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462 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1914. 



"The scene engraved on the seal represents a goddess 

 "standing with hands raised in adoration before the weather- 

 1 ' god Adad or his West-semitic equivalent Amurru. In the 

 "field are his emblem, the lightning fork, the disc and cres- 

 " cent. The small figures are probably divine attendants. 

 ' : The inscription gives the owner's name and reads ' Libur-beli, 

 "servant of ( )\ The end of the second line is appa- 

 rently rubbed or worn and has not come out in the im- 

 ' ' pression ; it probably stated that Libur-beli was ' the servant 

 "of the god Amurru' or Adad. The meaning of the Baby- 

 "Ionian name Libur-beli is 'May my lord be strong.' The 

 "seal dates from about 2000 B.C., the period of the First 

 " Dynasty of Babylon." 



As the seal had so long been mistaken for an ornament 



no record has been kept to show where, when, and how it was 

 found. 



A photograph of the seal and its cast, together with an im- 

 pression of the same, is appended. 







i. Seal. 



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2. Impression. 



