ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I3 



Six bronze weights, inscribed .V for nomisma and N T nomismata tria, " one" and "three 

 nomisma coins " or gold solidi which they were intended to weigh. 



Linen heads covered with plaster, and painted, of hawks and Egyptian monarch s 



Sandstone tablet ; on it are represented the adorations of Pasheti, an Egyptian, and his 

 sistei", to the god Amen Ra. From Nubia. 



Bronze cynocephalus ape, having on the plinth a dedication of Necho II. of tlie 26th 

 dynasty. 



Unrolled mummy of an ibis, the Ibis religiosa. Sav. Presented by Norman 

 Pearson, Esq. 



White jasper oval, with magical inscription. 



A considerable collection of Assyrian antiquities has been added to the department 

 from the excavations carried on in Mesopotamia by Mr. George Smith, by order of the 

 Trustees, in the course of the years 1873-74. The collection consisted of about 3,000 

 objects, princijmlly fragments of terra- cotta inscriptions, other portions of which were 

 already in the collections to which many of the new fragments have been united. 



Among the principal objects are — 



An early Babylonian tablet. From Kouyunjik. 



Several fragments of tablets giving an account of the Assyrian Deluge. 



Portion of the legend of Sargon I., King of Assyria. 



Some new fragments of the synchronous history of Babylonia and Assyria. 



An historical tablet of Assurrisilim, King of Assyria. 



Part of a cylinder of Tiglath Pileser I., King of Assyria. 



Inscribed bricks, with names and titles of Shalmaneser I. and Tigulti-Ninip, Kings of 

 Assyria. 



Stone inscription of Mutaggiluusku, King of Assyria. 



Portions of cylinders in terra-cotta, of Sargon, King of Assyria. 



Part of a terra-cotta cylinder, with the annals of Sennacherib, King of Assyria. 



Part of an inscription narrating the conquest of Egypt by Esarhaddon. 



Terra-cotta fragments of an historical inscription of Assurbanipal, mentioning Sabaco, 

 the Ethiopian King of Egypt. 



Terra-cotta fragments relating to the wars between the Assyrians and Medes at the 

 close of the Assyrian Empire. 



A perfect terra-cotta tablet, with mythological inscription, in the Accadian and Assyrian 

 cuneiform writing. 



Part of an Assyrian astrolabe in terra-cotta. 



Part of an inscription on terra-cotta, giving divisions of the Seasons and rules for fixing 

 the year. 



Two bilingual terra-cotta tablets, with Assyrian and Phoenician inscriptions. 



Several new syllabaries and lists on terra-cotta tablets. 



Portions of a crystal throne. 



Some specimens of ancient Assyrian ironwork. 



Some interesting bronze objects, including a fork with two prongs like the Roman 

 ligula, ornamented with annulets. 



Stone lintel of a door found on the site of the palace of Sennacherib at Kouyunjik, 

 with bas relief representing a two-handled A'ase and two gryphons. 



Two terra-cotta tablets with cuneiform inscriptions, dated in the reigns of Neriglissar 

 and Cambyses. Presented by Alfred J. Lawson, Esq. 



Bronze figure of a Persian deity. From Urmia. 



Terra-cotta seals and tesserae from Palmyra, with figures and Palmyrene inscriptions. 



Agate scaraba3oid, having on the base a bull, and the name of ' Jashael,' its possessor. 



In the year 1874, the fifteen sheets of the 4tli volume of Cuneiform Inscriptions 

 awaiting final correction have been corrected, and seven additional ones, comprising the 

 whole number of the work, have been thrown on the stone. 



S. Birch. 



Department of Greek and Boman Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangement. 



Eighty-three sculptures, inscriptions, and pieces of architecture, three mosaics and 

 seventeen bronze figures have been mounted and repaired ; a plaster model of the 

 Acropolis of Athens has been placed under a glass shade in the New Elgin Room ; three 

 shades for vases have been placed in the Second Vase Room ; twenty-three fictile vases, 

 seventj' terra- cottas, sixteen objects in bronze, and seventeen objects in iron have been 

 cleaned and repaired; one hundred and seventy-six wax impressions, and one hundred 

 and twenty-four plaster casts have been made from gems ; one hundred and twenty-four 

 gems, and one hundred and thirty gold ear-rings have been mounted on velvet-covered 

 blocks ; one gold wreath has been cleaned and repaired. Pari I. of the collection of 

 Greek Inscriptions in the Museum, containing the inscriptions of Attica, has been pub- 



148. B 3 lished. 



