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2. Marble cylinder-seal, engraved with the figure of 



the owner standing in the presence of a god. A 

 fine specimen of early Babylonian (Semitic) work. 

 About B.C. 3000. [No. 103,009.] 



3. Archaic cylinder-seal engraved with illegible charac- 



ters. Early period. From Egypt or Elam. 

 About B.C. 3000. 



4. Cylinder-seal engraved with figures of a bull and 



ibex(?). Period uncertain, but probably early 

 Babylonian. [No. 103,014.] 



5, 6. Lapis-lazuli amulet in the form of a human-headed 

 bull, and a lapis-lazuli seal cylinder engraved 

 with the figure of a god standing on two lions. 

 [Nos. 103,008 and 103,015.] 



7. Rectangular stone pendant engraved with figures 

 of pomegranates, wreaths(?), an ibex with a 

 fish's tail, etc. [No. 103,007.] 



iii. — 1. Upper portion of a cylinder-seal engraved with a 

 scene representing Marduk slaying the Dragon 

 Tiamat, Avhich is represented in the most unusual 

 form of a serpent. Assyrian period. 



[No. 103,018.] 



2. Assyrian tablet inscribed with a text recording a 



loan of five manehs of silver. About B.C. 680. 



[No. 103,017.] 



3. An Assyrian letter concerning private afi'airs. 



About B.C. 680. [No. 103,016.] 



4. A chalcedony cone engraved with a scene repre- 



senting a priest officiating at an altar. Persian 

 period. ' [No. 103,019.] 



5, 6. Babylonian cylinder-seal and a haematite duck 

 weight. [No. 103,002.] 



7. Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with a scene 



representing the worship of the Moon-god, and 

 with the figure of the Storm-god on the back of a, 

 crouching bull. [No. 103,010.] 



8. Haematite cylinder-seal engraved with a scene 



representing the worship of a deity. 



[No.' 103,012.] 



9. Steatite cylinder-seals engraved with figures of a 



seated man, a vase, half circles, etc. 



[No. 103,011.] 

 10. Brown stone cylinder-seal engraved with a scene in 



which a horseman is spearing a stag. Persian 



Period. About B.C. 500. [No. 103,013.] 



U. Haematite barrel-shaped seal engraved with a 



scene in which a hunter is spearing a wild boar. 



Late Phoenician period. [No. 103,005.] 



