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CONTENTS.

ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Introduction).

LIST OF BENEFACTORS

LIBRARY.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS.

Introduction

Exhibited Books in the Grenville and King's Libraries

Block-books

Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press:

DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS― continued.

Books and papers containing Autograph works and inscriptions

Autographs, &c., of Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Nelson, Wellington

Letters of English and Foreign eminent men, 16th-19th Centuries

Autographs of English and Foreign Sovereigns

Autographs, generally of modern date.

Illuminated and other Manuscripts

Photographs of Early Illuminated Manuscripts and Anglo-Saxon Charters

Early Biblical Manuscripts.

Deeds and Papyri

Impressions of the Great Seals of English Sovereigns

Impressions of Ecclesiastical, Monastic, and Baronial Seals

Electrotypes of the finest Ancient Coins in the National Collection (Exhibition

in the King's Library)

Selection of the finest and most interesting Medals in the British Museum-

Italian, German, French, Dutch, and English

English Military and Naval Medals

ANTIQUITIES.

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Introduction

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NEW LYCIAN ROOM (Architectural and sculptured remains from ancient cities

Anglo-Roman Antiquities (Sarcophagi-Tesselated Pavements-Ogham

Inscriptions, &c.)

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Roman Iconography (Busts and Statues of Roman Emperors and of Greek

and Roman personages)

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FIRST GRECO ROMAN ROOM (Statues, heads, and reliefs of Deities and heroes,

of the Græco-Roman period)

SECOND GRECO-ROMAN ROOM (The same continued, including the Townley

Venus-the Disko bolos-the Pourtalès Apollo)

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GRECO-ROMAN BASEMENT-ROOM WITH ANNEX) Figures, heads, and reliefs of

Græco-Roman or Roman period; tesselated pavements and mosaics from

Carthage and Halikarnassos; miscellaneous objects in marble and other

materials).

ROOM OF ARCHAIC SCULPTURE (Harpy tomb-Statues from Branchida-Re-

liefs from Xanthos in Lycia)

ANTEROOM BY MAUSOLEUM ROOM (Statues of Demeter and Bacchus)

MAUSOLEUM ROOM. [Sculptures in course of re-arrangement.]

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ELGIN ROOM (Sculptures and architectural marbles from the Parthenon-

Temple of Wingless Victory at Athens-the Erechtheum-and from the

Temple of Diana at Ephesus-Colossal Lion from Knidos)

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HELLENIC ROOM (Frieze from Temple of Apollo, at Phigaleia)

ASSYRIAN GALLERIES. Introduction .

Kouyunjik Gallery (Bas-reliefs from the Palace of Sennacherib and Assur-

banî-apli-Seals, Engraved Stones, Cylinders, and Gems-Terracotta

Figures, Weights, Necklaces-Bronze Fetters, Swords, &c.-Terra-

cotta Tablets with cuneiform Inscriptions excavated by Mr. G. Smith

in Assyria, and presented by the Proprietors of The Daily Telegraph—

Chaldean Account of the Creation, Deluge, and Tower of Babel, &c.)

Nimroud Central Saloon (Sculptures from the great Mound at Nimroud-

Colossal human-headed figures of Bulls and Lions-Bas-reliefs of

Tiglath-Pileser III., representations of sieges, &c.—Statues of the god

Nebo and Assur-nasir-apli-Obelisk and Bronze Gates of Shal-

maneser II.)

Nimroud Gallery (Bas-reliefs from the North-west Edifice, Nimroud, and

Temple of the God of War, representing Assur-nasir-apli and attendants,

deities, religious rites, lion-hunt, and warfare-Bronze bowls, weights,

bells, weapons, articles of furniture, &c.-Ivory-carvings-Tablets

from Babylonia and miscellaneous objects)

Assyrian Side-Room (Stele with bas-relief of Samsi-Rammanu-Inscribed

stones from Babylon-Bricks with royal names-Inscribed terracotta

cylinders; History of the first eight expeditions of Sennacherib—

Glass, alabaster, and terracotta vases-Bronze helmets, throne,

shield, &c.-Earthenware coffins-Glazed vessels) .

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ASSYRIAN GALLERIES-continued.

Assyrian Basement-Room (Sculptures of the time of Assur-banî-apli-Bas-

reliefs representing deities, soldiers, musicians, animals, camps, wars

of Assur-banî-apli-Assault and capture of Lachish and other cities-

Lion-hunts by Assur-banî-apli-Return from the chase-Banqueting

scene-Pavement-slabs-Articles in bronze, iron, terracotta, &c.).

Assyrian Transept (Colossal human-headed lions and bulls from Nimroud
and Khorsabad-Slab with relief of Assur-nasir-apli-Torsos with in-
scriptions-Seated figure of Shalmaneser-Bas-reliefs-Inscribed
slabs recording campaign of Sennacherib against Judæa-Monuments
from palace of Sargina-Casts, sculptures, and inscriptions from
Persepolis-Antiquities from Cyprus-Phoenician sarcophagus)

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EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. Introduction .

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Southern Gallery (Monuments of the Roman dominion in Egypt-Remains

of the Ptolemaic or Greek period-The Rosetta stone-Monuments

of the 30th, 26th, 22nd, and 19th dynasties)

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Central Saloon (Monuments of the age of Rameses II., "Sesostris," 19th

dynasty)

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Northern Gallery (Sculptures of the 18th dynasty-Statues and heads,

chiefly colossal, of King Horus, Amenophis III., and Thothmes III.—

Tablet of Abydos-Lions from Mount Barkal-Statues of the goddess

Sekhet-Egyptian paintings)

Northern Vestibule (Earliest Egyptian sculptures-Monuments of the first

twelve dynasties).

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North-West Staircase (Egyptian Papyri in hieroglyphic, hieratic, and

demotic or enchorial characters-Extracts from the Ritual of the Dead)

Egyptian Anteroom (Casts from bas-reliefs in Egypt)

First Egyptian Room (The smaller antiquities of Egypt)

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I. (Religious Section-Representations of divinities and sacred

animals)

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II. (Civil Section-Remains of Egyptian dress, ornaments, articles

of domestic use)

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Second Egyptian Room (Further illustrations of sepulchral remains)

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III. (Sepulchral Section-Objects relating to death and burial-