ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



One bilingual Cypriote inscription has been mounted on a Caen-stone plinth. 



I'wo fragments of Hittite sculpture from Carchemish have been repaired and mounted 

 on Caen -stone plinths. 



One i'hcEnician inscription has been moved and mounted in the Phojnician Room. 



Phoenician inscriptions in the Phoenician Room have been moved and mounted. 



Three casts have been made of the mace head bearing the name of Sargon of Agade. 



Eleven casts of cylinders have been made, including one each of Nebuchadnezzar 

 and Nabonidus. 



1,598 impressions of gems have been made. 



Fifteen casts have been made from bronzes. 



Four casts of seals have been made. 



Forty gems have been mounted. 



183 tablets have been cleaned and repaired. 



Five bronze bowls ; one bronze handle ; and a bronze shield have been cleaned and 

 repaired. 



Two casts of stone seal with Greek inscription, and one of the scarab of Hodu have 

 been made. 



Four casts of Phoenician inscriptions on bronze have been made. 



2,007 clay tablets and fragments have been joined. 



Two pieces of ivory have been joined. 



170 small objects have been mounted. 



1,061 labels have been written. 



7,019 numbers have been printed by the press in the Department for Assyrian and 

 Egyptian objects. 



a, 183 numbers have been attached to objects. 



2,200 labels have been attached to objects, 



600 labels have been printed in the Department. 



The papyri and the trays in Hamilton Case A, have been numbered and lettered. 



A descriptive list for the Guide to the Phoenician Room has been written. 



The Egyptian and Assyrian portions of the Guide to the Exhibition Rooms have been 

 revised, and additional matter has been written, including part of the Index. 



The cuneiform inscriptions on the lion-weights have been carefully studied, and these, 

 together with copies, variants and additions to the East India House inscription of 

 Nebuchadnezzar, have been copied. 



Tracings of Egyptian and Hittite inscriptions for Departmental and other uses have 

 been fnade. 



Students and others have been assisted in their researches. 



Acquisitions. 



The number of acquisitions of the Department has amounted to 1,653. 

 Of these the most important in the Egyptian division are : — 



Bronze seat obtained at Cairo. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., f.S.a. 



Bronze head of Osiris. 



Steatite oxyrrhynchus with pedestal, on which is a figure of the god Onouris or 

 Mars. 



Bronze hawk damascened with red composition. 



Bronze bell in shape of lotus flower. From the Fayoum. 



Stucco bust of Serapis. 



Alabaster toilet vase in shape of an antelope. 



Alabaster bowl. From Sakkarah. 



Ebony head of a goose from a toilet vase. From Sakkarah. 



Fragments of terracotta vases. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A. 



Blue porcelain bottle. From the Fayoum, 



Demotic papyrus, copies of contracts dated in the 35th year of Ptolemy Philadelphos or 

 Soter II. 



Four cylindrical ivoiy draughtsmen. Presented by J. L. S. Strachan-Davidson, Esq. 



Two wooden figments of collin with deities and hieroglyphs. 



Yellow jasper gnostic engraved stone with the Aeon lao und inscription. 



Carnelian gnostic engraved stone with mummied figure in radiated crown supported by 

 four youths standing on a stariy planisphere ; on the reverse, man draped in mitra and 

 corselet on head, with inscriptions on both sides. 



Small collection of fragments, about seventy -four in number, chiefly from the Pyramids. 

 Presented by W. Flinders Petric, Esq. 



Amongst the most remarkable are : — 



Pieces of diorite statues and fragments of a granite sarcophagus. From the neighbour- 

 hood of the Pyramid of Abu Roash. 



Fragment of a diorite statue, limestone weight, rest of drill bow, socket of a door-jwst, 



rude circular vase, part of a circular bowl and of a rude bowl, all of the Ptolemaic period. 



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