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S9. Two collections of alabaster, basalt, serpentine, 

 and porphyry vases of various periods. 



40. Two limestone and granite gate sockets (?). 



41. Large black basalt mortar ; Early Empire. 



42. Pair of ornamental leather shoes ; Koman period. 



43. Bronze figure of Aphrodite as Isis ; Roman 



period. 



44. Four necklaces of haematite, carnelian, and agate 



beads. 



45. 46. Carnelian figures of Ta-urt and Bes. 



47. Glazed faience figure of a negro carrying a load. 



Assyrian : — 



1. A collection of thirteen hundred and sixty 



tablets from Lower Babylonia. They include a 

 number of interesting commercial documents 

 and contract-tablets which were inscribed 

 during the periods of the rule of the kings of the 

 second dynasty of Ur, about B.C. 2400, and of 

 the kings of the first dynasty of Babjlon from 

 about B.C. 2300 to B c. 2050 ; as well as several 

 valuable documents which date from the reigns 

 of Cambyses and Darius the Great, B.C. 529 to 

 B.C. 485. 



2. Baked clay memorial tablet of E-annadu, governor 



of Shirpurla about B.C. 4500, recounting his 

 name and titles and those of his father Akuigal. 

 [No. 88,283.] 



3. Black basalt gate-socket of Entemena, governor 



of Shirpurla, about B.C. 4500, inscribed in " line- 

 Babylonian-" with the king's name and titles, 

 and with an account of the temples which he 

 built during his reign. [No. 86,900.] 



4. Baked clay cone of Gudea, governor of Shirpurla 



about B.C. 2500, recording the building of a 

 temple in honour of the god Ningirsu. [No. 

 87,235.] 



-5. Circular stone object inscribed with the name and 

 titles of Ur-Ningirsu, governor of Shirpurla 

 about B.C. 2500. [No. 86,917.] 



6. Circular-headed boundary-stone of black basalt 



inscribed with a text recording a grant of land 

 by Shamash-shum-ukin, king of Babylon from 

 B.C. 668 to B.C. 648. [No. 87,220.] 



7. Large stone lion-weight sculptured in the so-called 



" Hittite " style. [No. 88,28L] 



