38 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



writing tablets, painted panel, the scene of the Resurrection, spoon, 

 hair-pin, pair of cymbals, and ten miscellaneous wooden objects, 

 many of which were employed at the celebration of the Eucharist. 



II. — Assyrian, &c. : — 



I. — 1. A complete baked clay inscribed barrel-cylinder of 

 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, B.C. 705-681. The 

 first part of the text describes his expedition against 

 Merodach-Baladan in 703, and supplies a number of 

 new and important historical facts, and the second part 

 records the building operations of the king of Assyria. 



2. Limestone tablet of Anam, or Ilumaila, who may be 



identified with Anam-gishdabba, a contemporary of 

 Sin-gamil, king of Erech. The text records the 

 restoration of the temple of the goddess Ninni. B.C. 

 2200. 



3. Baked clay foundation record from the palace of Sin- 



gashid of Erech, who reigned about B.C. 2200. 



4. A nearly complete baked clay cylinder of Esarhaddon, 



king of Assyria, b. c. 681-668, inscribed in the 

 Assyrian character. The text contains a prayer to 

 Nana, a prayer for long life, a statement of the king's 

 genealogy, and a series of curses on any successor 

 who shall harm or neglect the Temple of Nana, which 

 Esarhaddon restored. 



5. A barrel-shaped clay cylinder inscribed with a prayer to a 



goddess on behalf of Arad-Nana, an official of Erech. 



6. Portion of a Sumerian liturgical composition containing 



references to various deities. B.C. 2200. 

 7-17. A group of tablets dealing with sales of land and house 

 property, the transfer of slaves, accounts, &c. B.C. 

 2200-2000. 



II. — 1. Bronze bull-pendant, with Himyaritic inscription. 



2. Silver armlet with the legend Wadam Abam in 



Himyaritic characters. 



3. Chalcedony cone engraved with the figure of a priest at 



an altar, and a name in Phoenician characters. About 

 B.C. 400. 



4. Fragment of an Assyrian relief cut from a slab at 



Nineveh. 



III. Presents. 

 I. — 1. A stone figure of the Ba, or human soul, in the form 

 of a human-headed hawk with pendent Sudani female 

 breasts. From Nubia. 1st or 2nd cent., a.d. 

 Presented hy the Rev. W. Russell Finlay. 



