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



A cylinder referring to the opening of the Libil -khegal, a canal to the east of Babylon^ 

 by Nebuchadnezzar. Also presented by C. D. Cobham, Esq. 



Some small contract-tablets dated in the reigns of Aliksandar (Alexander) and Anti- 

 gunusu (Antigonus). 



Two small contract-tablets dated in the reign of Pilipsu (Philip), 



A monument of black stone, containing a bas-relief shewing the lower part of a male 

 figure dressed in a costume closely resembling the Assyrian, and an inscription in relief 

 in the hieroglyphic characters of the so-called Hittite. This monument came from 

 Aleppo. 



A kind of pillar of black stone, one side of which is cut down and carved with a figure, 

 evidently of a king, in high relief. The rounded back contains seven lines of an inscription, 

 the upper part of which is lost. From Aleppo. 



An obelisk of white marble from Cyprus, containing on the base a Phoenician in- 

 scription for Eeshpiathon. Presented by C. D. Cobham, Esq. 



Nine limestone slabs with Himyaritic inscriptions, two of which have been published in 

 the Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archasology, vol. ii., p. 27, No. ix ; vol. iv... 

 p. 200, No. xviii. 



S. Bircht 



Depabtment or Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — A rrangement. 



Sixteen inscriptions, thirty-eight sculptures, and two pieces of architecture, have been- 

 repaired and mounted on plinths ; seven sculptures have been mounted on pedestals ; 

 one mosaic has been repaired and mounted; one hundred and forty-one fictile vases,, 

 one iron object, nineteen terra-cottas, one object in glass and twenty-one copies on 

 canvas of Etruscan paintings, have been cleaned and repaired ; glass shades have been 

 placed over the statue of a Boy extracting a thorn from his foot, and over a vase in the 

 Fourth Yase Room ; progress has been made in the arrangement of the collections in the 

 Pour Vase Rooms ; the wall cases in the First Vase Room have been re-lined and 

 rendered dust-proof; six hundred and sixty-four descriptive titles have been attached to 

 objects ; sixty-seven objects have been catalogued, and two hundred and thirty-two 

 objects registered ; eight sheets of the second volume of the Corpus of Greek inscrip- 

 tions have been completed. Part II. of the Guide to the Elgin Room, and a new edition 

 of the Guide to the Exhibition Room.*, have been issued. 



1 1 . — A cquisitions. 



I. — 1. A fictile kylix, on the inside of which are represented Athen^ and Hcphaestos- 

 making Pandora, the names of all three figures being inscribed on the vase. The hair and 

 draperies are painted in brown and purple with gilt accessories; the flesh is drawn in 

 fine lines on the white background. The drawing of these figures, though slightly 

 archaic, is very masterly, the colours harmoniously blended, and the condition of the vase- 

 excellent. This exquisite specimen of ancient fictile art was found in 1828 at Nola in 

 Campania. Polychrome designs of this kind, on a white ground, are of extreme rarity. 

 Published, Lenormant and De VVitte, Elite des Monuments Ceramographiques III., 

 pi. 44, pp. 149-153 and p. 159. 



2. A large circular gold fibula with figures and ornaments in granulated and 

 filigree work, and set with pieces of blue vitreous paste ; a very fine specimen of Etruscan 

 jewellery. 



3. A mural painting from Herculaneum, representing Glaukos leading a marine coav 

 through the waves. On the left is part of the figure of another marine deity. Formerly 

 in the collection of Dr. Mead. Published, Turnbull, Ancient Paintings, pi. 26. 



II. — 1. A terra-cotta figure of Seilenos seated on a rock, with a wine-skin between his 

 legs ; on the rock at his side is a small terminal figure of Dionysos. From Tanagra : 

 compare Gazette Archeologique, 1878, pi. 33. 



2. A terra-cotta draped female figure representing Demeter ; at her side is a wheat- 

 sheaf. From Tanagra. 



3. A terra-cotta draped female figure, seated, holding in both hands a tainia. From 

 Tanagra. 



4. A terra-cotta figure of a youth wearing a petasos and chlamys, seated on a square 

 base. From Tanagra. 



n I. — 1, A bronze steelyard. From Smyrna. 



2. A bronae 



