ACCOUNTS, Sec, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 1 5 



Department of Okiental Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangements. 



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

 galleries: — 



A colossal marble foot has been mounted on a new granite plinth. 



A new glass shade has been placed on an K^iyptian monument. 



Nine Egyptian sculptures have been mounted on granite plinths. 



Part of a group of figures has been mounted on a new granite plinth. 



A colossal ram's head has been mounted on a granite plinth and had a glass shade 

 placed over it. 



Portions of the beard and uraeus serpent from the head of the great sphinx have been 

 protected by glass shades. 



Five Egyptian tablets have been mounted on stone plinths, and one tablet has been 

 framed and glazed. 



In the vestibule the glass over tlie tablets there displayed has been taken out, and 

 cleaned, and the tablets dusted. 



A long papyrus has been mounted, fra.med, aud glazed, and fixed on the wa'ls of the 

 West Staircase. 



Two pieces of papyri have been imrolled. 



Six pieces of linen have been glazed. 



18 frames have been made for Egyptian inscriptions. 



12 frames have been made for inscribed tablets. 



Six small Egyptian figures have been mouuted on pedestals. 



120 satin-wood pedestals have been prepared for mounting objects. 



Numerous objects have been incorporated in the general collections. 



In the Assyrian division : — 



Two additional table-cases have been placed in the Egyptian Central Saloon. 



Improved locks have been placed on three table-cases in the Assyrian Galleries. 



An Assyrian stone tablet has been repaired, and another has been mounted. 



An Assyrian sculptured slab has been inserted in the walls of the Kouyunjik Gallery. 



Progress has been made in cleaning and securing from decay the Assyrian slabs in the 

 Kouyunjik Gallery. 



25 Elamite bricks have been placed in boxes in the -Carthaginian basement. 



Two boxes have been made for inscribed bricks. 



Portions of (he Assyrian sculptures in the Nimroud Gallery have been placed under 

 glass. 



A stone coffer from Balawat has been placed in the Egyptian Central Saloon. 



Several of the table-cases have been re-arranged. 

 ■ A Babylonian brick has been repaired. 



1,010 fragments of ivory have been cleaned. 



998 fragments of carved Assyrian ivory have been mounted. 



63 fragments of Assyrian carved ivories have been repaired. 



250 fragments of Assyrian carved ivories have been protected by gelatine against 

 further decay. 



202 Assyrian terra- cotta inscribed tablets have been cleaned. 



120 Assyrian terra-cotta tablets have been repaired. 



29 fragments of terra-cotta tablets have been secured by wax against further decay. 



186 cylinders of hard stone engraved have been moulded. 



44 stone hands and three figures from Cyprus have been mounted on stone pedestals. 



A Samaritan inscription has been mounted on a stone plinth, 



380 impressions have been made of cylinders. 



Two cylinders have been repaired. 



Four casts have been made of engraved stones. 



22 Assyrian cylinders in hard stone have been cleaned. 



Five Assyrian bronze objects have been cleaned. 



22 miscellaneous objects have been repaired. 



10 Assyrian bronze plates from the gates at Balawat have been mounted. 



43 fragments of glass have been mounted. 



295 Egypuan objects have been catalogued. 



326 descriptive slips have been inserted in the Egyptian Catalogue. 



Nine slips have been inserted in the catalogue of Gnostic gems. 



22 paper impressions of Egyptian sculptures have been described. 



3,184 objects have been registered. 



331 descriptive labels have been prepared for objects. 



An inventory of Egyptian musical instruments has been transcribed for a student 

 making researches. 



Tracings have been made of plans to assist Mr. Rassam's excavations. 



Transcripts have been made of Assyrian inscriptions. 



15 impressions of Greek inscriptions have been made. 



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