52 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



13. One hundred and thirty-two mummy labels, from 



Akhmim. The mummy-label is a flat, rectangular 

 wooden ticket, pointed at one end, and pierced 

 to receive a string, by which it was attached to 

 the neck of the mummy. On it the name, age, 

 etc., of the deceased were written in hiero- 

 glyphics, Demotic and Greek. The use of such 

 labels seems to be confined to the Grseco-Roman 

 period. 



14. Painted wooden harp, inlaid with ivory and 



plaques of red, green, and blue faience. The 

 strings were six in number, and were tightened 

 by wooden pegs : a rare example ; XVIIIth 

 dynasty. From "iThebes. 



15. A papyrus, measuring 35ft. by 13^in., incribed in 



hieroglyphics with a series of chapters of the 

 Book of the Dead ; made for Amen-hetep, a 

 a superintendent of builders ; about B.C. 900. 



16. A rare rock-crystal figure of the god Thoueris, in 



the form of a hippopotamus ; about B.C. 1000. 

 Found near Sakkarah. 



17. Five blue glazed faience ushahti figures ; about 



B.C. 1040. From Der el-Bahari. 



18. Blue glass vase for holding stibium ; the vase and 



its cover have gold mounts ; about B.C. 1200. 



19. Lapis-lazuli pendant figure of the god Khnemu. 



20. Pendant heart, made of mottled stone. 



21. Amber scarab, inscribed " Beautiful Bast." Greek 



period. 



22. Limestone ushahti figure of Aua, a priest of Amen 



with gilded face. Late period. 



23. Fine limestone ushahti figure of Khatha, "the 



scribe of the soWiers," inscribed with part of 

 the Vlth chapter of the Book of the Dead; 

 XXIInd dynasty. 



ii. Babylonian : — 



1. A large collection of contract and other tablets of 



the first Babylonian Empire. 



2. An uninscribed bronze figure of an early Baby- 



lonian king ; from Tell Lo ; it is said to have 

 been found standing upright in a stone laid in 

 the foundation of the temple at that place ; 

 about B.C. 2500. 



3. Bronze statue of Gamil-Sin, King of Babylonia 



about B.C. 3200, inscribed with a text similar to 



that 



