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



Books of Reference. 



The following Books of Reference have been presented to the Department : — 



Fao^an, Louis. "Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved "Works of William Faith orne"; 

 London, 1888, 8vo. Presented by the Author. 



Lichtwark, Alfred. "Der Ornamentich der Deutschen Friihrenalssance''; Berlin, 1888, 

 8vo. Presented by Sidney Colvin, Esq. 



Lippmann, Friedrich. " The Art of Wood Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth 

 Century. English Edition " ; London, 1888, 8vo. Presented by the Avthor. 



Turner, Joseph Mallord William, R.A. " Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Liber 

 Studiorum at the Rooms of the Grolier Club, Nev/ York, January 1888.'' Presented by 

 Howard Mansfield., Esq. 



Vaillant. " Catalogue d'CEuvres des Freres Vaillant, artistes Lillois, offerte a leur 

 Villa natale par la Sociele des Sciences et des Arts de Lille "; Lille, 1887, 8vo. Pre- 



sented by A. W. Thibaudeau, Esq. 



Sidney Colvin. 



Departbient of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



Egyptian Division : — 



One inscribed bowl, one sun-dial, two lions, eight bronzes, eight stone objects, sixty 

 porcelain objects, two terra-cottas, six pieces of sculpture, a granite head, four objects of 

 granite or alabaster, five tablets, and one hundred and eighty-five other objects have been 

 mounted on plinths or pedestals of marble, Caen stone or granite. 



Twenty-two inscriptions have been mounted and fixed in position. A sarcophagus has 

 been mounted on granite plinths. 



Twenty-three pieces of embroidered linen from Ekhmim have been mounted under 

 glass, and a piece of Avoollen tapestry has been mounted and fixed in the Second Egyptian 

 Room. 



Seven hundred and seventy-six ostraka have been placed in boxes. 



A sarcophagus, a boat, a sun-dial, three figures, three vases, two inscriptions and a 

 plaster cast have been repaired. 



Nine papyri have been unrolled and mounted. Fragments of papyri have been joined. 

 The Galleries have been cleaned and dusted. 



Nineteen stele-frames have been made and eight stands for jars. A stand for pieces of 

 fossilized wood has been made. 



A new front has been made for a case, and the objects re-arranged in the case. A 

 stand has been made to hold papyri in the Second Egyptian Room and a cupboard fitted 

 up underneath It. 



Twenty-four cylinder-stands have been made. Nine hundred and sixty-two objects 

 have been registered. Seventy-six labels have been written, and three hundred and 

 twelve printed. Seven hundred and six objects have been jolaced in boxes. Four hun- 

 dred and seventy labels have been painted. Four thousand one hundred and thirty-six 

 catalogue num.bers have been attached to objects. Nineteen impressions of inscriptions 

 have been taken. 



The photographing of the Papyrus of Ani has been completed. 



Parts of the collection have been re-arranged, and newly acquired objects have been 

 exhibited. 



Assyrian Division : — 



The Tablets of the Kouyunjik Collection, from 6,254 to 12,000, have been liansferred to 

 the new trays prepared for them in the Students' Room, numbered, registered, placed in 

 numbered boxes and arranged in order. One hundred and twenty- eight tablets have 

 been numbered, registered and arranged to fill up gaps In the earlier part of the Kouyunjik 

 Collection. Printed numbers have been attached to five hundred boxes of the K. Collec- 

 tion, and duplicates of these numbers have been attached to the trays to mark the exact 

 position of each box. Eight thousand seven hundred small fragments have been counted 

 and placed together in a box for safety, thus completing the arrangement of the collec- 

 tion. The S. Collection, S. f Collection, Rassam 1. and Rassam II. Collections, have 

 also been transferred to trays in the Students' Room, placed when required in numbered 

 boxes and arranged in order. 



Besides the 5,747 numbers of the K. Collection, 1,995 tablets of other collections have 

 been registered ; 3,059 labelled ; 118 des(;riptlve and reference labels have been written ; 

 437 labels have been printed. The greater part of the B. 88, 10-13 collection has been 

 placed In numbered boxes and the Avholc arranged in order. 530 headings have been 

 written for the MS. copies of contract tablets, many of which have been arranged in 

 chronological order. Seven tablets have been copied, one for the Corpus"' Inscrlptionum 

 Semiticarum. Ten seals have been described and copied for the proposed catalogue of 

 seals. 162 tablets and cylinders have been joined or mended. Seven tablets have been 

 cleaned. Twelve cylinder stands have been made. 



Cases 



