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OLD BABYLONIAN INSCRIPTIONS 



Plate. Text. Date. 



20 38 Kurigalzu. 



20 39 Kurigalzu. 



21 40 Kurigalzu. 

 21 11 Kurigalzu. 



21 45 Kurigalzu. 



21 46 Kurigalzu. 



22 47 Kurigalzu. 



22 48 Kurigalzu. 



22 49 Kurigalzu. 



22 50 Kurigalzu. 



22 51 Kurigalzu. 



22 52 Kurigalzu. 



22 53 Nazi-Maruttash. 



Description. 



Fragm. of a brick of baked clay, brown, 32 (orig.) X 17 (fragm.)X 7 

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

 the inner wall of Z. (cf. PI. 29, No. 82; PL 10, No. 18). Inscr. 

 13.5 x 6, 9 li, stamped on the edge; the space being too small, 

 a portion of the last character of each line is wanting. C. B. M. 

 8636. 



Fragm. of an axe in imitation of lapis lazuli, 9 X 6.3 x 2.7. Nippur 

 III, same place as PI. 8, No. 15. Inscr. 7 li. C. B. M. 9462. Cf. 

 PI. XI, 26. 



Fragm. of an axe in imitation of lapis lazuli, 5 X 6.35 x 1.5. Nippur 

 III, same place as PI. 8, No. 15. Inscr. 4 li. C. B. M. 8661. 



Fragm. of a lapis lazuli tablet, 1.7 x 1.7. Nippur III, same place as 

 PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 3 li. C. B. M. 8662. Originally it formed 

 part of No. 46. 



Fragm. of a lapis lazuli tablet, 1.8 X 1.2. Nippur III, same place as 

 PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 2 li. C. B. M. 8663. 



Agate tablet. Bev. of PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 9 li. 



Fragm. of a turquoise tablet. Obv. flat, Bev. rounded ; hole bored 

 nearly perpendicular to the lines of the Obv. ; 3.4 X 3.4 x 0.8. 

 Nippur III, same place as PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 4 li. C. B. M. 

 8664. 



Lapis lazuli tablet, with two holes, 2 X 2.6. Nippur III, same place 

 as PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 2 li. C. B. M. 8665. 



Two fragm. of a lapis lazuli tablet, 3.65 X 7.25. Nippur III, same 

 place as PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 4 li. In cutting the tablet from the 

 original block of lapis lazuli the last characters of each line were 

 lost. C. B. M. 8666. The copy has been made from an electro- 

 type, on which the space between the two fragments was given too 

 small (cf. No. 41). 



Nine fragm. of a lapis lazuli tablet, 5.1 x 6 x 0.7. Nippur III, same ' 

 place as PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 6 li. C. B. M. 8667. 



Lapis lazuli tablet, hole bored near the top parallel with the lines. 

 2.8 X 3.45. Nippur III, same place as PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 5 li. 

 C. B. M. 866S. 



Lapis lazuli disc, hole tored near the centre parallel with the lines 

 d. 2.5. Nippur III, same place as PL 8, No. 15. Inscr. 3 li. N. P. 



Fragm. of an agate ring, d. 1, w. 0.9. Nippur III, same place as PL 

 8, No. 15. Inscr. 5 li. C. B. M. 8669. The ring originally formed 

 the beginning of a votive cylinder (c. 2.6 cm. long) , which was 

 afterwards cut in 3 pieces, each thus forming a ring. For the 

 centre part see PL 26, No. 74. The last part has not been found. 



Agate cameo, 3.2 X 2.4. Nippur III, same place as PL 8, No. 15. 



Inscr. 4 li. N. P. 

 Fragm. of an agate cameo, 1.7 x 1.2. Nippur III, same place as PL 

 8, No. 15. Inscr. 2 li. C. B. M. 8670. 



Fragm. of a lapis lazuli disc, d. 2.97. Nippur III, same place as PL 

 8, No. 15. Inscr. 6 li. N. P. 



