l8 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Terracotta figure of Silenus, holding cornucopife and cantharus, out of which a panther 

 is drinking. 



Model of an Argolrc buckler, or circular shield, ornamented with head of the Youthful 

 Bacchus, and vine leaves in relief. 



Terracotta model of a rectangular convex Roman shield, ornamented with figure of 

 Mars in relief. 



Eleven Gnostic engraved stones, several with Gnostic inscriptions. 



Copper head of a small hammer ; from Ascahm. 



Terracotta roundel, ornamented with concentric circles; from Beit Nabula, near Jaffa. 



Terracotta roundel, with inscription in an uncertain character ; from Malta. 



Hsematite cylinder, with figures of two deities, heads of goat and dog, and palm 

 branches ; from Jerusalem. 



The most important of the Assyrian acquisitions are : — 



Fragments of a small delicately modelled man-headed bull, the pedestal finely orna- 

 mented with small bas-reliefs. From Sennacherib's palace at Kouyunjik. 



A silver bracelet of open work, set with stones Late period, from Kouyunjik. 



Three terracotta cylinders, containing the annals of the earlier years of Sennacherib's 

 reign, ending with the expedition against Hezekiah, King of Judah. Dated in the 

 eponymy of Mitunu. 700 B.C. From Kouyunjik. 



Fragments of a cylinder of Esarhaddon, making a few additions to the texts published 

 in the third volume of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia. From Kouyunjik. 



A letter to Assurbanipal concerning Tammaritu, King of Elam, From Kouyunjik. 



A letter from Samas-suma-ukin, King of Babylon, to Assurbanipal, his brother. King 

 of Assyria. About 630 B.C. From Kouyunjik. 



A fragment of a bilingual list, with glosses. From Kouyunjik. 



A fragment of a bilingual list of different kinds of vessels and documents, with glosses. 

 From Kouyunjik. 



The most important of the Babylonian acquisitions are : — 



A cylinder of green jasper, inscribed with the name of Hashamer, a viceroy under 



Ur-Bagas or Lig-Bagas (Urukh), King of Babylon, about 2,000 B.C. Presented by 

 C. D. Cobham, Esq., H. M. Commissioner at Larnaca. 



A clay cylinder of Antiochus, referring to the repair of the temples E-saggil and 

 E-zida at Babylon. 



A tablet of unbaked clay, containing a list of 22 Babylonian Kings who reigned about 

 1,500 B.C. 



A fragment of a contract-tablet, dated in the 2nd year of the reign of Nabu-nasir 

 (Nabonassar). From Babylon. 



Some contract-tablets dated in the reign of Kandalanu (Kinneladanus), King of Babylon, 

 and of Samas-suma- ukin, brother of Assurbanipal. 



A finely sculptured figure of Assurbanipal, King of Assyria, in high relief, dressed in 

 his robes, and distinctive royal headdress, bearing on his head a wicker basket, which he 

 holds with both hands. The back and sides inscribed with his name and titles. 

 From Babylon. 



A smaller but exactly similar figure of Samas-suma-ukin, King of Babylon, brother of 

 Assurbanipal, damaged, and the royal headdress sawn off in ancient times, probably on 

 account of his rebellion against his brother. Inscribed with his name and titles. 

 From Babylon. 



A very fine bilingual list from the Birs-Nimroud, Borsippa, dated in the first year of 

 Cyrus, King of Babylon. 



Several smaller bilingual lists and some most important syllabaries (one containing the 

 names of the principal towns of Babylonia, in Akkadian and Assyrian) ; from Babylon, 

 mostly of unbaked clay. 



Several bilingual magical texts, of unbaked clay. From Babylon. 



The most important of the antiquities from Jerabis or Carchemish are : — 



Some fragments of hieroglyphic inscriptions, belonging to the large pieces already in the 

 Museum. 



A broken brick with part of a cuneiform inscription, evidently the name of the Assyrian 

 King Sargon. 



A sepulchral monument, being the upper part of a figure in high relief, in Roman 

 costume, on the left-hand side of which is a Palmyrene inscription. From Palmyra. 



The most important of the antiquities from Van are : — 



Two large and almost perfect bronze shields, chased with rows of lions and bulls in 

 the Assyrian style, separated by a guilloche circle, and ornamented in the middle with a 

 radiating star. Bound the edge, one line of cuneiform inscription. 



Fragments of other shields, the surface in a most perfect state of preservation. 



A piece of bronze, engraved with the figure of a bull, pierced for inlaying, kneeling 

 on one knee before a representation of the sun with radiating rays. 



Fragments 



