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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Used 
  as 
  hammers, 
  polishers 
  or 
  rubbers, 
  palettes, 
  etc. 
  Predynastic 
  

   period. 
  

  

  Rhomboid 
  palette 
  of 
  slate 
  with 
  a 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  for 
  

   holding 
  the 
  ink 
  or 
  paint. 
  Predynastic 
  period. 
  

  

  Predynastic 
  and 
  later 
  pottery. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  walls 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  — 
  Assyrian 
  bas-relief 
  represent- 
  

   ing 
  winged 
  figures 
  kneeling 
  before 
  the 
  sacred 
  tree 
  or 
  tree 
  of 
  life, 
  

   with 
  an 
  inscription 
  of 
  Ashurnazirpal, 
  King 
  of 
  Assyria 
  884^-860 
  B. 
  C. 
  

   On 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  are 
  three 
  Assyrian 
  bas-reliefs, 
  representing, 
  re- 
  

   spectively 
  : 
  Head 
  of 
  a 
  priest 
  or 
  divinity 
  ; 
  

  

  Wounded 
  Lioness. 
  The 
  original 
  in 
  limestone, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  London, 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  1853 
  in 
  the 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  

   palace 
  of 
  King 
  Ashurbanipal 
  (668-620 
  B. 
  C.) 
  at 
  Kuyunjik, 
  the 
  

   ancient 
  Nineveh. 
  The 
  wounded 
  lioness 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   masterpieces 
  of 
  Assyrian 
  sculpture, 
  combining, 
  as 
  it 
  does, 
  simplicity 
  

   and 
  ease 
  in 
  treatment; 
  and 
  

  

  King 
  with 
  two 
  armor-bearers 
  and 
  a 
  eunuch. 
  

  

  13. 
  Wall 
  case 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Pavilion, 
  containing 
  Egyp- 
  

   tian 
  coffins 
  and 
  casts 
  of 
  the 
  Canopic 
  jars. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  mummification, 
  the 
  viscera 
  were 
  taken 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   body, 
  and 
  after 
  being 
  cleansed 
  and 
  wrapped 
  in 
  linen 
  with 
  spices, 
  

   salt, 
  etc., 
  were 
  put 
  into 
  four 
  jars, 
  which 
  were 
  placed 
  under 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  gods 
  of 
  the 
  dead, 
  sons 
  of 
  Horus 
  (or 
  Osiris), 
  

   whose 
  part 
  was 
  to 
  guard 
  them, 
  and 
  therefore 
  also 
  the 
  deceased, 
  

   from 
  hunger 
  and 
  thirst. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  vases 
  was 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   cover 
  which 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  deity, 
  to 
  whom 
  it 
  was 
  dedi- 
  

   cated, 
  viz, 
  (1) 
  Emset, 
  human-headed; 
  (2) 
  Hapi, 
  dog-headed; 
  (3) 
  

   Tuamutef, 
  hawk-headed 
  ; 
  and 
  (4) 
  Khebesennuf, 
  jackal-headed. 
  The 
  

   name, 
  " 
  canopic," 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  these 
  vases 
  by 
  early 
  Egyptologists 
  

   under 
  the 
  misconception 
  that 
  they 
  represented 
  a 
  certain 
  god 
  whose 
  

   worship 
  centered 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Canopus. 
  The 
  inscription 
  on 
  the 
  

   vases 
  declares 
  that 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  " 
  the 
  favorite 
  minstrel 
  of 
  Amon- 
  

   Re 
  in 
  the 
  fourth 
  class 
  Nes-netret, 
  the 
  justified 
  daughter 
  of 
  the 
  

   prophet 
  of 
  Amon 
  in 
  Opet-Hot, 
  her 
  mother 
  is 
  Ankhes-en-Aset." 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  wall 
  over 
  the 
  case, 
  Assyrian 
  relief 
  representing 
  Sennach- 
  

   erib 
  receiving 
  the 
  submission 
  of 
  Lachish. 
  The 
  original, 
  of 
  alabaster, 
  

   which 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  ruins 
  of 
  Kuyunjik 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  ancient 
  

   Nineveh, 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  London. 
  In 
  II 
  Kings 
  xviii, 
  

   13 
  and 
  14, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  Sennacherib, 
  King 
  of 
  Assyria 
  (705-681 
  

   B. 
  C), 
  received 
  tribute 
  from 
  Hezekiah, 
  King 
  of 
  Judah, 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  

   of 
  Lachish, 
  in 
  southern 
  Palestine. 
  This 
  cast 
  represents 
  the 
  Assyrian 
  

   King 
  receiving 
  the 
  submission 
  of 
  Lachish. 
  He 
  is 
  seated 
  on 
  his 
  

   throne, 
  with 
  his 
  attendants 
  holding 
  fly 
  brushes 
  over 
  his 
  head. 
  Be- 
  

   hind 
  is 
  a 
  tent, 
  over 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  legend 
  : 
  " 
  Tent 
  of 
  Sennacherib, 
  King 
  

  

  