66 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



17. Mould for casting figures of the segis of the god- 



dess Bast. From Tell Basta. 



18. A number of fragments of papyri, inscribed in 



Demotic. 



19. Gnostic gem, inscribed with a figure of the god 



Harpocrates, and with the name of the god 

 Abrasax. 



ii. Assyrian : — 



1. Six terra-cotta cones, inscribed with the names 



and titles of Gudea, viceroy of Lagash ; about 

 B.C. 2500. 



2. Three contracts dated in the reign of Ammi- 



zaduga ; about B.C. 2100. 



3. Three tablets, inscribed with draft agreements; 



about B.C. 2000. 



4. A Babylonian cylinder-seal, inscribed in archaic 



Babylonian characters with the name of a priest 

 of Beltis ; belonging to the period of the first 

 Babylonian Empire. 



5. A collection of 12 cylinder-seals, inscribed with 



their owners' names, etc. 



6. A collection of 37 contract tablets of the reigns of 



the Kings of the second Babylonian Empire, and 

 of the Persian Conquerors of Babylon. 



7. A collection of about 900 tablets, etc., inscribed 



with contracts, letters, lists of estates and 

 properties, etc., of various periods. A large 

 number of these tablets supplement the collec- 

 tion acquired by the Museum in 1890. 



8. Bronze rhyton in the form of a mythical animal 



having the horns and ears of an antelope, 

 and the snout of a boar. Found at Mosul 

 (Nineveh). 



9. A haematite seal similar to those which have been 



found in Asia Minor, and which are commonly 

 called " Hittite." On two of the sides are 

 religious scenes, in which a man is represented 

 pouring out a libation before a god with two 

 faces, etc., and on the base, within a laced work 

 pattern, are remains of hieroglyphic symbols, 

 which probably formed the name of the owner 

 of the seal. The art seems to be the result of a 

 mixture of Egyptian, Assyrian, and Asia Minor 

 influences, and its probable date lies between 

 B.C. 700-100. 



