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



A red granite tablet, dated in the reign of Usertesen I., from Elephantine, has been 

 mounted on a stone plinth. 



Portions of a granite sarcophagus of Merimes a prince of Ethiopia, of the time of 

 the 18th Dynasty have been joined, and the repair of the whole commenced. 



A re-arrangement of part of the sculptures of the galleries has been made for .the 

 incorporation of acquisitions obtained in course of the year. 



Glass cases have been fixed on the shelves of the central saloon for the reception of 

 plaster casts illustrative of Egyptian sculptures. 



A new table-case for the exhibition of antiquities from Cyprus has been temporarily 

 placed in the Northern Gallery. 



A hieratic papyrus hps been framed, glazed, and fixed on the northern wall of the 

 Western Staircase leading to the Egyptian rooms. 



Various objects have been incorporated in the collections in the Egyptian rooms, and 

 as well disposed as the want of space will admit. 



15 small objects have been repaired. 



21 small objects have been mounted. 



962 mounting boards have been made. 



In the Assyrian division a new table-case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery. 



Progress has been made in the examination, restoration, and arrangement of Assyrian 

 cuneiform clay tablets, several of which have been copied and important ones selected 

 for exhibition. 



226 Assyrian clay tablets have been cleaned and repaired. 



540 miscellaneous Assyrian objects have been repaired and mounted. 



922 miscellaneous Assyrian objects have been mounted. 



The objects in the table-cases have been re-arranged, and objects recently acquired 

 have been incorporated. 



Two fragments of Assyrian tablets have been repaired and fixed on the side walls of 

 the Kouyunjik Gallery, 



The side cases of the Assyrian ante-room have been re-arranged. 



In the other Oriental divisions three sculptures from Cyprus have been mounted. 



Si\ casts of Carthaginian inscriptions have been framed and glazed, and arranged in 

 the Carthaginian basement-room. 



A Phoenician inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth. 



A Himyaritic inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth. 



The Himyaritic inscriptions have been re-arranged and partly labelled. 



177 Egyptian objects have been catalogued. 



The last plates of the fac-similes of the great Harris Papyrus have been printed off, the 

 descriptive text has been forwarded to the printer and part revised. 



The collation of the tracings of Egyptian frescoes has been completed. 



A series of drawings of Messrs. Salt and Hamilton has been collated and arranged for 

 binding. 



About 318 descriptive slips of the Egyptian catalogue have been written. 



507 slips have been incorpoi-ated in the Egyptian catalogue. 



367 objects have been registered. 



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



215 numbers have been printed. 



The IVth volume of cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia has been completed and 

 issued. 



Classes of students have been attended through the galleries and over the collections, 

 and explanatory lectures given on the objects. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The number of antiquities acquired by the Department, including fragments, was 547 ; 

 besides which a considerable collection of casts made from temples, tombs, and other 

 places or objects in Egypt, were added to the collection. 



Amongst the most remarkable were the following — 



Bronze head of an axe inscribed with the name of Pahakaa, an unplaced king. Pre- 

 sented by the Kev. Sparrow Simpson, d.d. 



Wooden sepulchral tablet, adoration to Ra. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Stone sepulchral tablet, adorations to Osiris Amen-Horus, orKhem and Anubis. Pre- 

 sented by VVentworth Huyshe, Esq. 



Calcareous stone figure of Neferait. Presented by Wentworth Huyshe, Esq. 



Fifty-three potsherds or fragments of vases, on which are inscribed in black ink the 

 acquittances of taxgathers for the poll-tax, workmen's tax, and conservancy of the Nile, 

 commencing with the 8th year of the Emperor Vespasian, and continuing till the 16th 

 year of Hadrian, from A, D. 77-132. From Elephantine. 



Terra-cotta Kanephoros. From the Fayoum. 



Bone panel, representing in bas relief Nike, or Victory, flying, holding a wreath ; Greek 

 period. 



Bone panel Aphrodite, full face, in relief. 



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