(>2 AOCOUNTS, etc., of the BRITISH "MUSEUM. 



Lagash, and set in bricks of a peculiar shape 

 which were made to fit round it. 



5. Bronze figure clasping a cone, inscribed with the 



name and titles of Gudea, patesi, of Lagash, 

 about B.C. 2500. The figure is girt about with 

 a loin cloth, and wears a head-dress with four 

 horns. 



6. Bronze figure of a king (?) the lower part of 



which terminates in a cone ; the hands are 

 crossed in an attitude of submission or prayer. 

 The figure was held in position by means of a 

 bronze socket, made in the form of a flat plate ; 

 but what the socket was fastened to is not 

 known. About B.C. 2500. 



7. Portion of a historical cylinder belonging to the 



period of the 1st dynasty of Babylon ; the 

 name of the king, whose deeds it records, is 

 wanting. About B.C. 2200. 



8. Clay memorial tablet inscribed with a text 



recording the building of a house in the city 

 of Ashur by Marduk-nadin-akhi, the chief 

 scribe of Ashur-uballit, King of Assyria, about 

 B.C. 1400. The text states that the house was 

 built under the shadow of the temple of 

 Marduk, and was provided with a well of fresh 

 water, and with numerous cellars and store- 

 houses. The reverse of the tablet is inscribed 

 with a prayer to the god Marduk, beseeching 

 him to grant that the house may be the resting 

 place of Marduk-nadin-akhi, and that he may 

 establish it fast for his sons, and for his sons' 

 sons, and for his seed, and for the seed of his 

 seed for ever. The tablet ends with a prayer 

 that long life and prosperity may be showered 

 upon Ashur-uballit, the king. The text is of 

 considerable interest because of the early forms 

 of the cuneiform characters which are inscribed 

 upon it, and because it proves that the worship 

 of the god Marduk was firmly established in 

 the city of Ashur at a very early period in 

 the history of the Assyrian Empire. This is the 

 only known inscription of the reign of Ashur- 

 uballit ; the cuneiform text, with transliteration 

 and translation will be found in the Appendix 

 to " The Annals of the Kings of Assyria," 

 vol. 1, p. 388 ff. 



9. Bi'onze ornament from a throne, representing the 



head and fore-quarters of a bull. From Van. 

 About B.C. 750. 



10. Thirty-five inscribed fragments from Kuyunjik. 



