J 4 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



10 Assyrian and Chaldfean bricks have been framed and glazed, and placed over the 

 sculptures of the Nimroud Gallery. 



One Assyrian inscription has been repaired, and a Babylonian inscription mounted in 

 the same gallery. 



Some fresh arrangements of objects have been made in the table cases of the Kouyunjik 

 Gallery. 



A monolith tablet of a Babylonian monarch has been mounted on Caen stone, and 

 placed in the Assyrian anteroom. 



Progress has been made in the glazing of the Assyrian sculptures in the basement. 



88 small Carthaginian tablets -with Punic inscriptions, have been placed in glazed 

 boxes and labelled, and three similar mounted on stone plinths in the Carthaginian Room. 

 The bilingual inscription of Dugga, has been fixed to the south wall of the Carthaginian 

 Room. 



Eight Himyaritic inscriptions from Aden, have been mounted on stone plinths. 



A Hebrew inscription has been repaired and mounted on a stone plinth. 



Progress has been made in the arranging and joining of the Assyrian inscribed clay 

 tablets of the bilingual sections, Turanian and Assyrian, the mythological section of tablets 

 has been examined and studied, and a series of tablets containing the legends of Izdabar, 

 selected and joined ; amongst them has been found a most important set of three tablets, 

 giving the Chaldajan account of the Deluge. 



Progress has been also made in joining fragments of the astrological and historical 

 section, and an interesting tablet of Nebuchadnezzar has been put together. 



The transcripts of the early Babylonian contract tablets have been completed, and the 

 copies bound for reference. 



The paper impressions of Assyrian inscriptions have been arranged in chronological 

 order. A case-book of the Assyrian inscribed clay tablets has been commenced. 



The collection of impressions of clay seals from Kouyunjik has been examined, with a 

 view to elucidate the Hamah inscriptions. 



Preparations have been made for compiling a guide of the Assyrian department. 



546 small Egyptian objects have been mounted. 



Four Egyptian papyri have been unrolled, and two have been mounted. 



17 pages of papyri have been mounted, glazed, and lettered. 



29 Egyptian objects have been catalogued, and some paper impressions of hieroglyphic 

 inscriptions described. 



198 descriptive slips have been incorporated with the general catalogue. 



Progress has been made in prepai'ing a new guide for the Egyptian Rooms. 



The texts of the geometric papyrus, and the historical jiapyrus of Rameses III., pur- 

 chased of Miss Harris, have been examined and studied towards preparing a descriptive 

 text for publication. 



Transcripts have been made of Miss Harris's catalogues of Egyptian objects. 



147 fragments of inscribed Assyrian terra-cotta tablets have been cleaned ; 236 have 

 been repaired, and 170 protected from decay. 



An Assyrian terra-cotta historical cylinder has been mounted. 



Five moulds have been made of Assyrian cylinders in hard stone. 



20 casts have been made of engraved stones with Phoenician inscriptions. 



25 small statues from Cyprus have been repaired and mounted on stone plinths, and 

 four inscriptions from the same place repaired and mounted. 



Casts have been made of 34 inscriptions in the language of Cyprus, from the collection 

 of General di Cesnola. 



Nine gnostic engraved stones have been mounted. 



145 objects have been registered. 



559 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects exhibited in the collection, 



572 numbers have been printed. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The number of objects acquired by the Department during the year was 125. 



Amongst them the following are the most remarkable: — 



An Egyptian hieratic papyrus on the subject of the Creation of the Universe by the 

 god Ptah, written by Amenemapt. 



Nine hieratic and hieroglyphic papyri, purchased of Miss Harris, of Alexandria, 

 which are as follows : — 



A papyrus in 79 pages or sheets, dated in the 32nd year of Rameses III., of the 20th 

 dynasty, recording his donations to the Temples of Memphis, Heliopolis and Thebes, and 

 detailing the condition of Egypt prior to the elevation of his father to the throne. This 

 magnificent document generally known as the great Harris Papyrus, beautifully written 

 and the finest and the largest of its class, contains three pictures representing Rameses 

 III. off"ering to the gods. 



A hieratic papyrus, either a history or work of fiction, relating to the period of 

 Thothmes III. of the 18th dynasty. 



A hieratic papyrus duted in the 17th year of Rameses IX., containing a list of 

 functionaries and objects. 



A hieratic 



