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tions, I, plate 61. It gives passages which are 

 wanting in the Mukayyar cylinder, and supplies 

 new details about the restoration by Nabonidus 

 of the two temples which bore the name Eulmash, 

 the one situated in Agade, the other in Sippar of 

 Anunitum. The references to the restoration of 

 the temple Eulmash in Agade by Ashurbanipal, 

 and to the destruction by Sennacherib of Sippar 

 of Anunitum and its temple, are important facts 

 of history which are quite new. 



-1, 2. Two complete and well-preserved barrel-cylinders 

 of Nebuchadnezzar II., King of Babylon, B.C. 605- 

 558, inscribed with texts recording the construction 

 of the temple of Marada, the modern Sedum. 

 Many parts of the texts are known from cylinders 

 already in the Museum (i.e , Rm. 673 and 674), 

 neither of which is complete, but the newlj^ 

 acquired cylinders supply many details. The 

 temple of Marada was called E-idi-Kalama, and 

 was dedicated to the City -god Lugal Marada. 

 The texts end with a prayer to Lugal-Marada, im- 

 ploring him to report the King's piety to Marduk, 

 the chief of the gods. 



3. Green serpentine cylinder-seal engraved with scene 



representing heroes in conflict. 



4. Green serpentine cylinder-seal engraved with a scene 



representing Gilgamesh, Eabani, and a third 

 mythological being in conflict with a lion and two 

 human-headed bulls. 



5. Light green stone cylinder-seal engraved with a 



similar scene. 



6. White marble cylinder-seal engraved with a scene 



representing Eabani in conflict with a lion and 

 four ibexes. 



7. Mottled green steatite cylinder-seal engraved with 



a scene representing heroes in conflict with a bull, 

 a lion, an ibex, and a stag. In the field are a 

 serpent, a scorpion, a crescent, and a star. 



8. Fine lapis-lazuli cylinder-seal engraved with a scene 



representing two figures of heroes in conflict with 

 bulls. Nos. 3-8 belong to the early Babylonian 

 Period. 



9. Fine haematite cylinder-seal engraved with a scene 



representing two mythological beings rescuing 

 bulls from lions. Its owner was one " Danni, 

 the servant of Nergal." The style of the seal 

 indicates a West-Semitic origin. About B.C. 2000. 

 10. White marble cylinder seal engraved with a scene 

 representing a worshipper before a seated god, 

 who, according to the inscription, is Nusku, the 



