ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUA? 



Department of Oriental Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangements. 



In the Egyptian division the following arrangements have been made : — 



The two rooms in the Northern Gallery vacated by the department of Natural 

 Histoi-y have been filled with Egyptian and Assyrian objects, and the collections of small 

 objects have been re-arranged. 



The studies in the Northern Gallery (north side) have been fitted up for Students and 

 Assistants. 



Shelves have been made for the presses in the room formerly occupied by an attendant 

 in the basement. 



The Egyptian table-cases have been fitted with doors and trays. 



Fittings have been prepared for the cases in the Northern Gallery. 



In the Northern Gallery the cases of one of the new rooms have been made air-tight, 

 and new locks have been attached to the doors of the other rooms. 



The cases holding mummies have been cleaned, and the mummy coflSns have been 

 repaired. 



The plaster-casts from Beit-el-Walll, representing the exploits of Rameses II., have 

 been removed from the Western Gallery, and fitted in the second Egyptian Room. Noi'th 

 Gallery ; their back-ground has been re-painted. 



New locks have been placed on some of the table-cases. 



The cast of a pyramidion from the top of a tomb, presented by CunlifFe Brooks, Esq., 

 M.P., has been mounted, and placed in the Central Saloon. 



The granite figure of a hawk, removed from Tell-el-Maskhuta, and presented by the 

 Egypt Exploration Fund, has been placed on a granite pedestal. 



The granite statue of Ankhshernefer, a functionary, removed from Tell-el-Maskhuta, 

 and presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, has been repaired and placed on a Port- 

 land-stone pedestal in the Southern Gallery. 



A bronze figure of Apollo has been mounted on a granite pedestal. 



Portions of the labels on the granite plinl:hs of the statues in the Galleries have been 

 renewed. 



Some of the tablets in the Galleries have beea removed and refixed. 



The Egyptian and Assyrian portions of the General Guide have been revised. 



The description of the coffin of Amam has been finished, and sent to press. 



Some duplicate fragments of linen have been selected for the South Australian Musexim 

 of Economic Botany. 



A model of a sistrum has been cleaned, repaired, and mounted. 



Seven Egyptian bronze figures have been cleaned and mounted. 



Seventy-five glazed tiles have been mounted. 



Twenty-three wax figures have been mounted. 



Fifteen bronze figures have been mounted on alabaster plinths. 



Thirty-one bronze and leaden weights have been mounted. 



Forty-five leaden objects have been mounted. 



Nineteen porcelain objects have been mounted. 



Ninety-seven pieces of ivory have been mounted. 



144 various objects have been mounted. 



474 objects have been registered. 



297 objects have been catalogued. 



2,2u6 number labels have been prepared. 



1,912 - ditto - have been afiixed to objects. 



582 painted labels have been attached to cases and objects. 



In the Assyrian division : — 



A bronze door step, of the time of Nebuchadnezzar, has been mounted on a Portland 

 plinth. 



Three Babylonian inscriptions have been mounted. 



Two Assyrian inscriptions have been mounted. 



Twelve Babylonian bricks have been mounted on Caen-stone plinths. 



One alabaster bowl has been mounted on a Caen-stone plinth. 



Three Babylonian bricks have been repaired. 



A Babylonian sarcophagus has been repaired. 



Two fragments of Assyrian sculpture have been repaired. 



Plinths have been prepared for mounting Oi'iental sculptures. 



The glazing of sculptures in the Kouyunjik Gallery has been continued. 



Some duplicate objects from Assyria and Mesopotamia have been presented to the 

 Sultan of Turkey. 



0.63. C 4 218 Assyrian 



