OHIEFLT FROM NIPPUR. 



279 



144 



145 



64 



Cassite Dyn. 



Cassite Dyn. 



Cassite Dyn. 



c. 1400 B.C. 



Marduk-shabik-zerim. 



65 



149 



Marduk-ahe-irba. 



Description. 



Remnant of a lapis lazuli tablet the material of which had been used, 

 2.1 X 2.2. Nippur III, same place as PI. 8, No. 15. Inscr. 3 li. 

 Orig. in M. I. O., Constantinople, copied there 1893. 



Lapis lazuli disc, 1.2 x 0.15. Nippur III, same place as PI. 8, No. 15. 

 Inscr. £ in !) ir Nin-KL Orig. in M. I. O., Constantinople, copied 

 there 1S93. 



Lapis lazuli disc, 1.2 X 0.15. Nippur III, same place as PI. 8, No. 15. 

 Inscr. OingirEn-lil. Orig. in M. I. O., Constantinople, copied 

 there 1893. 



Fragm. of a light black stone tablet, 2.15 x 2.4 X 0.5. Nippur III, 

 same place as PI. 8, No. 15. Obv., meaning of characters un- 

 known, Rev., animal rampant. Probably used as a charm. Orig. 

 in M. I. O., Constantinople, copied there 1893. Cf. Loftus, 

 Travels and Besearches, p. 236f. 



Unbaked clay tablet, dark brown, Obv., nearly flat, Rev., rounded, 

 6.15 x 4.75 x 1.8. Nippur X. Plan of an estate. Orig. in M. I. 

 O., Constantinople, copied there 1893. Cf. Scheil in Eecueil 

 XVI, pp. 36f. 



Fragm. of an unbaked clay tablet, dark brown, Obv. nearly flat, 

 Eev. rounded, 3.8X6x2.35. Nippur X. Plan of an estate. 

 C. B. M. 5135. 



Six fragm. of a slightly baked clay tablet, brown (glued together), 

 Obv. flat, Rev. rounded, 16.5 X 10.5 X 3. Nippur X. Inscr. , 

 Obv., 4 col., 39 + 40 + 43 + 15 =137 li., Rev. uninscribed. Orig. 

 in M. I. O., Constantinople, copied there 1894. 



Baked clay tablet, dark brown, nearly flat on both sides, upper left 

 corner wanting, 5.9 x 5.2 X 1.6. Tell el-Resy (Palestine), found 

 by F. J. Bliss, at the N. E. quarter of City III, on May 14, 1892. 

 Inscr. 11 (Obv.) + 2 (lower edge) +11 (Rev.) + 1 (upper edge) 

 + 1 (left edge) = 23 li., irregularly written. Orig. in M. I. O., 

 Constantinople, copied there 1893. Cf. PI. XXIV, Nos. 66, 67 ; 

 also Bliss, A Hound of Many Cities, pp. 52-60 ; Sayce, in Bliss's 

 book, pp. 181-187, Scheil in Eecueil XV, pp. 137f., Conder, The 

 Tell Amarna Tablets, pp. 130-134 (worthless !). 



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

 h. of fragm. 7.98, orig. d. at the top c. 5.3, at the centre c. 7.8. 

 Place unknown. Inscr. 2 (orig. 4) col., 16 + 22+1 (margin)= 39 

 li. Orig. in possession of Dr. Talcott Williams, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Cf. PI. XXIV, No. 68 ; also Jastrow, Jr., in Z. A. IV, pp. 

 301-325, VIII, pp. 214-219, Knudtzon, ibid., VI, pp. 163-165, Hil- 

 precht, ibid., VIII, pp. 116-120, and Part I of the present work, 

 p. 44, note 4. 



Boundary stone in gra>ish limestone, irregular, 48.5 x 24.5 X 18. 

 Babylonia, place unknown. Figures facing the right. Upper 

 section : Turtle (on the top of the stone) ; scorpion, crescent, disc 

 of the sun, Venus (all in the first row below) ; 2 animal heads 

 with long necks (cf. V R. 57, sect. 4, fig. 1), bird on a post, object 

 similar to V R. 57, sect. 2, with an animal resting alongside (sim- 



