CONTENTS.

ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Introduction).

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 Shakspeare, 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

DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS.

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.

Introduction

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LYCIAN ROOM (Architectural and sculptured remains from ancient cities in

Lycia)

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ANGLO-ROMAN ANTIQUITIES (Sarcophagi-Tessellated Pavements-Pigs of Lead

-Ogham Inscriptions, &c.)

73

ROMAN ICONOGRAPHY (Busts and Statues of Roman Emperors and of Greek and

Roman personages)

74

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

of the Græco-Roman period)

76

SECOND GRECO-ROMAN ROOM (The same continued, including the Towneley
Venus the Discobolus-the Pourtalès Apollo)

THIRD GRECO-ROMAN ROOM. The same continued

GRECO-ROMAN BASEMENT-ROOM WITH ANNEX (Figures, heads and reliefs of
Græco-Roman or Roman period; tessellated pavements and mosaics from
Carthage and Halicarnassus; miscellaneous objects in marble and other
material)

ROOM OF ARCHAIC SCULPTURE (Harpy tomb-Statues from Branchida-Re-
liefs from Xanthus in Lycia-Etruscan Antiquities)

ANTEROOM BY MAUSOLEUM ROOM (Statues of Demeter and Bacchus)
MAUSOLEUM ROox (Remains of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, erected by
Artemisia to Mausolos, Prince of Caria)
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)
HELLENIC ROOM (Frieze from Temple of Apollo, near Phigalia).

ASSYRIAN GALLERIES. Introduction.

Kouyunjik Gallery (Bas-reliefs from the Palace of Sennacherib and Assur-
bani-abla-Seals, Engraved Stones, Cylinders, and Gems-Terracotta
Figures, Weights, Necklaces-Bronze Fetters, Swords, &c.-Terra-
cotta Tablets with cuneiform Inscriptions-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 II., representations of sieges, &c.-Statues of the god
Nebo and Assur-nazir-abla-Obelisk with the annals of Shalmaneser)
Nimroud Gallery (Bas-reliefs from the North-west Edifice, Nimroud, and
Temple of the God of War, representing Assur-nazir-abla, and attendants,
deities, religious rites, lion-hunt, and warfare-Bronze bowls, weights,
bells, weapons, articles of furniture, &c.-Ivory-carvings-Tablets
and miscellaneous objects excavated by Mr. G. Smith in Assyria and
Babylonia, and presented by the Proprietors of The Daily Telegraph)

Assyrian Side-Room (Stele with bas-relief of Samsivul-Inscribed stones

from Babylon-Bricks with royal names-Inscribed terracotta cylin-

ders; 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-bani-abla-Bas-

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

of Assur-bani-abla-Assault and capture of Lachish and other cities-

Lion-hunts by Assur-bani-abla-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-nazir-abla-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)

108

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

dynasty)

109

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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110

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

demotic or enchorial characters-Extracts from the Ritual of the Dead) 111

Egyptian Anteroom (Casts from bas-reliefs in Egypt)

111

First Egyptian Room (The smaller antiquities of Egypt)

112

I. (Religious Section-Representations of divinities and sacred

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

of domestic use)

113

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

Second Egyptian Room (Further illustrations of sepulchral remains)

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