l6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Sun-dried clay cone, stamped with rectangular impression, having the prenomen of 

 Amenophis III., of the 18th dynasty. 



Red terra- ciitta rectangular brick with hieratic inscription. 



Plaster circular seal, apparently of the mouth of a vase, inscribed + EYAOFIA KYPIOY. 



Leather and tortoise-shell sounding board of a guitai-. 



Ebony pallet of a scribe of the King Ra-nefer-ka, or Nefercheres, of the 5th dynasty. 



Wood tessera with Greek inscription of ApoUos, an exegetes, deceased at the ao"e 

 of 40 years. 



Wooden cases of the mummies of cats in shape of that animal. 



Wooden yokes for carrying burthens. 



Sycamore wood, part of the sarcophagus of Mentuhetp TI. of the 11th dynasty, with 

 portions of some chapters of the Book of the Dead, or Ritual. 



Sycamore wood, right side of the sarcophagus of Amenhetp, a scribe, richly coloured 

 with yellow varnish, of the time of Seti I., of the Idth dynasty. 



Horns of a gazelle separately mummied. 



Inner part of the wrap of a mummy, inscribed in Greek " Do not grieve, Silvanus ! no 

 one is immortal in this world ; " of the Roman period. 



The following objects, chiefly from Tel El Yahoudeh and Lower Egypt, have been 

 presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Terra-cotta mould of a fleurette. 



Terra-cotta vase in the shape of a pigeon, 



Terra-cotta lamp of late period and triangular shape, with nine wicks. 



Wooden end of a stick, forked. 



Mummy of a shrew-mouse unrolled. 



In the other Oriental divisions the following objects — 

 Chalcedony cone with Phoenici:in inscription, and figure adoring. 

 Carnelian oval, with human-headed dolphin supposed figure of Dagon, From Ashdod. 



S. Birch. 



Department of Gkeek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



Ninety-three sculptures and inscriptions, three mosaics, and seventy-nine bronze figures, 

 have been mounted and repaired ; nine objects in bronze, fifteen fictile vases, and seven- 

 teen terra-cottas, have been cleaned and repaired ; three hundred and ten wax impres- 

 sions and one hundred and eighty-nine plaster casts have been made from gems ; two objects 

 in glass and one in gold have been cleaned, repaired, and mounted ; seven gems have 

 been mounted in gilt settings ; five hundred and five rings and seven hundred and twenty- 

 two gold ornaments have been mounted on velvet covered blocks ; four hundred and 

 sixty-eight descriptive titles have been attached to objects ; one hundred and foi'ty-one 

 objects have been registered ; the arrangement of the collection of gold ornaments has 

 been completed; the west side of the Bronze Room has been repapered, the cases made 

 dust proof, and the collection re-arranged ; four upright cases for the exhibition of bronze 

 mirrors have been attached to table-cases in the Bronze Room ; a glass case for the Cas- 

 tellani bronze head of a goddess has been placed in the Bronze Room ; a glass shade for 

 select Athenian lekythi in the First Vase Room ; three glass shades for vases in the 

 Second Vase Room, and nine cases for sculpture in the Elgin Room : two table-cases 

 have been repapered and re-arranged in the First Vase Room. A new edition of the 

 general Guide to the Exhibition Rooms has been issued. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



1 — A circular dish of Samian ware. From Cologne. 



Presented ly the Rev. W. Spairow Simpson, D.D. 



11. — Nineteen agate beads of the Roman period, found at Kreuznach, in Germany. 

 Presented by A. W, Franks, Esq. 



III. 1. — Four fragments of Samian ware, with figures in relief. On one of the frag- 

 ments is a youthful male figure, winged, and playing on a lyre ; on a second fragment is 

 a Satyr carrying a vase ; on a third, two actors ; and on the fourth, the bust of a female 

 figure. 



2. A small bronze figure seated on a rock. 



Presented by the Ret. Greville Chester. 



IV. — A bronze female hand, said to have been found with the colossal bronze head of a 

 goddess, acquired with the Castellani Collection in 1873. The hand holds the end of a 

 piece of drapery. 



Presented hy M. Alessandro Castellani. 



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