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OLD BABYLONIAN INSCRIPTIONS 



Plate. Text. Date. 



5 6 Al-usharshid. 



5 7 Al-usharshid. 



5 8 Al-usharshid. 



5 9 Al-usharshid. 



5 10 Al-usharshid. 



6 11 Same Period. 



7 12 Same Period. 



7 13 c. 3000 B.C. 



8 14 Ur-Gur. 



8 15 Dungi. 



9 16 Dungi. 



9 17 Ishme-Dagan 



10 18 Ur-N/inib. 



J 1 19 Bur-Siu I. 



12 20 Bur-Sin II. 



Description. 

 Fragrn. of a vase in reddish numulite limestone, h. 16.5, d. 18 (of hole 



4.4). Nippur III, same place as PI. 4, No. 5. Inscr. orig. 11.75 x 



7.05, 6 li. C. B. M. 8888. The text has been restored after No. 5. 



Cf. PL IV, 13. 

 Fragm. of a white marble vase, h. 21, d. 16.4 at the base, 11.2 at the 



centre. Nippur III, same place as PI. 4, No. 5. Inscr. 4.8^ 5.4, 



3 li. C. B. M. 8870. Cf. PI. V, 14. 

 Fragm. of a white marble vase, orig. h. 6, d. 14.5. Nippur III, same 



place as PI. 4, No. 5. Inscr. (same as PI. 5, No. 7) 3.2 X 3.8, 3 li. 



C. B. M. 8839. 

 Fragm. of a white marble vase, orig. h. 13.5, d. 15 (of hole 6.3). Nip- 

 pur III, same place as PI. 1, No. 1. Mark on the bottom, 2.4 X 2.6. 



Same inscr. as PI. 5, No. 7. N. P. 

 Fragm. of a diorite vase, 7.35 X 2.9 X 0.8, orig. d. 22.2. Nippur III, 



same place as PI. 4, No. 5. Inscr. 3, orig. 11 li. C. B. M. 8842. 

 White marble tablet, Obv. flat, Rev. rounded, 11.3 X 7.2 X 2.65. Nippur, 



apparently from the N. W. extremity of V in the neighborhood of 



PL 3, No. 4 (cf. Hilprecht in Z. A. IV, pp. 282-284). Inscr. 



S (Obv.) + 7 (Rev.) = 15 li. C. B. M. 8757. Copied by myself on 



the ruins of Nippur, April 8, 1889. 

 Fragm. of a large vase in white marble, 10 X 12.5 X 6.2. Presumably 



neighborhood of Babylon. Inscr. 2 col., 8 li. C. B. M. 1128. 

 Fragm. of a slab in compact limestone, 12.8X7.35x5.55. Nippur 



III, inside of the great S.E. temple wall. Inscr. 3 col., 15 li. 



C. B. M. 8841. 

 Basalt tablet, Obv. flat, Rev. rounded, lower left corner wanting, 



12.25 X 5.58 X 2.2. Northern Babylonia, probably Ursag-Kesh. 



Inscr. 8 (Obv.) + 1 (Rev.) = 9 li. C. B. M. 841. 

 Agate tablet, bored lengthwise, both sides convex, lower part wanting, 



4.4 X 4.3 X 0.8. Nippur III, in a chamber on the edge of the canal 



outside of the great S.E. wall of T. Obv. Inscr. 8 li. C. B. M. 

 8598. For Rev. see PI. 21, No. 43. 

 Soapstone tablet, Obv. flat, Rev. rounded, 8.6 X 5 X 1.88. Babylonia, 



probably Muqayyar. Inscr. 6 (Obv.) + 2 (Rev.) = 8 li. C. B. M. 



842. 

 Fragm. of a slab in diorite, 8.1 X 10.5 x 5.6. Nippur III, S. of Z. 



Inscr. 3col.,.3 + 2 + 2 = 7 1i. C. B. M. 3243. 

 Fragm. of a brick of baked clay, brown, 32 (orig.) X 23 (fragm.) X 



8.4 (orig.). Nippur III, found out of place in a later structure 

 on the S.E. side of Z. (cf. PL 29, No. 82; PL 13, No. 22; PL 20, 

 No. 38). Inscr. (written) 23.3 X 10.65, 13 li. C. B. M. 9021. Cf. 

 IV, R. 35 2 , No. 5. 



Fragm. of a brick of baked clay, brown, 30.5 (fragm.) X 20 (fragm.) X 



6.5 (fragm.). Nippur III, found out of place, same place as PI. 

 10, No. 18. Inscr. (stamped) 22.5 x 10.5, 10 li. C. B. M. 8642. 



Door socket in diorite, an irregular cube, c. 19 each side. Nippur III, 

 in a small shrine outside of the great S.E. wall of T. Inscr. 15.4 x 

 13.4, 2 col., 11 + 6 = 17 li. C. B. M. 8838. 



