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



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The table cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been rc-arranged, and many additional 

 objects placed in them for public exhibition. 



The recess in the Assyrian transept behind the colossal bull, on the south side, has 

 been fitted up for the reception of objects. 



A new table case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery. 



Some fragments of inscriptions from Khorsabad have been mounted and placed In the 

 Assyrian basement room. 



112 small Assyrian objects have been mounted for exhibition. 



307 inscribed fragments of Assyrian clay tablets have been repaired and joined. 



319 fragments of Assyrian inscribed clay tablets, 57 terra- cotta seals, and o8 ivory 

 fragments, besides others of cylinders and bronzes, have been placed In cardboard boxes 

 for better preservation. The whole collections of inscribed fragments of Assyrian clay 

 tablets, amounting to about 20,800 pieces, have been examined and classed and marked. 



945 Assyrian fragments of Assyrian clay tablets have been partly copied for regis- 

 tration. 



2,299 objects have been registered and had registration marks attached to them. 



415 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited in the galleries. 



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



II. — Acquisitions, 



The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 660. 



Amongst them the most remarkable are the following objects, purchased by a special 

 grant, from the Collections of Mr. Hay : — 



A bronze figure of the goddess Isis, of fine workmanship. 



A bronze figure of the same goddess gilded. 



Two bronze figures of the god Horus gilded. 

 The above are remarkable for their gilding. 



A bronze seal, with a figure of Horus, and a Demotic inscription. 



Bronze mirror, with wooden handle in shape of the god Bes or Bessa, supposed type of 

 Typhon. 



A bronze mirror, with ebony handle in shape of the flower of the papyrus, inlaid with 

 gold studs. 



Bronze dagger with gold handle. 



A bronze seal of peculiar shape, resembling those now in use, with figures of the 

 goddess Athor, crocodiles, apes, &c. 



Bronze rings, one with the name of a disk- worshipping monarch of the 18 th dynasty, 

 the other with that of his successor Amentuankh. 



Two wooden figures of females holding cats, of fine workmanship. 



"Wooden figure of a draped female holding flowers of water-plants, of fine work- 

 manship. 



Two wooden figures of girls, one with earrings, of fine woi-kmanshlp. 



Wooden figure of a female named Nefersnas, standing on a pedestal wearing a coUar 

 of blue porcelain beads. 



Two wooden sepulchral figures of the monarch Rameses VI., of the 20th dynasty, in 

 fine preservation, and another of Hul, a door-keeper, of delicate execution. 



Three wooden spoons, one carved in shape of a girl swimming, holding a water fowl ; 

 another with handle representing a girl walking amidst water-plants, and the third in 

 shape of a fox seizing a shell, which forms the bowl. 



Upper part of a wooden head-rest or pillow, with figures of the god Bes or Bessa in 

 different attitudes In relief. 



A wooden pulley. 



The wooden model of a vase, inscribed with the name of Amensa, a functionary. 



Pallet of Amenophis, a scribe, with 11 wells for colours. 



Two gilt wooden models of purses or bags, for holding cosmetics, inscribed with the 

 name of Bameses II., of the 19th dynasty. 



Wooden model of part of the crown of a deity or king, gilded and Inlaid with glass, 

 imitating jasper and lapis lazuli. 



Dagger with wooden handle, flint blade, and part of leathern scabbard. 



Wooden panels of boxes, painted with adorations to Nu, Osiris, and the jackal of 

 Anubis. 



Wooden box for holding sepulchral figures. 



Painted wooden tablet, act of adoration, by a person named Amenmes, to the god Ra. 



Large box with sledge below, for holding a set of canopic vases, for the viscera of a 

 mummy. 



Two covers of coffins, one of Mutenapt and the other of a priestess of Amen Ra, with 

 painted scenes and hicroglvphlcs. 



Flat baked brick, stamped 39 times with the name of Ursha, a functionary. 



Clay stopper of a vase of large size, stamped with the name of Rameses II., 19th 



dynasty. i i • 



Three fragments from the sides of a tomb of mud, covered with stucco and painted with 



figures of Osiris, Amenophis I., and the Ethiopian Queen Aahmes Nefer-t-arl. 



Bezels of rings, with the names of Amenophis III. and Horus of the 18th dynasty. 

 Porcelain goblet in shape of a lotus flower. 



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