Phil. Soc, N. S. XVIII, 3. 



PL. XXVII 



TERRA GOTTA VASE WITH ROPE PATTERN, C, 4000 B, C— Nippur. 



Height, 63.5 cm. ; diameter at the top, S3 em. 



Found in an upright position 5.49 m. below the eastern foundation cf Ur-Gur's Ziggurrat, and 3.05 in. below a pavement 

 which consists entirely of burned bricks of Sargon I and Naram-Sin. It stood 7 111. south-east from an altar, the top of 

 Which was c. 2.40 in. higher than that of the vase. 



