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which became fashionable under the XlXth 

 dynasty. A unique object. From Der al- 

 Bahari. 



7. A massive hard-stone stele on which is cue an in- 

 scription in Meroi'tic characters. Heiojht 8 ft. 

 G in. From the Sudan. 1st century, a.d. 



IT. — Assyrian : — 



A collection of 166 tablets and other antiquities, 

 among which the following may be specially 

 mentioned : — 



I. — 1, A tablet inscribed with a list of early Babylonian 

 kings, the names being arranged in dynasties. It 

 restores the order of the kings of the dynasty of 

 Akkad, and settles the order of events between 

 the fall of this dynasty and the rise of the 

 dynasty of Ur (B.C. 2400), and supplies the names 

 of 26 kings and rulers in Babylonia, whose names 

 are not otherwise known. A valuable authority 

 for the history of the period. 



2. Tablet inscribed with omens derived from incidents 



that take place during the sacrificing of victims. 

 Copied from a text of the reign of Melishikhu, 

 B.C. 1220. 



3. Tablet inscribed with a long Syllabary of the Second 



Class, giving the pronunciation and meanings of 

 the Babylonian characters. From this tablet 

 gaps in the Kuyunjik Syllabaries may be 

 restored. 

 4-6. Three explanatory lists of plants. From Kalat 

 Sherkat. 



7. An explanatory list of titles. From Kalat Sherkat. 



8. Inscription from a brick of Sin-shar-ishkun, the last 



king of Assyria, which proves that he was a son 

 of Ashur-bani-pal (B.C. 668-626). 



9. Clay sealing with the seal of Naram-ilishu, an 



official of Dungi, B.C. 2400. 

 10. Clay cone with votive inscription of Ashduni-arim, 

 king of Kish. B.C. 2000. 



11-30. Twenty Babylonian letters relating to commercial 

 matters. From Abu Habbah. 



31-65. Thirty-five contract tablets of the period which lies 

 between B.C. 2000 and the reign of Nebuchad- 

 nezzar II., B.C. 604. 



66. Clay plaque with a figure of a musician playing. 



67. Bronze foundation cone of Ur-nina, patesi of 



Lagash, about B.C. 3000. 



68. Boundary stone of the Kassite period, from which 



the inscription has been erased. 



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