CHIEFLY FROM NIPPUR. 



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Plate. Test. 



Date. 



Nabopolassar. 

 Nebuchadrezzar II. 



Nebuchadrezzar II. 



Description. 



are not quoted as variants (cf. also Strassmaier in Z. A. IV, pp. 



106-113, and Winckler in Schrader's Keilinschriftliche Bibliotkeh 



III, Part 2, pp. 2-7). 

 The same, continued. 

 Fragm. of a baked clay cylinder, barrel shaped, solid, light brown; h. 



23.9, d. 8.8 at the top and base, 11.5 at the centre. Babylon. Inscr. 



4 col., 23 (orig. c. 48) + 32 (orig. c. 56) + 30 (orig. c. 56) + 28 (orig. 



c. 48) = 113 (orig. c. 208) li. C. B. M. 1785. Cf. PI. XIV, No. 35. 



According to information of the Arabs the cylinder was found 



whole and intentionally broken lengthwise. The other half is 



supposed to be in existence. 

 The same, columns III, IV. 



II. Photograph (half-tone) Reproductions. 



I 1 Sargon I. 



II 2 Sargon I. 



II 3 Naram-Sin. 



Ill 4-12 Al-usharshid. 



IV 13 Al-usharshid. 



V 14 Al-usharshid. 



VI 15 Not later than 2400 B.C. 



VII 16 Not later than 2400 B.C. 



VIEI 17 Not later than 2400 B.C. 



VIII 18, 19 c. 2400 B.C. 



IX 



20 



Hammurabi. 



Door socket in diorite. Nippur. Cf. PI. 1. 



Brick stamp of baked clay, Rev. Mppur. Cf. PI. 3, No. 3. 



Brick stamp of baked clay, Obv. Nippur. Cf. PI. 3, No. 4. 



Fragments of vases from which the text on PI. 4 has been obtained. 

 Nippur. Nos. 4, 5 : dolomite; Nos. 6, 8, 9, 10 : white marble; No. 

 7: red banded marble of agate structure; Nos. 11, 12: white 

 marble of stalactitic structure. For the restoration of li. 6 fragm. 

 8860 (white marble) has been consulted. 



Fragm. of a vase in reddish numulite limestone. Nippur. Cf. PL 5, 

 No. 6. 



Fragm. of a white marble vase with gray and reddish veins here and 

 there. Nippur. Cf. PI. 5, No. 7. 



Fragm. of a white marble slab, 26.65 x 15.8 x 7.9. Abu Eabba. Orig. 

 inal in Constantinople. Photograph taken from a cast. Inscr. on 

 both sides and left edge, 391 li. Obv., 9 col., (20 + 25 + 24 + 22 + 

 22 + 26 + 19 + 23 + 4=) 185 li. 



The same, Rev., 9 col., (19 + 19 + 23 + 25 +28 + 24 + 25 + 22 +13 =) 

 198 li. 



The same, left edge, 1 col., 18 li. 



Tablets of baked clay, reddish brown with black spots. These tab- 

 lets have a peculiar shape ; they are rounded at both ends and on 

 the left side, but angular and flat on the right side, as if cut off 

 from a larger tablet. Yokha. No. 18 : 10.3 x 4.3, th. 1.6 on the 

 left, 2.2 on the right side. C. B. M. 9042. No. 19 : 10.62 X 4.5, th. 

 1.7 on the left, 2.55 on the right side. C. B. M. 9041. 



Fragm. of an ornamented stamp in the shape of a vase, made of soap- 

 stone (composed of a green micaceous and very soft mineral, prob- 

 ably talc). Presumably neighborhood of Babylon. Cf. PI. 15, 

 No. 27. 



