Egyptian and assyrIan antiquities. 5? 



among the Greeks and Egyptians, On the body 

 of the figure is cut, in two columns, a text which 

 states that Kudur-Mabug, the Governor of Western 

 Elam, and his son, Eim-Sin, King of Larsa, in 

 Southern Babylonia, built a great temple, which 

 was " like a mountain," in honour of the god 

 Ninni, to ensure the preservation of their lives. 

 The inscription ends with a prayer to Ninni to 

 grant long life to the father and the son, and 

 established rule, and the wielding of royal power 

 for ever. 



2. A " Kudurru," or Boundary Stone, inscribed with a 

 text recording a grant of certain cultivated land, 

 situated in Southern Babylonia, to Gula-eresh, by 

 Eanna-shum-iddina, Governor of the Persian Gulf, 

 the son of Daiam-Bel. This land was situated on 

 the bank of the Edina Canal, near the town of 

 Edina, in the province of the Sea-Land. On one side 

 of it was the property of the tribe of Iddiatu, and 

 on the other the land of Amel-Marduk. The estate 

 of Gula-eresh was carefully measured by the 

 governor of the city of Edina and others, and 

 duly registered; Gula-eresh had this stone cut 

 and inscribed, and the great gods set it up as a 

 witness. On the upper portion of the stone are 

 cut the emblems of the great gods, and on the 

 reverse are adjui-ations to various officials and 

 others who are called upon to respect the claim of 

 Gula-eresh, and to do no injury to the stone, his 

 title-deed. These are followed by a series of 

 curses upon anyone who should harm or conceal 

 the stone, the gods Anu, Enlil, Ea, Nin-makh, 

 Sin, Nabu, Gula, and Ninib being invoked. About 

 B.C. 1100. 



A collection of small stamps and seals from Asia 

 Minor : — 



1. Flat, circular seal inscribed with " Hittite '* 



characters. In the centre, on both the obverse 

 and reverse, are four large characters which 

 probably give the name of the owner of the seal. 

 Round these, on each side, is an inscription in 

 smaller characters. 



2. Bronze seal, inscribed with " Hittite " characters 



within a line border ; it is provided with a ring 

 for suspension. 



3. Steatite scaraboid, on which is cut the figure of 



an ibex leaping. 



4. Cylinder seal, with three divisions, in each of 



which is cut a seated human figure, with both 

 hands raised in, adoration, libation vase, etc. 



