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



Depaetment of Oriental Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



Ill the Egyptian division the Tablets and smaller objects exhibited on the shelves of 

 the Egyptian Galleries have been fixed with brackets. 



A group of two seated figures has been placed under glass for better preservation. 



Two of the Harris papyri have been glazed and framed, and fixed on the walls of the 

 North Western Staircase. 



Several smaller objects in stone have been placed in the table cases of the Northejcn 

 Egyptian Gallery. 



Two small papyri have been framed and glazed. 



53 small Egyptian objects have been mounted. 



21 terra-cotta objects have been mounted. 



In the Assyrian division, the Nimroud and Kouyunjik Galleries, and Ante-room 

 have been re-painted. 



Fortions of some of the larger Assyrian slabs and sculptures have been cleaned. 



Another temporary case has been placed in the Assyrian transept, and portion of the 

 objects obtained through the mission of Mr. G. Smith, to Mesopotamia, and presented by 

 the proprietors of the " Daily Telegraph," has been exhibited in it. 



A temporary case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery, and a portion of the objects 

 obtained by the mission of Mr. G. Smith to Mesopotamia, and presented by the proprietors 

 of the " Daily Telegraph," has been exhibited in it. This mission, which has enriched 

 the Assyrian collection, was carried out at the expense of the proprietors of the " Daily 

 Telegraph." 



Progress has been made in glazing the Assyrian sculptures placed in the basement 

 room. 



22 Assyrian bricks have been framed and glazed. 



265 fragments of inscribed terra-cotta Assyrian tablets have been cleaned. 

 An Assyrian cylinder of terra-cotta has been repaired. 

 158 fragments of inscribed terra-cotta tablets have been repaired. 



503 fragments of Assyrian and Babylonian inscribed tablets have been secured against 

 further decay. 



160 objects of Assyrian workmanship in bronze and ivory have been mounted. 



54 pieces of Assyrian iron-work have been repaired and mounted. 

 53 Assyrian bronze nails have been mounted. 



Four Assyrian bronze dishes and a shield have been repaired and mounted. 



Two other Assyrian objects, a ring and vase, have been cleaned and repaired. 



163 small Assyrian objects have been mounted. 



Five portions of cuneiform inscriptions in the Persian and Median characters and two 

 heads have been mounted, and fixed on the west wall of the Assyrian transept, amongst 

 the other remains from Persepolis. 



94 sculptures from Dali, the ancient Idalium, in the Island of Cyprus, have been 

 mounted on Caen stone plinths, and exhibited in temporary cases. 



49 sculptures from the same island have been repaired. 



Two large statues from the same place have been mounted on stone plinths, and placed 

 under glass. 



Four Phosnician and Cypriote inscriptions from Cyprus have been mounted. 



A terra-cotta model of a chariot from Dali, or Idalium, has been repaired. 



163 Egyptian objects have been catalogued. 



569 descriptive slips have been incorporated in the Egyptian catalogue- 

 Progress has been made in the description of the great Harris Papyrus, fac-similes of 

 which have been made and printed up to the 41st plate. 



The manuscript of the Guide to the 1st and 2iid Egyptian rooms has been sent to press. 



A Guide to the Assyrian Galleries has been commenced. 



A report has been prepared of the mission of Mr. G. Smith to Mesopotamia, and an 

 inventory of the objects acquired and presented by the proprietors of the "Daily Tele- 

 graph" has been drawn up. 



Progress has been made with a case-book of Assyrian objects. 



An inventory has been made of Cypriote antiquities acquired of Mr. Lang. 



424 objects have been registered, 201 additional explanatory entries inserted in the 

 registers, and an index made to the Egyptian register. 



471 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects in the collections. 



343 numbers to attach to objects have been printed. 



II. — A cquisitions. 



The number of objects acquired by the Department was 1,163. 

 Amongst them the most remarkable were: — 

 A bronze toad with annular marks. 



A calcareous stone sepulchral tablet with depression for inlaying a figure of Osiris 

 and other representations. 



Wooden 



