.20 ACCOUNTS. &C.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



An inventory has also been made of the objects jDresented by the Egypt Exploration 

 Fund, exhibited in a case set apart for the purpose. 



The revision of the text of the " Coffin of Amara " has been continued. 



Deal stands have been made for jars and vases, and mahogany stands for cylinders. 



INIahogany and satin-wood pedestals have been made, and porcelain and rerra-cotta 

 figures mounted thereon. 



Deal pedestals and bases have been made for mummy coffins. 



Labels and tablets of mahogany and deal have been prepared for mummy and wall-cases. 



The fittings in a case have been re-fixed. 



Cases in the Egyptian Rooms have been lined with velvet. 



Seventy-three objects have been mounted on Caen-stone plinths. 



A granite figure and two tablets have been mounted on Portland-stone plinths. 



One seated figure has been mounted on a granite pedestal. 



Thirty-eight figures have been mounted on alabaster polished plinths. 



Ten limestone figures and a bowl have been repaired. 



Sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery have been moved, re-placed, and re-mounted, 



1,513 miscellaneous objects have been mounted. 



419 labels have been attached to objects. 



One hundred and seventeen miscellaneous objects have been joined. 



Sixty-seven fragments have been cleaned or repaired. 



355 wood tablets have been covered in velvet, and 128 have been prepared for 

 covering. 



69 Himyaritic impressions have been made. 



566 objects have been catalogued. 



386 objects have been registered. 



Collections offered for sale have been examined. 



Assyrian Division : 



5,050 tablets, fragments of tablets, and other objects, have been registered. 



852 slips have been written for contract tablets. 



2,198 labels has been written for engraved stones and other objects. 



The various collections in the New Assyrian Room have been arranged. 



Part of the collection of objects in the Assyrian Gallery has been transferred to the 

 new Room and there arranged, and the engraved stones in the Assyrian Gallery have all 

 been numbered, and an inventory of them has been made. 



812 Babylonian Tablets, comprising those of the reigns of Nabouidus, Cyrus, Darius 

 and other monarchs, have been copied. 



The copies of the contract tablets have been dated and arranged in chronological order. 



Some hundreds of fragments of the small bronze Balawat gates have been arranged 

 and put together. 



Parts of various collections, including new ones offered for sale, have been examined. 

 Many of these have been described, placed in boxes which have been labelled, fragments 

 have been joined, and the labelling of various objects has been continued. 



The case-books of the Kouyunjik Gallery, and the book of running numbers of the 

 Kouyunjik Collection have been continued. 



Bilingual texts, and those in the Babylonian character belonging to the Kouyunjik 

 Collection have been sorted out. 



The registration of collections acquired in 1881 and 1883 has been finished. Other 

 collections acquired in the current year have also been registered. 



Two cases in the Assyrian basement room have been removed, and their contents re- 

 arranged. The contents of one of the pier-cases in the new Assyrian room have been 

 chronologically arranged. 



Two cases in the Nimroud Central Saloon and two in the JNimroud Gallery have their 

 contents re-arranged for the preparation of a descriptive guide to the former. 



The inscriptions on tM'o bricks, and the five epigraphs on the black obelisk have been 

 translated. 



The second part of the fifth volume of " Cuneiform inscriptions of Western Asia" 

 has been finished for publication, with a table of contents to the whole volume. 



290 deal tablets covered with velvet, and 650 with red cloth, have been prepared for 

 mounting gems. 



The large bronze gates from Balawat have been re-arranged in a case in the new Assy- 

 rian Room. 



tJeal frames with drum or rounded ends have been prepared for the fixing of fragments 

 of other bronze gates from Balawat in process of arrangement, and wainscot boards have 

 been got ready for the same purpose. 



Wooden labels have been prepared for the Assyrian and Phoenician Rooms. 



A deal pedestal has been made for the head of a figure in the Phoenician Room. 



A frame and a pedestal have been prepared for the Siloam stone. 



Shelves have been prepared and fitted in the Phoenician Room. 



Seven marble figures have been mounted on black polished marble plinths, 



Twelve figures have been mounted on Caen-stone plinths. 



One figure has been fixed in the wall of the Assyrian Gallery. 



One 



