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



Depaktment of Oeiental Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangements. 



In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made in the 

 galleries: — 



Measures have been taken to arrest decay in the Egyptian mural paintings in the 

 Northern Gallery. 



The following sculptures have been mounted on stone plinths : — 



The hind quarters of an Egyptian lion or sphinx. 



A colossal marble foot. 



A sphinx of the Roman period. 



The corner of an Egyptian granite monument. 



A large collection of casts from Egyptian monuments has been repaired, arranged, and 

 fixed on the walls of the Egyptian Central Saloon. 



The Egyptian vestibule to the Egyptian Gallery and the adjoining staircase have been 

 painted. 



Glass cases have been fixed on the top of the wall-cases. 



An Egyptian lion from Baghdad, with the cartouche of a supposed shepherd king, has 

 been mounted on a stone plinth. 



Several small Egyptian objects have been incorporated in the table-cases and wall- cases. 



106 small Egyptian objects have been mounted. 



Two impressions have been made of terra-cotta moulds. 



Two moulds and two casts have been made from Egyptian objects. 



Two Egyptian tablets have been cleaned, and two figures also cleaned. 



In the Assyrian division : — 



The table-cases in the Nimroud Gallery have been partly rearranged. 



Progress has been made in glazing the Assyrian sculptures. 



The table-cases in the Kouyunjik Gallery have been partly rearranged. 



633 impressions have been made from Babylonian and Assyrian cylinders in hard stone. 



338 moulds of the same have been made. 



182 casts of cylinders have been mounted and named. 



432 impressions of the same have been arranged. 



171 plaster casts of engraved stones have been made, and 190 wax impressions taken. 



29 terra-cotta tablets have been cleaned. 



18 terra-cotta tablets have been repaired. 



Two of the same have been mounted. 



Three have been moulded, and impressions taken. 



10 Assyrian objects have been mounted. 



10 Assyrian objects have been repaired. 



Two helmets from Kouyunjik have been mounted. 



18 Assyrian bronzes have been mounted. 



19 bricks with inscriptions in the Elamite Assyrian character, from the neighbourhood 

 of Bushire, have been placed in boxes. 



The collection acquired from Baghdad in 1876 has been partly examined. 

 A new table-case has been added for the reception of Assyrian antiquities in the 

 Assyrian transept. 



11 objects from Cyprus have been repaired. 

 Seven objects from Cyprus have been cleaned. 



Two Phosnician engraved stones have been mounted, and six plaster casts made from them. 



64 boxes containing Carthaginian inscriptions refitted. 



302 objects have been catalogued. 



438 objects have been registered. 



354 descriptive labels have been attached to objects in the collections. 



249 slips have been entered in the Egyptian catalogue. 



Six tracings have been made of an ivory Egyptian panel. 



Students have been assisted in their researches, have been attended, and a lecture given 

 in the Department. 



Seven engraved stones abstracted from the collection have been returned by Dr. Meyer, 

 the keeper of the Cabinet of Gems at the Hague, to whom they had been sold. 



II. — Acquisitions. 

 The number of acquisitions made, including fragments, amounted to 239. 



Among the most remarkable were the following: — 



Fragment of a page of Papyrus, with hieratic inscriptions, with date of the 54th and 

 55th years of Rameses II. 



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