96 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 
No. 7.—Is the cylinder engraved on gray agate, already mentioned 
as having four lines of Babylonian inscription. It measures 29 milli- 
metres in length, and is in good preservation, as might be expected 
from the hardness of the stone it is composed of. The engraving on 
Fig, 2. 
it shows the high state of art at the time it was made. Mr. Sayce 
refers this seal probably to the time of Nebuchadnezzar. It repre- 
sents the goddess Ishtar, with a worshipper standing in front, and the 
inscription reads as follows :— 
1. GU AN Canu-Khi, probably to be read Panu-Canu Khi. 
2. The son of Akhi-Dur-Kibbar. 
3. The image of the god of the planet Jupiter (Merodach), lite- 
rally ‘The Bull of the Sun.” 
4. And the god Sakni. 
Mr. Sayce kindly examined for me the other seals in this collec- 
tion, and I would select from them, as deserving of 
special observation, the Himyaritic seal, engraved 
on sard, of which I have already made mention. 
The inscription of this seal has been deciphered 
as follows :—L’:-A’DH-B-N,—the translation being 
‘belonging to Adhban,” that is, ‘“‘to the wise 
man.” It is a matter of interest to find, after so 
many centuries and changes, social and political, ’ 
the name of this philosopher preserved on his Fig. 3. 
signet ring, as fresh almost as when he wore it and used it in his 
daily occupations. 
