66 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



332. Limestone Coptic grravestone, ornamented with a 



pediment, palm branches, crosses, etc. On it 

 appear the letters Alpha and Omega, and it was 

 set up in memory of Orion, a monk. 



333. Limestone Coptic gravestone of Tahom, a monk, 



sculptured with the figure of a man, and with a 

 border of vine leaves, etc. 



334. Limestone Coptic gravestone, sculptured with figures 



of doves, pillars, foliated border, etc. 



335. Limestone capital of a pillar, carved and decorated 



with wreaths, vine-leaves, etc. 



336. Architectural fragment, in limestone, on which is 



sculptured the figure of a woman reclining on a 

 dolphin beneath a pediment. 



337. Architectural fragment, in limestone, on which are 



sculptured figures of Sarapis and Isis, with human 

 heads and bodies of serpents. 



338. A group of architectural fragments, on which are 



sculptured grapes, vine-leaves, crosses, foliated 

 patterns, etc. 



Nos. 326-338 were found among the ruins of 

 the famous Monastery of Saint Jeremiah at 

 Sakkarah, which has been excavated during the 

 last few years by the Egyptian Government. 

 They all belong to the period which lies between 

 700 and 1100 A.D.., and they illustrate Coptic 

 funerary Art in one of its most interesting forms, 

 and show the influence of Byzantine artists and 

 sculptors. 



iv. — L A limestone altar inscribed in the Meroitic character 

 with the name of Qeren-akrere-Malewitar, an 

 " envoy of Rome," who flourished in the reign of 

 Queen Candace, about B.C. 25. From the Island 

 of Faras, in Nubia. 



ii. — AssYKiAN : — 



i. 1. A portion of a gate-socket, or boulder, bearing an 



inscription of Ur-gur, King of Ur, about B.C. 2500, 

 on which is cut, in archaic characters, a record of 

 the dedication of a temple to the goddess Ninlil. 

 From Nippur. 



2. Gate-socket of Gimil-Sin, King of Ur. About 



B.C. 2400. 



3. Portion of a limestone slab on M^hich is cut an 



inscription of Gimil-Sin, King of Ur, about 

 B.C. 2500. The text records the dedication of 

 a temple at the time when he built the Wall, or 

 Fortification of the West, called " Murik-Tidnim," 

 in the fourth year of his reign. It is unusual to 



