l8 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



II. Ephesut. — The following inscriptions have been obtained from the excavations at 

 Ephesus, or from its neighbourhood : — 



1. Along inscription, containing part of a law regulating the questions at issue between 

 debtor and creditor, in regard to some lands on which money had been raised by 

 mortgage. 



2. Late sepulchral sleU. 



3. Fragment relating to the boundary of a temenos. 



4. Sepulchral tablet, inscribed with the name of the wife of Apollonius, Avho was 

 Verna Arcarius of the Pi'ovince of Asia. 



5. Buckler inscribed with epitaph in eight elegiac verses. 



6. Epitaph in elegiac verse by Stratonike on her two sons, Zoi'los (?) and Alexandi-os. 



7. Two fragments of a report respecting the placing of stelce, probably to mark the 

 boundaries of a sanctuary. 



8. Fragmeiit relating to boundaries. 



9. Sarcophagus ornamented with a Medusa's head in relief, and inscribed with the name 

 of P. Cornelius Nicephorus Nomenclator. 



10. Dedication to Artemis, by G. Scaptius Frontinus, architect of her temple. 



11. Three inscriptions relating to the peribolos of the temple of Artemis. 



C. T. Newton. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography. 



I. — Arrangement. 



A LARGE central case has been placed on the west side of the Second Egyptian Room 

 to contain a portion of the Slade Collection, but it has not yet been fitted up with shelves. 

 A new case has also been placed in the British and Medieval Room. 



Two central cases have been removed from the Second Egyptian Room to the British 

 and Mediaeval Room ; in one of these have been placed the remarkable collection of early 

 Christian silver vessels found at Rome, and obtained by the Museum with the Blacas 

 Collection (see Retvirn for 1866) ; in the other case have been arranged various groups 

 of sepulchral antiquities of the Anglo-Roman period. 



Two desk cases in the Ethnographical Room have been arranged ; and the Arctic Col- 

 lection, presented by Mr. Barrow, has been registered, with sketches of most of the 

 specimens. 



A number of Anglo-Roman and Mexican sculptures in stone have been mounted on 

 pedestals. 



The arrangements of the Christy Collection will be noticed under that head. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may 

 be classed as follows : — 



(1.) British Antiquities. — A diminutive urn of rare form found in 1787, at Clifton, 

 near Manchester ; presented by J. J. Rogers, Esq. ; and two British urns foimd in 

 Cumberland. 



Two British urns, two stone celts, and a bronze palstave, found in the parish of Llan- 

 gwyllog, Anglesea ; and some curious stone moi'tars and other objects found at Twr and 

 Pen-y-Bonc, Holyhead Island ; all presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, m.p. 



British necklace of jet found at Pen-y-Bonc, Holyhead Island, in 1828 ; and some 

 bronze weapons and amber beads found in 1832 at Ty Mawr, on Holyhead Mountain; 

 presented by Lord Stanley of Alderley. 



Two bronze objects of late Celtic workmanship, found in Ireland ; presented by the 

 Rev. William Greenwell, F.S.A. 



A very remarkable late Celtic iron sword, with a bronze sheath and handle, decorated 

 with enamel, found at Embletou, Cumberland. 



Two Koman bosses of shields mth traces of inscriptions, found at Papcastle, Cumber- 

 land ; two pieces of sculpture and part of an inscription from Old Carlisle, in the same 

 county. 



An altar dedicated to Victory, found near Gloucester, and various remains from Kings- 

 holm, Gloucester. 



A very extensive collection of Roman antiquities from Colchester, collected by the 

 Rev. J. H. Pol'cxfen, comprising numerous specimens of pottery and glass, a gold orna- 

 ment with a head of the Empress Faustina, fibula?, armillte, and other personal orna- 

 ments. 



