14 accounts, &c., of the british muskum. 



Department of Oriental, Antiquities, 



I. — Arrangement. 



In the Egyptian division the vestibule and staircase of the North Gallery have been 

 painted, the papyri on the walls and some of the monuments removed, the pedestals 

 cleaned, labels renewed, and the mummy cases on the top of the stairs re-arranged, and 

 the plaster casts cleaned. 



A new table case has been placed in tlie Northern Egyptian Gallery, and some recent 

 acquisitions displayed in it. 



An Egyptian wooden door has been placed for exhibition in the vestibule of the 

 Northern Egyptian Gallery. 



Several Egyptian tablets exhibited in the Egyptian Galleries have been secured with 

 brackets. 



In the Egyptian Galleries a double-seated statue has been placed under glass, as also 

 portions of another figure, and three Egyptian monuments have been mounted upon 

 granite pedestals. 



Portion of an Egyptian sarcophagus and an Egyptian altar have been mounted on 

 granite pedestals in the Galleries. 



Nine monuments in the Egyptian Galleries have been mounted on Caen stone 

 plinths. 



A cast of the trilingual Decree of Canopus, or Tablets of San, in hieroglyphic, Greek 

 and enchorial characters, has been framed, and placed in the South Egyptian Gallery. 



The medical papyrus has been arranged, joined, framed, and placed for exhibition on 

 the wall of the north-west staircase. 



A new glass case has been placed in the first F.^yptian Room, and one of the mummy 

 coffins and mummies presented by H. R, H. the Prince of Wales exhibited in it. 



Some of the objects and cases of the second Egyptian Room have been re-arranged, 81 

 Egyptian objects have been mounted, 30 pieces of Egyptian papyri have been joined, 

 arranged, mounted, and some glazed. 



The side-lights in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been improved, and the glazing of the 

 Assyrian monuments exhibited in the basement has been continued. 



A series of the Assyrian inscribed bricks has been exhibited in the Nimroud Gallery, 

 arranged in chronological order over the sculptures. 



Some of the table cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been re-arranged. 



The fragments of Assyrian ivory objects have been examined, and some joined. 



Several Assyrian historical clay cylinders have been repaired. 



The collection of Chaldasan, Assyrian, and Babylonian bricks has been thoroughly 

 examined and classified, and a complete series of them arranged for exhibition. 



The bilingu;d section of the Assyrian inscribed terra-cotta tablets has been studied, 

 and further progress made in joining and completing them. 



Progress has been also made iii the reconstruction of the astrological and mythological 

 sections of inscribed terra-cotta tablets. 



The Assyrian inscribed terra-cotta tablets with the names of eponymous officers have 

 been arranged. 



Some progress has been made in copying inscriptions of Chaldaean sale and other 

 inscribed terra-cotta tablets. 



The collections of Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed terra-cotta tablets have been 

 examined in search of duplicate specimens. 



The inscrljjtions from the Isle of Cyprus offered for purchase have been examined, and 

 the alphabet and language of the ancient inhabitants of Cyprus discovered. 



52 Assyrian objects have been mounted. 



129 small Assyrian inscribed terra-cotta tablets have been repaired and cleaned. 



15 Assyrian bronze objects have been cleaned. 



Four portions of Carthaginian sculpture have been mounted on pedestals. 



714 Egyptian objects have been catalogued. 



31 paper impressions of Egyptian inscriptions have been catalogued. 



Three Egyptian papyri have been catalogued. 



Some progress has been made in the descriptive text for the geometric papyrus. 



58 slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian catalogue. 



462 objci ts have been prepared for registration. 



729 objects have been registered. 



359 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects in the collection. 



353 numbers have been printed. 



A title and index has been made for the supplementary drawings by Mr. Loftus. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 778. 

 Amongst them the following are the most remarkable: — 



A large collection of various objects excavated by the Rev. Greville J. Chester at Tel el 



Yahoudeh, 



