MCiYPtlAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTlQUlTlilS. Ol 



XL— A limestone stele inscribed with live lines of 

 Phcenican characters stating that it was set up 

 by Arish in memory of his father Parsi, the son 

 of Arish, and of his mother Shemzabal, the 

 daughter of Baal-ram. This stele was. probably 

 inscribed in Greek also, but no traces of the 

 inscription remain ; it belongs to the period 

 about B.C. 250. Found at Larnaca in Cyprus. 

 Presented by J. L. Myres, Esq. 



XII. — 1. A book of MS. copies of cuneiform texts by the 

 late Sir A. H. Layard, g.c.b. 



2. A number of MS. copies of cuneiform texts by 



the late Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bart., G.C.B. 



3. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. X., 



with notes. 



Presented by Mrs. Sinclair. 



XIII. — Cast of a statute of Gudea, King of Shirpurla or 

 Lagash ; about B.C. 2500. 



The figure of the king, who is here represented as an 

 architect, is covered with an inscription in 

 archaic cuneiform characters describing the con- 

 struction and dedication of the temple of the 

 god Ningirsu at Lagash, wherein the statute was 

 set up. 



Presented by the Museum of the Louvre. 

 XIV. — 1. Limestone bust of Mokimu, the son of Mokimu. 



2. Limestone bust of Mokimu, the son of Gary4. 



3. Limestone bust of Malkath, the daughter of 



Ayda'an. 



4. Limestone bust ; name broken away. 



The above are fine examples of the class of busts 

 which were set up to commemorate deceased 

 nobles at Palmyra (Tudmur) in the third 

 century of our era ; the names are uncommon, 

 and were probably adopted by their owners, who 

 seem to have been of Koman origin. 



5. Six heads from limestone busts found at Palmyra. 



Presented by the Doivager Lady Homard de 

 Walden. 



E. A. Wallis Budge 



0.97. 



