54 A.CCOUNTS, ETC., 01^ THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Chapters 141-143 of tlie Theban Kecension of 

 the Book of the Dead. 



2. Assyrian bas-relief, with the figure of the 

 winged, eagle-headed mythological creature, 

 which was formerly identified with the god 

 Nisroch. 



o. Assyrian bas-relief, with two male human 

 figures in royal apparel, kneeling on two sides 

 of a tree of a sacred character, and performing 

 a solemn ceremony in connection with the 

 date harvest. The tree is the date-palm, the 

 leaves of which are treated idealistically, and 

 hung with festoons of palm flowers in a certain 

 stage of growth. 



Both bas-reliefs formed parts of the lining 

 of a part of a wall in a passage or chamber 

 in the palace of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of 

 Assyria, B.C. 885-860, at Nimrtid on the Tigris 

 (the ancient Calah). 



Presented by His Majesty the King. 



II. — 1, Bas-relief, with a human-headed winged figure 

 holding a pahu-spathe in one hand, and a 

 bucket or basket in the other, standing before 

 the sacred tree. From the palace of Ashur- 

 nasir-pal, king of Assyria, B.C. 885-860, at 

 Nimrud. 



2. Bas-relief, with an eagle-headed winged figure 

 standing before the sacred tree. From the- 

 palace of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria, 

 B.C. 885-860, at Nimrud. 



0. Portion of an alabaster slab, with fragmentary 

 reliefs. 



4. Brick stamped with the name and titles of 



Shalmaneser II., B.C. 860-825. 



5. Brick stamped with the name and titles of 



Nebuchadnezzar II., King of Babylon, B.C. 

 604-561. 



C. Portion of an inscription of Ashur-nasir-j)al,. 

 King of Assyria, B.C. 885-860. 



7. Lower portion of a black basalt seated figure of 



a king (Gudea, king of Babylon, B.C. 2800 ?). 



8. Lower portion of a black basalt statue of a. 



Babylonian king. 



Fresented hy the Library Convmittee of the; 

 CorvovatioTv of the City of London. 



