62 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



13. One hundred and thirty-two mummy labels, from 



Akhmim. The mummy-label is a flat, rectangular 

 wooden ticket, pointed at one end, and pierced 

 to receive a string, by which it was attached to 

 the neck of the mummy. On it the name, age, 

 etc., of the deceased were written in hiero- 

 glyphics, Demotic and Greek. The use of such 

 labels seems to be confined to the Grseco-Roman 

 period. 



14. Painted wooden harp, inlaid with ivory and 



plaques of red, green, and blue faience. The 

 strings were six in number, and were tightened 

 by wooden pegs : a rare example ; XVIIIth 

 dynasty. From Thebes. 



15. A papyrus, measuring 35ft. by 13|in., incribed in 



hieroglyphics with a series of chapters of the 

 Book of the Dead ; made for Amen-hetep, a 

 a superintendent of builders ; about B.C. 900. 



16. A rare rock-crystal figure of the god Thoueris, in 



the form of a hippopotamus ; about B.C. 1000. 

 Found near Sakkarah. 



17. Five blue glazed faience ushahti figures ; about 



B.C. 1040. From Der el-Bahari. 



18. Blue glass vase for holding stibium ; the vase and 



its cover have gold mounts ; about B.C. 1200. 



19. Lapis-lazuli pendant figure of the god Khnemu. 



20. Pendant heart, made of mottled stone. 



21. Amber scarab, inscribed " Beautiful Bast." Greek 



period. 



22. Limestone ushahti figure of Aua, a priest of Amen 



with gilded face. Late period. 



23. Fine limestone ushahti figure of Khatha, " the 



scribe of the soldiers," inscribed with part of 

 the Vlth chapter of the Book of the Dead ; 

 XXIInd dynasty. 



ii. Babylonian : — 



1. A large collection of contract and other tablets of 



the first Babylonian Empire. 



2. An uninscribed bronze figure of an early Baby- 



lonian king ; from Tell Lo ; it is said to have 

 been found standing upright in a stone laid in 

 the foundation of the temple at that place ; 

 about B.C. 2500. 



3. Bronze statue of Gamil-Sin, King of Babylonia 



about B.C. 3200, inscribed with a text similar to 



that 



