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



Small vase in shape of a bottle, of light blue glass, on which is painted the name and 

 titles of Thothmes III., 18th dynasty. 



Cylinder of glazed steatite, inscribed with the name and titles of Sebeknefru, Scemio- 

 phris, of the 12th dynasty. It is the only monument on which these titles are found. 



Several scarabsei with royal names, amongst them those of Thothmes III., Amenophis 

 III., Khuenaten, Ai, Horus, Seti I., and Kameses II. 



Three hypocephali of linen, covered with stucco, and painted with scenes of deities 

 and inscriptions. These mystically represented the pujiil of the Solar Eye, and were 

 supposed to maintain the vital warmth in the body. 



A scarabfens, of green jasper, on which is Thothmes I. in a war chariot, attacking a negro 

 chief. 



An ox-headed scarabseus of hematite, and a hawk-headed one of lapis lazuli. 



A gold ring with glass scarab^us, on which the prenomen of Thothmes I., of the 18th 

 dynasty. 



A silver ring with the head of the goddess Athor. 



A gold ring with figure of Bes or Bessa dancing. 



Silver inlaid pendant, in shape of a lotus flower. 



A slate paiiet of a painter with inscriptions. 



Sepulchral tablet of calcareous stone, on which, in has relief, is the figure of an 

 Egyptian monarch adoring Amen Ra. 



Votive tablet of calcareous stone, on it a person adoring the deity Amen Ra or Khem, 

 and 12 votive ears. 



Set of four sepulchral vases in arragonite. 



Five rolls of leather with gnostic and magical inscriptions in Coptic. 



37 rolls and fragments of papyri: portion only of these have been unrolled, but amongst 

 them is a long hieratic ritual, with vignettes very neatly drawn in outlines, a solar litany, 

 and 13 contracts in the Demotic character, several of which are dated. 



Amongst other acquisitions the following are the most worthy of notice : — 



A bronze figure of the deity Khons-aah. 



A standing bronze fig'jre of Horus or Ea, 1 ft. 6| in. high, of the gnostic period, about 

 the third century. 



A sepulchral tablet in calcareous stone, representing the adorations of Sa-pa-ar and 

 his family to Osiris. 



A sandstone tablet of a person named Senen, of the 12th dynasty. 

 ^ A ritual or papyrus in the hieratic character, with vignettes neatly drawn. 



Four gnostic amulets with inscriptions. 



A figure of Sati in wood, and head of a lion in porcelain, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq, 



Mummy of a gazelle in its bandages ; presented by the Honourable James A. Home. 



Terra-cotta barrel cylinder, inscribed with part of the annals of Nebuchadnezzar, in 

 cuneiform writing. 



Carnelian cylinder, man adoring three deities, and name of its possessor, Ninip-akh-usr, 

 in Assyrian cuneiform ; presented by the Honourable and Rev. T. Rodney. 



Agate cone, Persian standing on two sphinxes holding two lions ; presented by Gr. 

 Dennis, Esq., British Consul at Benghazi. 



Oval niecolo ; on it Vararanes IV., or Bahram, standing on a prostrate Roman ; a fine 

 specimen of Sassanian art, A.D. 389. 



Crystal scarabaeoid, with figure of Harpocrates, and the name of Asaiu, son of Joiakim, 

 in Phoenician characters. 



Jasper scarabssoid, with figures of apes and lotus flowers, and name of Elasaph, daughter 

 of Elishama, in Phoenician characters ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



S. Birch. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



One hundred and twenty sculptures and ninety- eight Greek inscriptions have been 

 mounted on plinths, and repaired ; thirteen portions of tessellated pavement from Halicar- 

 nassus have been repaired and mounted on slate ; twelve mural paintings and three terra- 

 cotta reliefs have been repaired ; nineteen mural paintings have been framed and mounted ; 

 the sculptures in the Sepulchral Basement, and in the First and Second Elgin Rooms, 

 have been cleaned ; the sculptures from Branchidse and Cnidus, the principal frieze of 

 the Mausoleum, and a selection of the statues from Cyrene, have been moved out of the 

 sheds under the portico into the Museum, and provisionally distributed in the Sculpture 

 Galleries. Two thousand and twenty-nine objects have been registered ; and one hundred 

 and fifteen objects have been catalogued. 



Two thousand seven hundred and ninety-six plaster impressions have been taken from 

 gems, of which six hundred and seventy-nine have been mounted with gilt-edged paper ; 

 descriptive titles or references have been affixed to eight hundred and thirty-seven objects; 

 seventeen bronzes have been repaired and mounted ; one hundred and ninety-one terra- 

 cotta and other antiquities have been repaired and cleaned. The Temple and Blacas 



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