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45. A miscellaneous collection of bronze vases, bowls, 



situlae, sistra, weapons, &c., of various periods. 



46. A collection of wooden ushahtiu figures of 



various periods. 



47. A large red ware vase, with paintings in dark red 



on a white slip. Late period. 



48. A large collection of statuettes and figures of 



gods, animals, and men, of various periods and 

 materials. 



49. A group of rings and scarabs in gold, bronze, 



amethyst, jasper, steatite, inscribed with the 

 names of Use-tsen I., Thothmes Amen-hetep 

 III., Ptolemy, &c. B.C. 2000 to B.C. 200. 



50. Table of off'erings inscribed for Hu-utcha-Shu. 



Roman Period, 1st century a.d. 



51. Red ware vase, with a Coptic inscription, a.d. 



550 (?). 



52. Model of a Coptic ornament in ivory, a.d. 500. 

 ii. Assyrian : — 



1. A collection of two thousand and fifty tablets 



from Lower Babylonia, of the period of the rule 

 of the kings of the Ilnd dynasty of Ur, about 

 B.C. 2500-B.C. 2300. They are written in the 

 ancient Sumerian language, and consist chiefly 

 of agricultural returns and commercial docu- 

 ments. They include a number of interesting 

 account tablets, which relate to the landed 

 property, &c., of the great temples in Southern 

 Babylonia. 



2. A collection of seven hundred contract tablets 



belonging to the period of the kings of the 1st 

 dynasty of Babylon, and date from B.C. 2300 to 

 B.C. 2050. They consist of legal and commercial 

 documents concerning the hire and sale of land, 

 houses, slaves, and other property, and were 

 inscribed during the reigns of Khammurabi 

 (B.C. 2200), Samsu-iluna (b.c. 2145), Ammizaduga 

 (B.C. 2060), and other kings of the 1st dynasty. 



3. A collection of four hundred contract tablets 



belonging to the period of the Persian kings of 

 Babylon, from about B.C. 530 to B.C. 485. 



4. Circular memorial tablet of clay inscribed with 



the name and titles of Gudea, the patesi, or 

 governor, of tlie city of Lagash (Shirpurla) in 

 Southern Babylonia, about B.C. 2500. The text 

 contains a dedication to Ningirsu, the citj^-god 

 of Lagash. This tablet was built into a pier 

 in one of the buildings erected by Gudea at 



