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18 Sassanian engraved stones and five bronze rings have been mounted. 



30 As&yrian bronze objects have been cleaned and mounted. 



Two Assyrian boAvls and two terra-cotta bosses repaired. 



Five Cartliaginian tablets have been mounted. 



The description of Oriental Collections in the Guide has been revised. 



The third volume of cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia, edited by Sir H. E,aw- 

 linsou, K.C.B., assisted by Mr. G. Smithy assistant in the department, has been finished 

 ready for issue to the public. 



590 objects have been registered. 



605 descriptive labels have been prej^ared for objects exhibited to the public. 



580 numbers have been printed to attach to objects in the collections. 



II. — A cquisitions. 



The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 205. 



Amongst them the following are the most remarkable: — 



Medical papyrus, in the hieratic character, with recipes of the time of Cheops, of the 

 4th, and Amenophis III., of the 18th dynasty. Presented by the Royal Institution. 



Limestone tablet of Khemhetpnebsu. Presented by the Royal Institution. 



Glazed steatite scarabaeus, with name of Amenophis II., 18th dynasty. 



Limestone tablet of Aahmes, a functionary of the 18th dynasty. Presented by F. T. 

 Palgrave, Esq. 



Four arragonite sepulchral vases ; one with the name of Mutsnatem, queen, of the 18th 

 dynasty, the others with that of Patanet, a functionary of the 26th dynasty. 



Granite fragment, with the name of Rameses II., of the 19th dynasty. Presented by 

 Mrs. Balfour. 



Limestone tablet of Nukasa, a female, adoring Ra or the Sun, about the 22nd dynasty. 

 Presented by the Royal Institution. 



Part of a painted coffin, with the genii Amset and Hapi. 



Limestone couchant lion, from the Fayoum, 



Head of a man, bearded. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Plaster fragments, heads of a satyr, monarch, and of lions in relief. From the 

 Fayoum. 



Porcelain tiles for inlaying ; one with a Greek A. on the back. From Tel el Yahoudeb. 

 Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Seven copper blades of hatchets, adzes, and masons' chisels. From Tel el Yahoudeh. 



Three terra-cotta sepulchral figures ; two terra-cotta figures, female, and slave of the 

 Greek period, and cake of barley bread. Presented by H. H. Calvert, Esq., British Vice 

 Consul, Alexandria. 



Terra-cotta moulds of forgers of small bronze coins, nssaria, of Constantlne I. 



Green jasper oval, with Harpocrates, and inscriptions inviting the goddess Nouti to aid 

 Serapammon. 



Chalcedony cylinder ; deities and sacred tree, of remarkably fine work. 



Haematite Babylonian cylinders, with deities, and name of Merodaclmaser. 



Sandstone fragment, with Christian inscriptions in Greek. Presented by the Royal 

 Institution. 



LImstone tablet of Theodorus, of the Christian period ; from the Fayoum. Presented 

 by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Fragment of terra-cotta vase, with Coptic religious inscription. Presented by H. H. 

 Calvert, British Vice Consul, Alexandria. 



Black stone fragment of a Median cuneiform inscription, and part of leg of chair in 

 relief. From Persepolis. Presented by the Royal Institution. 



Chalcedony seal, foreparts of three bulls united. 



Carnelian oval, with heads of a king and queen, of fine work, and Pehlevi inscription, 

 supposed to be of the sixth century, a.d. 



Fi'agments of terra-cotta vases from Malta and the Torre dei Giganti at Gozo. Pre- 

 sented by the Rev. Greville J. Cb ester. 



S. Birch. 



Department or Greek akd Roman Antiquities. 



Arrangement. 



Seventy-nine pieces of sculpture and architecture, twenty-two Greek inscriptions, one 

 mosaic, fifty-eight objects in bronze, iron, or lead, have been mounted or repaired ; the 

 arrangement of the sculptures and architectural fragments of the Mausoleum, In the 

 Mausoleum Room, has been completed ; in the same room three pieces of cornice and two 

 capitals from the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene, have been placed ; progress has 

 been made in the re-arrangement of the frieze of the Parthenon ; thirty-two mural paintings 

 have been repaired and mounted ; one hundred and seventy-four vases and terra-cotta 



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