# AGCOUJ^TS, IITC, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



7. Two seated figures, in fine limestone, of Kha- 



em-Uast, a high priestly official of Menthu- 

 Ra, and his wife, a priestess of Anit. Fine 

 work. About B.C. 1550. 



8. Red granite head of the goddess Neith, of 



Sais. About B.C. 500. 



9. Fine white stone scarab, with the figure of 



a king slaving his foes cut on the base. 

 B.C. 500. 



10. A Greek inscription of the Coptic Period, 



from Upper Egypt. About A.D. 500. 



11. Four Coptic sepulchral stelse of the Vlth to 



Vlllth centuries. 



V. A. collection of two hundred and twenty-six scarabs 

 and plaques in steatite, porcelain, amethyst, car- 

 nelian, schist, &c., which includes examples of all 

 periods from the Vlth dynasty, about B.C. 3500 to 

 about B.C. 650, when scarabs ceased to be made in 

 Egypt. About sixty-six are inscribed with royal 

 names, and those bearing private names are of 

 verj'^ fine workmanship. 



vi. Three small sepulchral stelse inscribed with prayers 

 for funeral offerings. The oldest, which is of 

 wood, belongs to the XXIInd dynasty, about 

 B.C. 1000, 



Assyrian : — 



i. A collection of about six hundred and thirteen tablets 

 and fragments of tablets, belonging chiefly to the 

 period of the First Dynasty of Babylon, about 

 B.C. 2400. In it are included several " case- 

 tablets," bearing interesting seal impressions ; a 

 large number of contracts written in the Semitic 

 dialect of Babylonia, which was current when 

 they were drawn up ; two tablets, written in the 

 Sumerian language, and containing copies of re- 

 ligious compositions ; a few letters of the reign of 

 Khammurabi (b.c. 2150) ; several lists of revenues 

 of various kinds, which were employed in drawing 

 up the large summaries ; and tablets belonging to 

 the cadastral survey of Lower Babylonia. 



ii. A collection of sixty-six Babylonian tablets, chiefly 

 contracts, the greater number of which belong to 

 the Persian Period, about B.C. 550. 



iii. A collection of hard limestone bowls and other 

 vessels, from an ancient site in Assyria. 



