ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I7 



George Smith, and of one by Mr. Rassara, has been completed, and progress has been 

 made in the registration of other collections. 



Several Assyrian and Babylonian texts have been translated, and others copied. 



The chronological arrangement of the Babylonian dated tablets of Nabopalassar and his 

 successors has been completed. 



Inventories have been drawn up of the antiquities obtained In the course of the year 

 from Mossul and Baghdad. 



The Bilingual mythological tablets have been arranged. 



1,989 objects have been registered. 



206 boxes of Assyrian tablets have been labelled. 



225 objects have been labelled. 



Tracings of objects found at Carchemish, Van, and other places, have been prepared. 



Indices have been made to the Assyrian registers. 



The first portion of Vol. V. of the " Cuneiform Inscriptions of "Western Asia," consist- 

 ing of 35 plates, has been published. 



The Guide-book has been revised. 



1 1 . — A cquisitions. 



The total number of acquisitions, including fragments, amounts to about 5,046. 



Among the most remarkable in the Egyptian Collection are the following: — 



Bronze figure of Ptah. 



Bronze figure of Ptah Socharis Osiris, as a dwarf. 



Bronze figure of Nefer Turn in a sledge. 



Bronze figure of Bast or Sekhet, inscribed with the name of the dedicator. 



Bronze figure of Sekhet or Bast, on a seated throne. 



Bronze fisrure of Chnum or Chnoumis.^ 



Bronze figure of Anhur or Onouris. 



Two bronze figures of the goddess Ma or Truth. 



Three bronze figures which have been inlaid, viz., Amset, human-headed ; Tuatmutef, 

 jackal-headed, and Kabhsenuf, hawk-headed, kneeling in the act of adoration. 



Two silver figures of iNefertura, walking. 



Bronze figure of Nephthys. 



Bronze figure of Harpanebta, wearing the crown atef. 



Bronze figure of Harpakhrat or Harpocrates, eyes inlaid, standing on a pedestal which 

 is inscribed with a dedication. 



Bronze figure of a king. 



Bronze figure of Bameses II., kneeling and oflferlng wine. 



Bronze corbel, terminating in the head of a hawk. 



Bronze capital, in shape of a papyrus flower ; from Tel-el- Yahoudeh. 



Porcelain figure of Taur or Thoueris. 



Blue composition figure of Thoueris. 



Porcelain figure of a sow and pigs. 



Silver earrings. 



Stone bas-relief with the head of Athor. 



Wooden coffin, with vaulted cover of Har, a priest, ornamented with representations 

 of deities, and inscribed with the 23rd, 25th, and 43rd chapters of the Book of the Dead 

 or Ritual. 



Wooden coffin, in shape of a mummy, of Har, a priest, painted with judgment-scene, 

 embalming scene, and figures of deities. 



Wooden pillow or head-rest, inscribed with the 55th, 61st, and 62nd chapters of the Ritual. 



Linen covered with stucco, painted face, gilded mask, from a mummy of the time of 

 the 18 th dynasty. 



Several portions of linen, some inscribed with the name Satra, a lady of the court of 

 the Queen Aahmes Nefertari of the 18th dynasty. 



Sphinx of calcareous stone, wearing the pschent. 



Porcelain draughtsboard and set of draughts from Tel Basta. 



Alabaster stud, with the name of Rameses III. 



Part of a tile in blue porcelain, inscribed with the name of Thothmes III. 



Porcelain tile, with two lions' heads in relief. 



Part of a porcelain box, with figure of Harpocrates. 



Alabaster head, full face. 



Six terracotta crucible-shaped vases, with Hieratic inscriptions. 



Plaster head of a lion. 



Porcelain cat on a pedestal, with a dedication to the goddess Bast. 



Porcelain vase in shape of a gazelle. 



Calcareous stone mould, with figure of an ibis holding an egg. 



Five leaden ornaments, in shape of a horseman, horses, and a genius ; from Alexandria. 

 Terracotta figure of Isis,or Athor, wearing disk, plumes, and horns, lier body terminating 

 in a snake. 



Terracotta figure of IsIs, suckling Horus. 



0.65. C Terracotta 



