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  found 
  in 
  Shub-ad's 
  grave 
  but 
  resembling 
  those 
  figured 
  on 
  the 
  shell 
  

   plaque 
  from 
  the 
  gold 
  bull's 
  head 
  found 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  "stand- 
  

   ard," 
  having 
  the 
  strings 
  attached 
  by 
  tying 
  (not 
  by 
  metal 
  keys) 
  to 
  a 
  

   horizontal 
  beam. 
  

  

  The 
  grave 
  with 
  the 
  ruined 
  harp 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Shub-ad 
  's 
  also 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  a 
  silver 
  bowl, 
  unfortunately 
  in 
  very 
  bad 
  condition, 
  decorated 
  

   with 
  a 
  design 
  of 
  wild 
  goats 
  in 
  repousse 
  work 
  walking 
  over 
  mountains 
  

   represented 
  in 
  the 
  conventional 
  way 
  by 
  engraved 
  lines; 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  

   first 
  example 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  found 
  of 
  this 
  technique 
  in 
  silver. 
  Another 
  

   technical 
  novelty 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  imprint 
  on 
  mud 
  of 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  

   wooden 
  furniture, 
  itself 
  completely 
  decayed, 
  decorated 
  with 
  engraved 
  

   designs 
  (the 
  engraved 
  lines 
  filled 
  with 
  color 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  shell 
  

   plagues) 
  and 
  with 
  carving 
  in 
  low 
  relief; 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  ever 
  finding 
  

   the 
  actual 
  wooden 
  objects 
  preserved 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  that 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  

   character 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  interesting. 
  

  

  An 
  alabaster 
  lamp 
  with 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  man-headed 
  bull 
  carved 
  in 
  

   relief 
  on 
  its 
  base 
  shows 
  a 
  variant 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  given 
  by 
  a 
  similar 
  

   but 
  later 
  lamp 
  found 
  last 
  season. 
  Perhaps 
  our 
  best 
  object 
  is 
  a 
  copper 
  

   sculpture 
  in 
  the 
  round 
  of 
  a 
  human 
  head 
  with 
  bull's 
  ears 
  and 
  horns, 
  

   probably 
  a 
  unique 
  piece; 
  this 
  was 
  found 
  loose 
  in 
  the 
  soil, 
  not 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  with 
  any 
  grave, 
  and 
  its 
  use 
  is 
  also 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  THIRD 
  SHAFT: 
  HARPS 
  AND 
  RAM 
  STATUES 
  

  

  In 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  signs 
  which 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  portend 
  a 
  royal 
  tomb 
  and 
  at 
  last 
  the 
  pickmen 
  detected 
  the 
  

   shelving 
  sides 
  of 
  an 
  ancient 
  pit-shaft. 
  As 
  the 
  filling 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  we 
  found 
  that 
  only 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  lay 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  

   at 
  present 
  being 
  cleared, 
  the 
  rest 
  ran 
  on 
  under 
  the 
  25 
  feet 
  of 
  earth 
  

   where 
  as 
  yet 
  no 
  digging 
  had 
  been 
  done, 
  so 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  moment 
  we 
  

   could 
  clear 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  shaft 
  whose 
  total 
  area 
  must 
  

   remain 
  unknown. 
  The 
  rim 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  copper 
  vessel 
  was 
  the 
  

   first 
  thing 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  then 
  another 
  appeared 
  next 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  then 
  

   the 
  black 
  stain 
  of 
  decayed 
  wood; 
  very 
  careful 
  clearing 
  laid 
  bare 
  the 
  

   wheels 
  of 
  a 
  wagon, 
  a 
  perfect 
  impression 
  of 
  a 
  thing 
  which 
  had 
  itself 
  

   long 
  since 
  vanished, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  soil 
  could 
  be 
  distinctly 
  seen 
  the 
  grain 
  

   of 
  the 
  different 
  planks 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  wheel 
  was 
  made, 
  the 
  curve 
  of 
  the 
  

   rim 
  and 
  the 
  stump 
  of 
  the 
  axle; 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  it, 
  in 
  the 
  part 
  which 
  we 
  

   could 
  excavate, 
  lay 
  the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  two 
  asses 
  and 
  a 
  groom 
  and 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  bones 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  silver 
  and 
  lapis 
  lazuli 
  beads 
  which 
  had 
  

   decorated 
  the 
  reins; 
  it 
  was 
  just 
  such 
  a 
  wagon 
  as 
  we 
  had 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   king's 
  grave 
  last 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  mud 
  floor 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  wagon 
  stood 
  had 
  been 
  covered 
  with 
  

   matting 
  and 
  toward 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  this 
  rose 
  steeply 
  up 
  as 
  if 
  

   in 
  the 
  center 
  it 
  had 
  sunk 
  beneath 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  wagon 
  and 
  its 
  

   team. 
  That 
  could 
  only 
  have 
  happened 
  if 
  the 
  soil 
  beneath 
  them 
  was 
  

  

  