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



II. — Acquisitions. 

 The number of acquisitions made, including fragments, amounted to about 2,550. 



Among tbe most remarkable in the Egyptian division were the following: — 



Opaque red disk of glass for inlaying, and four porcelain tiles. Presented by Dr. 

 Grant, of Cairo. 



Model in rosso antico of the obelisk formerly at Philse, and afterwards at Corfe Castle, 

 dedicated to Osiris by Ptolemy Euergetes II., and his wife Cleopatra. Presented by 

 Mrs. Mangles. 



Calcareous stone slab, having in bas-relief fore part of a lion, marked by a sculptor's 

 canon. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Pair of silver bracelets terminating in disked urxi. 



Four bronze feet of a box or cista of the Roman period in shape of winged 

 cynocephali. 



Glazed scarabffius, with the name of the monarch Rauser. 



Glazed scarabaaus, with the prenomeiis of Thothmes III. and Hasheps, 18th dynasty. 



Glazed scarabasus, with the name of Menkara or Mycerinus of the 4th dynasty. 



Sandstone face from a figure broken and coloured. 



Porcelain figure of Dionysos or Bacchus, from Elephantine. 



Bronze figure of Eros or Cupid standing, of the Roman period, from Alexandria, 



Terra-cotta lamps, with bas-reliefs of Hypnos or Somnus, and Harpocrates. 



Ivory box, with figures slightly engraved, from the Fyoum. 



Ivory draughtsman from Alexandria. 



Black glazed terra-cotta circular flask of the Roman period. 



Bone cylinder, pierced, with the name of Userkaf, of the 5th dynasty : from 

 Sakkarah. 



Dark porcelain : two human-headed hawks conjoined. 



Fragments of linen bandages with vignettes, and chapters from the Ritual in hieratic; 

 from Sakkarah. 



Calcareous stone tablet, with nine lines of demotic. 



Ivory ticket of a theatre, circular, having a tragic mask on one side, and on the other 

 VI and the Greek ' stau,' the number of the row of benches. 



Glass figure of Apis, coloured black and white for inlaying. 



Blue composition : small jar-shaped bottle with spout, with Demotic inscription : 

 Ptolemaic period. 



Blue composition : tall vase, with Demotic inscription : Ptolemaic period. 



Silver figure of Zeus : Greek period. 



Bronze figure of a philosopher : from Alexandria. 



Gold cylinder part of a staff or sceptre, inlaid with paste in cloisonne work. 



Part of a porcelain collar, with name of Darius. 



Crystal scarabteus, with figures and Phanician inscription. 



A considerable collection of Egyptian objects of small dimensions ; presented by 

 General Meyrick, being the I'esidue of the celebrated Meyrick collection. They amount 

 to 840 objects, including fragments. The most remarkable are as follows: 



Large porcelain figure of Thoth. 



Wax plate with symbolic eye from the flank incision of a mummy. 



Part of a glazed figure of a cynocephalus. 



Lower part of a porcelain figure of Isis. 



Stone head of an Asiatic prisoner. 



"Wooden tessera from a mummy, with a Demotic inscription. 



Black steatite group of figures. 



Bronze figure of Bubastis or Bast. 



Bronze figure of Osiris, with dedicatory inscription. 



Bronze head of Osiris of remarkably fine woi'k. 



Part of a porcelain figure of the goddess Taur or Thoueris, inlaid. 



Blue porcelain chequered tile in shape of a basket ; the hieroglyph neb : for inlaying. 



Glazed scarabeeus, with sphinx and prenomen of Thothmes III. 



Glazed scarabffius, with winged uraus and prenomen of Thothmes III. 



Glazed scarabffius, with sphinx and hawk. 



Glazed scarabseus ; man adoring an obelisk. 



Glazed scarabjeus, with prenomen of Rameses IV. 



Among the most remarkable in the Assyrian division are the following : — 



Several Babylonian contract- tablets with cuneiform inscriptions relating to loans, 

 sales of property, mortgages, &c., dated in the reigns of the later Kings of Babylon. 



The years represented are : — 



The 2nd, 21gt, 30th, and 41st of Nebuchadnezzar. 



The Accession year, and 7th year of Neriglissar. 



The 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th, and 16th of Nabonidus. 



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