EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. ^7 



45. Thirteen inscribed Coptic sepulcliral stelae from 



various sites in Upper Egypt, They belong to 

 the period which lies between A.D. SOO and 

 A.D. 500. 



46. Eighty miscellaneous ostraka inscribed in Greek, 



demotic and Coptic. From Upper Egypt, 

 A.D. 50-550. 



Assyrian : — 



1. A collection of two thousand eight hundred 



tablets from Lower Babylonia. They were 

 inscribed during the period of the rule of the 

 kings of the Ilnd dynasty of Ur, about B.C. 

 2500-B.c. 2300, and of the kings of the 1st 

 dynasty of Babylon, about B.C. 2300 to B.C. 2050. 

 They include a number of interesting commer- 

 cial documents and contract tablets, which are 

 written in the Sumerian and the Old Babylonian 

 languages. 



2. A collection of twenty- one clay cones inscribed 



with the name and titles of Gudea, the i')atesi, 

 or governor, of the city of Lagash (Shirpurla) in 

 Southern Babylonia. The cones were inscribed 

 in honour of Ningirsu, the cit^'^-god of Lagash. 

 About B.C. 2500. 



8. Four clay cones inscribed with a dedicatory text 

 in honour of the god Ningirsu, by CJr-Bau, 

 patesi of the city of Lagash (Shirpurla) in 

 Southern Babylonia, about B.C. 2500. 



4. Part of a vase inscribed with a dedicatory text 



in honour of the goddess Bau, by an early 

 Sumerian patesi, or governor. About B.C. 2300. 



5. Part of clay bowl inscribed upon the outside with 



an Assyrian dedicatory text. About B.C. 800. 



6. Part of a clay cylinder inscribed with an account 



of an Assyrian expedition against the land of 

 Elam. About B.C. 700. 



7. Clay model of the head of a mule, showing the 



Assyrian form of bridle. About B.C. 700. 



8. Stone matrix for casting jewellery. About 



B.C. 700. 



9. Circular piece of agate, which formed the eye of 



a statue. About B.C. 700. 



10. Cylinder seal inscribed with the name of the 



owner Apil-Martu, the son of Sin-Asharidu. 

 About B.C. 700. 



11. Shell, inscribed with the names of the gods Anu 



and Martu. About B.C. 700. 



