240 REV. G. E. WHITE, ON A VISIT TO THE 
with which those documents are impressed. On several of 
these I have found birds of various kinds—generally in the 
position of the double-headed eagle, though the bird itself is 
probably not double-headed, and naturally that suggests a 
connection with the Russian, and probably, also, the Prussian 
eagle. On one of the tablets, instead of an eagle there is a 
winged dragon, and on another of the tablets one of these birds 
has a dragon’s head, which would seem to connect these devices, 
viz., the double and single-headed eagles and winged dragon. 
Naturally these impressions are often not very well made, and 
there may be doubt as to some of the details; but I examined 
them very carefully with magnifying glasses, and I think the 
drawings I made of them are substantially correct. 
Referring to musical instruments, a sculpture from the same 
place, Tel-lo (now in the Louvre), has a representation of a harp, 
and I believe that is the oldest representation of a musical in- 
strument known—at least from that part of the world. The date 
is put down at 4,000 years s.c. (that is not my date), and the 
remarkable thing about this harp is that it has eleven strings. 
Possibly the sculptor wished to represent twelve, which would 
make the complete octave,* with semi-tones, which implies a 
certain knowledge of harmony on the part of those very ancient 
people, if, as seems probable, it is intended to represent twelve 
strings. 
Mr. Rovse.—Would not it want thirteen to complete the 
octave ? 
Mr. Pincues.—Yes, it would have to be thirteen to complete 
the octave. However, the number is sufficiently suggestive, it 
seems to me. 
Mr. Rouse.—Yes. 
Rev. J. Tuckwett.—Could Mr. Pinches give us any information 
with regard to the language? I believe Professor Sayce and 
others have been devoting attention to that, and I believe the 
impression is that it is monosyllabic. 
Dr. Pincues.—I would rather not pronounce an opinion as to 
the language at present. I know several scholars have been 
studying it (I mean the Hittite language), and Professor Jensen 
* IT intended to say “scale” (without repeating the first note an 
octave higher).—T. G. P. 
