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



One Coptic ring ; a Coptic pendant; a small coffin; a fragment of a glazed vessel; 

 three imitation dates ; two fragments of fishing-nets ; a leather legging from Ekhmim ; 

 part of a garland and fragment of black inscribed granite; twelve bronze fragments; a 

 terra-cotta model of sacrificial altar; a shoe ; a bronze pin ; a terracotta lamp; seven 

 Coptic ornaments ; a wooden oar; thirty-six pieces of porcelain for inlaying. Presented 

 by the llev. Greville J, Chester. 



A blue glazed porcelain animal ; a fragn:ent of coffin of Pataumat; a twisted grass 

 scourge. Presented by W. Myers, lisij. 



Two moulds for figures of the god Bes. Presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq. 



A Partliian stone sarcophagus containing burnt remains of a human body, found near 

 Bushire. Presented by T. J . Malcolm, Encj. 



Mummy bearing name of Artemidorus, with painted ]iortrait of the deceased ; the 

 mummv ofa child, also showing a painted portrait ; gilded head and loot case from a 

 mummy . a limestone stele from tomb of I'apii ; demotic tablet. Presented by U. Martyn 

 Kennard, Esq. 



A Cufic gravestone. Presented by ]\l<ijor D. S. Shirviiiy. 



Part of picture upon leather, belonging to the Book ol' the Dead. Presented by H. 

 Wallis, Esq. 



A Cypriote inscription on marble, found on the site of the T»nnple of Aphrodite at 

 Paphos. Presented hy the Cyprus Eiphration Fiend. 



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Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, Sfc. 



Twelve sculptures, one inscription, and sixteen terracottas have been repaired and 

 mounted; the sculptures of the east jjcdiment of the Parthenon have been placed on new 

 marble pedestals, and the sculptures of the west pediment have been placed on temporary 

 pedestals ; five slabs of the frieze of the Parthenon have been moved ; forty-one mosaics 

 have been fixed on the walls of the nor'Ji-west staircase ; progress has been made in the 

 re-arrangement of the sculptures in the Ai'chaic Room, the Ephesus Room, +he Elgin 

 Room, the Phigaleian Room, the Gra;co-Roman Gallery, and the Grjeco-Roman Base- 

 ment ; the walls and ceilings of the Gi'aeco-Roman Basement have been painted ; eleven 

 vases, one gold ornament, three bronzes, and ninety-eight terracottas have been cleaned 

 and repaired ; six casts have been taken from antique moulds for terracottas ; three 

 drawings have been framed and glazed, and three drawings have been mounted for 

 exhibition. 



In fitting cases with new locks, re-mounting and re-arranging the collections contained 

 in them, considerable progress has been made in the First Vase Room ; the Second Vase 

 Room has been all but completed ; progress has been made with the P'ourth Vase iJoom, 

 and with the Etruscan Saloon; the Terracotta Room has been completed; 1,212 objects 

 have been registered; 346 descriptive titles have been written and attached to objects; 

 456 tickets have been written and attached to gems. 



The C/atalouue of Engraved Gems has been completed and issued ; progress has been 

 made with a Handbook to the Vases, and with Catalogues of the Terracottas and Archaic 

 Sculptures. Sheets Kh — Zz of Part III. of " Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British 

 Museum " have been printed off. 



II. -Acquisitions. 



By Donation. — I. A series of fragments of jjottery from Minorca. [Classical Review, 

 I., p. .317.J 



Presented by F. B. Hue and S. Tuhc, Esqs. 



II. Ash s, in the form of a pomegranate, with patterns in the " Mycenaean " style. 



Presented by W. R. Baton, Esq. 



III. A large collection of objects found at Naucratis during the excavations of 

 1885-86. The collection includes; — 



1. A gold ring with intaglio of Eros playing the game of himanteligmos, and other 

 gold ornaments. 



2. Bronze hottabos-stand with three feet in the form ofa lion's claws. 



3. Archaic male torso of alabaster. 



4. Archaic 



