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and attendants when staying in the town of 

 Lagash on official business. The city of Lagash 

 was on the high road between Babylonia and 

 Elam, and Government servants of all classes 

 stopped there to obtain food for their immediate 

 wants and supplies to be consumed on their 

 journeys to Babylon and Elam. The greater 

 number of the tablets are dated in the reigns of 

 Dungi, Bur-Sin I., and Gimil-Sin. About B.C. 

 2375-2325. 



28. A large duck-weight on which are cut the name and 



title of Ur-Niiigirsu, Patesi of Lagash. About 

 B.C. 2425. 



29. A weight with a handle perforated for suspension. 



30. Fragment of a historical tablet from Kuyunjik. 



iii. — HiMYARITIC : — 



1. Part of a votive inscription dedicated to Al-Makah, a 



god of Southern Arabia, VIII th century B.C. 



2. Rectangular slab of limestone, on which is sculptured in 



relief a human face ; below it is cut a name. This 

 probably served as a gravestone. 



3. Rudely cut limestone figure of a king, or chief. From 



Sanaa. About B.C. 500. 



4. Fragment of an inscription of a votive character. 



iv. — Palestinian : — 



A collection of scarabs, earthenware vessels of 

 various shapes and sizes and periods, which have 

 been obtained at and in the neighbourhood of 

 Gezer in Palestine. These objects illustrate the 

 fictile art in Syria from about B.C. 1500 downwards, 

 and many of them belong to classes of antiquities 

 which have hitherto been unrepresented in the 

 collection. The following are the most interesting : — 



1. Blue faience cylinder-seal ; with spiral design. 



2. Cylinder-seal ; with two rows of fish. 



3. Cylinder-seal ; with two human figures. Gold mounting 



at each end. 

 4 Cylinder-seal ; with designs of dots connected by doubl ; 

 diagonal lines. 



5. Cylinder-seal ; with two human figures, palm trees, etc 



6. Plaque ; with Sphinx, urseus, cartouche of Thothmes IV. 



7. Scarab ; with cartouche of Thothmes III. 



8. Scarab ; with cartouche of Usertsen III. 



9. Scarab ; with cartouche of Queen Ti. 



10. Scarab ; with cartouche of Thothmes IV. 



11. Scarab ; with imitation cartouche, with hawks. 



12. Scarab ; with cartouche of Amenhetep III. 



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