48 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



13. Two silver pins from a grave of the late period. 



14. Part of the brick tomb and the large pottery coffin from 



the same grave. 



15. A group of pottery coffins, v^^ith human bones and a 



child buried in bowels. 



16. Bronze lamp in the form of a lion. B.C. 700. 



From Abu Shahren. 



17. A collection of 739 implements, ornaments, &c., in flint, 



chert, crystal, obsidian, and other stones, found on the 

 surface of the desert. Ohaleolithic period. 



18. A collection of 386 fragments of painted pottery ; same 



period. Found on the surface of the desert. Same 

 period. 



19. A rude figure of a man in clay. Sanie period. 



20. Fragment of a plaque of obsidian on which is cut the 



figure of a lion passant. Same period. 



21. A collection of 190 fragmentary stone objects. Same 



period. 



22. A collection of 142 pottery cones, sickles, whorls, &c. 



Same period. 



23. A miscellaneous collection of 29 objects and 14 cups and 



vases of the early Sumerian period.. 



24. 28 inscribed bricks of Bur-Sin II., King of Ur, B.C. 



2300. 



25. Gold nail and pendant, copper nails in gold beads, and 



fragment of gold leaf. Sumerian period. 



26. Stone beads of the Ohaleolithic and Sumerian periods. 



From Tall al-'Ubed. 



27. 760 implements, ornaments, and other objects of flint, 



chert, crystal, obsidian, jasper, &c. 



28. 95 small stone objects, &c. 



29. 1,017 fragments of painted pottery, cones, sickles, 



whorls, &c. 



The objects under Nos. 27 — 29 are of the same type 

 and period as those from Abu Shahren, and were all 

 found on the surface of the desert. 



30. 50 whole and fragmentary bowls, vases, &c., of the 



early Sumerian [)eriod. 



31. Six plano-convex bricks from the temple of Damkina. 



Early Sumerian period. 



32. 56 fragments of stone vases, architectural fragments, &c. 



33. A series of black and red stone and mother-of-pearl 



tesserse from mosaic pillars. 



34. 15 whole and fragmentary pottery flowers with petals 



made of stone and bitumen ; and one bitumen flower. 

 35 Limestone torso of a male figure dedicated by Kur-lil, 

 storekeeper of Erech, to the goddess Damkina. Period 

 of Ur-Nina, or earlier ; B.C. 3500. 



