ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13 



Short descriptions have been written of the following manuscripts, belono-iuo- to the 

 Magdala, Hamilton, and other minor collections : — ° ° 



Oriental 137-409,443-449,454-831,833-849,854-856, 999, 1,000, 1,005-1,015, 1,019 

 1,021-1,024,1,028. ' ' > > 



The above descriptions complete the " List of Oriental Manuscripts acquired durino- 

 the years 1867-1869." A transcript of it has been made and placed in the Ivcadin" 

 Room. ° 



Full descriptions have been prepared for tlie special Catalogues of the followino- Manu- 

 scriptti : — 



Oriental 351-392, 399-407, 443, 454, 455, 848-850,853, 1,009-1,012,1,014,1,015 

 1,019, 1,020. 



_ The Oriental Inventory has been continued from the year 186G to the latest acquisi- 

 tions. 



Arahlc Caialogtce,— The latter portion (36i sheets), the entire impression of which had 

 been destroyed by fire at the printer's office, on the 19th of March last, hcis been revised, 

 and 20^ sheets have been re-printed. 



A new Appendix (8 U— -9 H), comprising descriptions of 115 lately acquired Manu- 

 scripts has been prepared, pi'inted, and incorporated into the indices. 



S)/riac Cutalogiic.^ — Part_ I., containing the biblical and liturgical Manuscripts (sheets 

 B— -3 E), the first impression of which had been destroyed by the same fire, has been 

 revised and re-printed. It is noAv ready for publication. 



18 sheets (3 F — 3 Z) of Part II., which comprises the theological works, have been 

 carried through the press. 



Ch. Rieu. 



Department of Oriental Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



In the Egyptian division the sepulchral tablets, fragments of tombs, and other objects 

 on the shelves of the Galleries have been secured by iron brackets. 



Seven large objects have been mounted on stone plinths ; two Egyptian tablets have 

 been framed. 



A selection of the smaller Egyptian objects in stone has been removed from the 

 upper Egyptian Rooms, and arranged in a new table case placed in the Northern Egyptian 

 Galleries. 



Some of the cases in the Egyptian Rooms have been re-arranged, and several small 

 objects temporarily arranged in two ta,ble cases of the Egyptian Rooms. 



The plaster casts from the Temple of Beit Oually, in Nubia, representing the con- 

 quests of Rameses II., have been cleaned and j^artly repainted. 



228 small Egyptian objects have been mounted and three repaired. 



Six Egyptian papyri and many fragments of papyri have been unrolled. 



Five long pieces of Egyptian papyri have been mounted, 44 sheets of the same mounted, 

 19 glazed, 26 glazed and framed, and seven fragments of inscribed linen glazed and 

 framed ; three papyri have been glazed, and bound in a portfolio. 



223 Egyptian objects have been catalogued. 



13 papyri have been catalogued, and others examined and studied. 



636 descriptive slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian Catalogues. 



In the Assyrian division progress has been made in glazing of the bas-reliefs in the 

 basement, and the slabs on the western wall of the inner division have been protected 

 by glass. 



Progress has been made in the minute detailed examination of inscribed Assyrian clay 

 tablets, and the whole collection arranged according to the subjects of the various tablets. 



The inscriptions of many of the Babylonian cylinders in hard stone have been examined 

 and deciphered. 



The Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, and Pchlevi engraved stones have been partly 

 arranged. 



The Assyrian ivory fragments have been examined, partly arranged, and many pieces 

 joined and repaired. 



Progress has been made in the preparation of an inventory of bricks from Assyria and 

 Babylonia, and of cylinders in hard stone. 



14 Assyrian stone fragments have been mounted. 



Three historical clay prisms inscribed with the annals of Assurbanipal, have been 

 joined. 



528 fragments of Assyrian clay tablets and cylinders have been repaired. 



103 fragments of Assyrian glass vases have been joined. 



144 Assyrian clay tablets have been placed in boxes for better preservation. 



155 Babylonian and Assyrian cylinders in hard stone have been mounted, and 35 

 engraved stones mounted. 



2-2. B 3 18 Sassanian 



