united for holdino- stibium. 



Gold collar-shaped ring, or pendant ; two silver-gilt rings, for holding locks of hair. 



Green porcelain pectoral plate, inscribed with the name of Isidorus in Greek, and 

 another inscribed Avith a demotic inscription. 



Bronze case, for holding the mummy of a shrew niouse mygale, surmounted by a figure 

 of that animal. ° 



Bronze case for holding the mummy of a hawk, surmounted by that bird. 



Bronze case, for holding the mummy of a lizard, surmounted by a fio-ure of that 

 reptile. 



Two bronze cases for holding snakes, which are represented coiled on the top of the 

 same. 



Bronze bust of Selene, or the Moon, draped, a crescent on the head, the emhhma of some 

 portion of furniture. 



Bronze fish. 



Bronze case, surmounted by the figure of an ichneumon. 



Green felspar amulet, with papyrus sceptre, inscribed Avith the 159th chapter of the 

 Ritual. 



Two fragments of calcareous stone, inscribed with Hieratic inscriptions ; one relates to 

 things issued for a festival, the other is an address to Amen-Ka. 



Papyrus in the Hieratic character ; account of disbursement and supplies for troops 

 received by the scribe Nebpai, dated in the 3rd year of Seti I. of the 19th dynasty. 



Six small terracotta vases, found in the neighbourhood of the great Pyramid at Gizeh • 

 two scarabaii and conical terracotta weight, obtained at Alexandria. Presented by the 

 Kev. Greville J. Chester. 



Oval jasper set in gold, with inscription in a Phoenician character, from Trabalus Garb ; 

 Phoenician scarabjeus, Avith figure of a horse in green stone ; oval calcedony, eno-raved 

 with a Semitic inscription in five lines ; and an oval carnelian with Hercules and the 

 Nemean lion; an iron oval seal, from Samaria. Presented by the Kev. Greville J. 

 Chester. 



Amethyst scarabffius, engraved with symbol of life, and spiral ornaments, from Tyre, 



Phoenician scarabfeus, in green jasper. Hawk and TJrteus. 



Two sardonyx circular stones, Avith heads and Pehlevi inscriptions. 



Two glass pendants, stamped, Avith figures of a man and lion in relief, from Jerusalem. 



Several Chaldajan cylinders, and other Oriental cylinders in hard stone ; amono-st 

 them. 



The royal signet cylinder of Ilgi, son of Urukh, Avho reigned in Lower Babylonia 

 about B. c. 2050. 



A cylinder of Chaldean Avorkmanship, having the Persian name, Nandakhya, inscribed 

 in cuneiform over the original device at an interval of at least 1,500 years after its first 

 engraving. 



A fine crystal cylinder of Babylonian workmanship. 



Curious shell amulet, in shape of an animal, found at Babylon. Presented by M. 

 Charles Scheffer. 



S. Birch. 



Depaktment of Gkeek and Ro3ian Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



Tavo hundred and seventy-nine inscriptions and sculptures have been mounted on 

 plinths, and repaired ; seven pieces of tessellated pavement from Halicarnassus have been 

 repaired and mounted on slate. 



The sculptures in the sheds, and those in the Phigalian,^ Lycian, Gra;co-Roman, and 

 Grajco-Roman Basement Rooms, have been cleaned ; the Lycian Room has been repainted. 

 The Blacas Collection has been provisionally arranged. 



Two thousand three hundred and ninety-six objects havp been registered; one thousand 

 and eighty-seven descriptive titles have been attached to inscriptions and other objects. 



One^hiindred and forty-nine fictile vases and antK|uitics in glass, terracotta, bronze, 

 and iron haA^e been repaired, cleaned, or mounted ; six Inimlred and ninety-nine casts and 

 impressions have been made from gems ; two tabic cases in the Bronze Room have been 

 relined and made dust-proof, and the objects in them re-arranged. Three vases have 

 been placed under glass shades. A Guide to the Blacas Collection has been issued to the 

 public. 



2r^A, C 3 ^I- Acquisitions. 



