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137-138. Wooden box and arm of a figure. 



139. Model of a woman in terra-cotta. 



140. Alabaster head of a duck, painted. 



141. Circular object, drill (?). 



142-194. A collection of 53 glass objects. XVIIIth dynasty 



to the Homan Period. 

 195-254. A miscellaneous collection of objects in porcelain, 



stone, &c., of various periods. 

 255, 256. Two Gnostic gems with figures of Abrasax. 



257. Modern imitation of a Gnostic gem. 



258. A draughtsman in the form of Khnemu-Horus. 



259. A fragment of blue colour. 



II. A codex of the Saite Recension of the Book of the 



Dead, about 18 feet 6 inches in length. The text 

 of this very valuable papyrus is written in a small 

 but beautifully clear and distinct hand, and is 

 illustrated by a series of vignettes which are 

 executed in great detail and with great delicacy. 

 This papyrus contains 165 chapters;, which run in 

 the order of those found in the Turin Papyrus 

 published by Lepsius, and was probably written 

 in the early years of the Roman Period. It is 

 the fullest and most perfect of all the known 

 codices of the Saite Recension written in the 

 hieratic character. 



II. — Assyrian : — 



I. 1. A copy of an inscription of Sin-Gashid concerning 



his palace. 

 2-5. Four Sumerian texts of the early period. 

 6, 7. Two Babylonian contracts. 



8-25. Eighteen letters and deeds dating from the time of 

 the 1st dynasty of Ur, about B.C. 2400. 

 26-45. Twenty fragments of Cappadocian tablets, many of 

 which bear fine and complete impressions of seal 

 cylinders. About B.C. 2200. 



II. 1. Inscription of Gimil-Sin, King of Ur, B.C. 2300, 



recording the building of a temple to the god of 

 Ymma. 



2. Cone of Libit-Ishtar, with a Semitic inscription. A 



rare and valuable object, as most of his cones are 

 inscribed in Sumerian. 



3. Brick of Gudea, governor of Lagash. 



4. Votive offering, cake (?). 



6, 7. Archaic tablets — Accounts, list of property, cattle, 

 grain, &c. 

 '8, 9. Clay divining bowl and a broken case tablet. 



10. Babylonian letter. 



11. Receipt for cattle. Dynasty of Ur. 



III. 1. Brick bearing the name and titles of Rammanu- 



Nirari I., son of Arik-den-ilu, King of Assyria, 

 B.C. 1325. 



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