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36. Brown tufa figure o£ a squatting man with a fragmentary 



inscription on one shoulder. Period of Ur-Nina, 

 about B.C. 3500. 



37. Copper relief representing Imgig, the lion-headed eagle 



cognizance of Lagash, seizing two stags by their tails. 

 Period of the supremacy of Lagash ; before B.C. 3000. 



38. Fragments of two small copper bulls ; before B.C. 3000. 



39. Gold horn of a bull overlaid on bitumen ; before B.C. 3000. 



40. Colossal head of a lion in bitumen, with red, white and 



black stone and shell eyes, tongue and teeth, and 

 fragments of the copper mask ; before B.C. 3000. 



41. Fragments of three similar lions' heads. 



42. Smaller lion's head. 



43. Two bitumen panther heads, life size, with copper masks ; 



eyes, teeth, &c., not inlaid. 



44. Five birds' heads in copper. 



45. A mass of copper fragments, pillars, pipes, &c. 



46. Four bricks, one inscribed, from a building of Dungi. 



[Nos. 31 — 44 are all from the temple of Damkina.] 



From Tall Abu Sakhari near Tall al-'Ubed. 



47. Fragments of pottery and flints found on the surface of 



the desert. 



From Tall As-Sulebiyah near Abu Shahren. 



48. Pottery and iron objects, beads, &c., from late graves. 



From NuFAR (Nippur). 



49. Brick of Ur-Ungur. 

 Brick of Melishipak II. 

 Glazed brick of the late period. 



From Babylon. 



Bronze pin with bird on head. 

 Pottery stilt for baking vases in a kiln. 

 Various small objects and a fragment of a brick of 

 Nebuchadnezzar II. 



B. Antiquities excavated by Mr. R. Campbell Thompson, M.A., at 

 Abu Shahren and Ur. 



From Abu Shahren. 



1. 2,000 implements of chert, flint, obsidian, &c. 



2. About 500 rough stone hoe-blades and other implements. 



3. 1,000 fragments of painted pottery. Chaleolithic period. 



4. 119 pottery sickles, and fragments of sickles. Same 



period. 



5. 200 pottery votive cones, nails, &c. Same period. 



6. 15 Sumerian vases and bowls, from burials. Same period. 



7. Miscellaneous vases and fragments. 



8. 6 bricks of Bur-Sin II. B.C. 2300. 



