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Wooden panel with figure of a youth in relief. From the Fayoum. 



Calcareous stone head of a man. From a group, or sepulchral vase, painted red and 

 black, and of fine work. 



Alabaster head. From a large canopus vase of the period of the 20th dynasty. 



Alabaster pallet of a scribe. From Tel El Yahoudeh. 



Dark steatite tablet representing the god Horus standing on crocodiles. 



Porcelain object inscribed with the name of the Prince Shaaemuas, one of the sons of 

 Rameses II. of the 19th dynasty, and Governor of Memphis in his reign. From Tel El 

 Yahoudeh. 



Glazed steatite sCarabseus of large size, with figures of Amenophis III. and the Queen 

 Tii, of the 18th dynasty. 



Several fragments of glazed porcelain tiles. From the palace of Rameses III., at Tel 

 El Yahoudeh. 



Carnelian signet ring, with the name of Paha on the bezel. 



Beaded work of porcelain and glass, with figures of jackals, Tats or emblems of 

 stability. From the outer covering of a mummy. 



Green porcelain funnel-shaped vase. 



Green porcelain unguent vase, in shape of the Greek alahastos or alabastros. 



Blue porcelain figure of the Egyptian god Bes or Bessa, of large size ; probably part 

 of an architectural ornament. 



Basalt fragment of a dial or clepsydra, having on it representations of Philip Arridaeus, 

 B.C. 324-316, in adoration to the god Khem, or Min, and other deities ; on it is inscribed 

 OCT., the beginning of the name of the month October. Described Archasol. Journal, 

 1856, pp. 1] 1-120. 



Terra-cotta handle of a large lamp, having in bas relief the subject of Achilles dragging 

 behind his chariot the corpse of Hector round the walls of Troy. 



A large collection of terra-cotta inscribed tablets and other objects, acquired by Mr. 

 G. Smith during his mission to Mesopotamia, and presented by the proprietors of the 

 " Daily Telegraph." The most remarkable of these are — 



A terra-cotta tablet warning kings against misgovernment. 



Fragment of an historical tablet of Tiglath Pileser II. 



Fragment of a cylinder of Sargon. 



Fragment of a terra-cotta tablet. History of the Avar between Assurbanipal and Urtaki, 

 King of Elam. From Kouyunjik. 



Small fragment of a tablet relating the story of the Deluge. 



Fragment of a cylinder of Bel-zakir-iskun. 



Fragment of a cylinder of Sennacherib. 



Fragment of a tablet relating to the Assyrian account of the Creation. 



Sale tablet of a girl, dated in the reign of Sennacherib. From Kouyunjik. 



Astrological tablet pointing out the blessing of seeing the Sun and Moon on the 14th 

 of the month. From Kouyunjik. 



Fragment of a tablet relating to an expedition against Ashdod and the tributes of 

 Media, B.C. 711. From Kouyunjik. 



Terra-cotta tablet. Syllabary in 4 columns. From Kouyunjik. 



Tablet, fable of the horse and the ox. From Kouyunjik. 



Tablet prayers of Amilurgal. From Babylon. 



Contract tablets, dated in the 2nd year of Cambyses, the 3rd and 31st year of Darius, 

 30th and 37th of Nebuchadnessar, and 9th and 16th year of Nabonidus. From Babylon. 



Astrological tablet, dated in the reign of one of the Arsacidze. 



Steatite tablet of Vulnirari I. B.C. 1300, giving an account of the conquests of Assyrian 

 monarchs for about 100 years, and the repairs of the causeway of the Temple of Assur. 

 From Kalah Shargat. 



Calcareous stone monument with inscription, in 3 columns, of Merodach Baladan I., 

 King of Babylon, recording the events of his reign and those of some of his predecessors. 

 From Babylon. 



Six lion-headed winged figures found under the pavement of the South-eastern Palace 

 of Nimroud. 



Some clay seals of Assurbanipal. 



Baked brick with inscription of Tigulti-Ninip, King of Assyria. 



Baked brick with inscription of Assurbanipal, King of Assyria. From the Temple of 

 Bel at Babylon. 



Pendant with Cypriote inscription. From Kouyunjik. 



Painted brick, with portion of archers and chariot represented on it. 



Bronze dish. 



Necklace of gold, silver, and stone beads. 



In addition to these, some objects were obtained by purchase from other sources. 



Fragment of a clay tablet with Assyrian cuneiform inscription relating to omens. 



Fragment of a brick with Elamite inscription, found near Bushire. Presented by 

 A. S. Betts, Esq. 



Black jasper cylinder with figure of the god Anu. 



Chalcedony cylinder, uninscribed, of fine work, with figures of deities surrounded by stars. 



Two heads in basalt, from the Plauran. Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester. 

 121. 4 Carnelian 



