58 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



23. Mother-of-emerald figure of Isis suckling Horus ; 



dedicated to Isis by a high official in the reign 

 of Psammetichus I., King of Egypt ; about B.C. 

 660. The figure is plated with gold, and is 

 inserted in a granite pedestal. 



24. Bronze sword ; XXVIth dynasty. 



25. Bronze dagger ; XXVIth dynasty. 



26. A bronze cat on a pedestal made in the shape of 



the emblem of the cat-goddess Bast ; XXVIth 

 dynasty. 



27. Green stone serpent with female breasts. Grseco- 



Roman period. 



28. Colossal " Canopic " jar, Grteco-Roman period. 



29. Head-rest on pillar, inlaid with ivory plaques. 



Grseco-Roman period. 



30. Two large terra-cotta figures of a female painted 



white, to resemble the nude body. Grseco- 

 Roman period. 



31. Gnostic gem inscribed with a figure of a worship- 



per making an ofi'ering to Nemesis, and the 

 names Jah, Sabaoth, Adonai, Zaboure, &c. ; 

 about A.D. 300. 



32. A collection of gold earrings, stars, pendants, &c. 



of the Grseco-Roman period. * 



33. A haematite seal with an inscription in Pehlevi ; 



about A.D. 600. 



ii, Assyrian : — 



1. A collection of about three thousand five hundred 



and twenty-eight Babylonian tablets, inscribed 

 with contracts, letters, lists of estates, properties 

 etc., belonging to a period about B.C. 2500. 



2. A brick of Ur-gur, King of Babj^lonia ; about B.C. 



2500. 



3. Two bricks of Nebuchadnezzar II. ; about B.C. 



604. 



4. Four bricks of the Susian King Silhak-Inshushinak, 



the son of Shutruk-Nahhunti. 



5. Two fragments of Susian bricks, without name of 



king. 



6. Two small Assyrian bas-reliefs from the palace of 



Assur-nasir-pal (about B.C. 885-860) at Nim- 

 roud. 



7. Two rectangular slabs of alabaster, with figures 



of men in relief, being parts of one of the bas- 

 reliefs 



