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8. Top of a stone altar, or table for offerings, 



betraying Egyptian influence in its design. 

 [No. 88,282.]" 



9. Bronze figure of a god or king, with the hands 



clasped and with the body terminating in a 

 spike ; the figure probably dates from the 

 Sumerian period, about B.C. 2500. [No. 87,215.] 



10. Late Assyrian bronze bracelet with moving clasp. 



[No. 86,902.] 



11. Small limestone head of the late Assyrian period. 



[No. 86,903.] 



12. Two early-Babylonian stone seals, carved in 



the form of recumbent bulls, and bored to 

 receive a string for wearing upon the person. 

 [Nos. 86,911, 87,217.] 



13. Fine agate cylinder-seal of Kunanum, the son of 



Nur-ilishu, engraved with a scene representing 

 a priest leading Kunanum into the presence of 

 his god. [No. 86,904.] 



14. Shell cylinder-seal engraved with a scene repre- 



senting a hero in conflict with two stags ; in the 

 field is a scorpion. [No. 86,905.] 



15. Assyrian glass beads and stud. [Nos. 86,908- 



86,910.] 



Presents. 



I. — 1. Two blue glazed porcelain necklaces, "1 

 with scarabs. j 



One blue glazed porcelain ring. j Late period. 



One blue glazed porcelain pendant. 

 Ape pendant. I 



Steatite scaraboid of the Roman period. 



Presented by G. R. Martin Gihhs, Esq. 



11. — 1. Bronze Gnostic amulet inscribed with the mystic 

 names of Abrasax and Jao. 



Presented hy the British School at Athens. 



III. — 1. Fragment of the model of a blue glazed porcelain 

 chariot ; from Der el-Bahari. 

 2. Black basalt cylinder of the Archaic period ; from 

 El-Kab. 

 Presented hy Somers Clarke, Esq. 



IV. — 1. A collection of 1131 ostraka and slabs of white 

 calcareous stone inscribed chiefly in Coptic ; 

 from Der el-Bahari. 



