50 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



From Ur. 



1. A miscellaneons collection of stone implements, &c. 



2. A collection o£ pottery and miscellaneous objects from 



late graves. 

 II. — 1. A Babylonian contract tablet dated in the 3rd year of 

 the reign of Cambyses. 



2. A Babylonian contract tablet dated in the 5th yea" of 



Cyrus. 



3. A Babylonian contract tablet dated in the 19th year of 



Nebuchadnezzar II (?). 



III. — 1. A large limestone memorial slab inscribed with a text in 

 the Assyrian monumental character recording the 

 conquest of the Kassite king Bibea by Tukulti Ninib, 

 king of Assyria, B.C. 1275, who deported his conquered 

 foe to his capital, the city of Ashur (Kalah Sharkat). 



W. — 1. Bronze figure of the king Ur-Engur, king of Ur, about 

 B.C. 2500, in the character of the priest who presented 

 the basket of offerings to the goddess of the city. 



2. Stone tablet with an inscription of Ur-Engur, mentioning 



the dedication of a temple to the goddess Beltis. 



3. A bronze mace head round which are coiled seven serpents ; 



the heads of these project separately. About B.C. 2500. 



4. Portion of a bronze animal with illegible Babylonian 



inscription. 



5. Bronze implement or bolt bearing an inscription of 



Ur-Ningirsu (?). 



6. Bronze spear head. 



7-10. Four bronze axe-heads with brackets supporting the blades. 



11. Bronze axe-head with remains of the wooden handle. 



The back of the socket is ribbed, and each end of it is 

 flanged. A rare specimen, B.C. 2300. 



12. Diorite jar for unguents. Nos. 1-12 are from Ur. 



13. Bronze lamp with broken handle. 



14. Babylonian duck-weight, uninscribed. Weight lOflbs. 



From Mukayyar (Ur.) 



15. Portion of a limestone boundary stone sculptured with 



astronomical and other emblems on one side. About 

 B.C. 900. 

 16-33. A collection of very fine cylinder seals in marble, crystal, 

 carnelian, basalt, lapis-lazuli, &c., of the period B.C. 

 2000-600. A few of them came from Shushtar. 

 34. Chalcedony pebble, with scene representing an adorer 

 pouring out a libation to the king. 

 35-39. Four archaic stone stamps and a dark stone cylinder seal. 

 From Shushtar. 



40. Model of a sheep in schist or steatite. Early period. 



41. Black stone amulet inscribed with the names of several 



gods and goddesses as words of power. 



42. Pendant inscribed with the name of Ashur-etil-itani, sou 



of Sennacherib, son of Sargon. 



