70 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



69. Slab with a copy of the Standard Inscription of 



Ashur nasir-pal, B.C. 860. 



70. A group of terra-cottas and bronzes, the latter 



including a plaque for exorcising the demon of 

 sickness. 



71. A miscellaneous collection of commercial tablets. 



II. — 1. Clay cylinder inscribed with the copy of a charter 

 granted by Kuri-galzu I., a Kassite king about 

 B.C. 1400. The charter conferred land and 

 offerings of corn, oil, and dates upon a goddess. 



2. Foundation cylinder of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, 



B.C. 555-.538. recording the restoration of E-Bab- 

 bara, the great temple of the Sun-god in Sippar. 

 The inscription contains important variants of 

 the texts already in the Museum. From 

 Babylon. 



3. A collection of about 115 contract tablets and 



accounts of the period of the First Dynasty of 

 Babylon, about B.C. 2000 ; they are fine examples 

 of this class of document. From Southern Baby- 

 lonia. 



III. — 1. A bronze lamp, with seven wick-holders. From 

 Northern Mesopotamia. Late Period. 

 2. A bronze adze. Early period. 



3-5. Three terra-cottas, i.e., a plaque and two figures of 

 Babylonian goddesses. From Southern Baby- 

 lonia. 



6-9. Four terra-cotta bowls, which were used for divining 

 purposes, with Mandai'tic inscriptions of a magical 

 character. Probably from Tell Ibrahim. 

 10-15. Six clay sealings of jars. From Babylonia. About 

 B.C. 2000. 

 16-135. A collection of 120 tablets and fragments of tablets, 

 inscribed with contracts, deeds of sale, loans, &c. 

 From Senkerah, the site of the ancient city of 

 Larsam. Period of the First Dynasty of Babylon, 

 about B.C. 2000. 

 136-170. A valuable collection of 40 tablets, being supplement- 

 ary to a collection of similar documents already 

 in the Museum. The inscriptions deal with the 

 sale and transfer of property, the division of an 

 inheritance, deeds of gift, sales of slaves, leases 

 of house property, &c. From Warka, the site of 

 the ancient city of Erech. Era of the Seleucid 

 2nd and 3rd centuries before Christ. 

 171-3,220. A large collection of 3,050 tablets inscribed with 

 texts dealing with temple accounts, agricultural 

 and business receipts, lists and memoranda for 

 incorporation into the larger tablets on which 

 summaries of all temple properties were drawn 

 up. From Tell Lo, Drehem and other sites, 

 B.C. 2500-2000. 



