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



Gold pendant of a necklace of the Greek period, in shape of the god Harpoci*ates. 



Red stone votive patera, with Osiris and Isis full-face. 



Plaster eniblemata with heads of Apollo. 



Bone plaque, with figure of Dionysos. 



Ivory plaque, with bear amidst foliage, in open work. 



Leaden figure of an elephant ; from Alexandria. 



Terra-cotta ostrakon, or fragment of vase, inscribed in Greek, with a receipt for 20 

 drachmas for the Avorkman's tax or licence, dated in the 14th year of Nero, a.d. 68 ; from 

 Elephantine. 



Terra-cotta fragment of vase, insci'ibed with a memorandum of Apollonios, son of 

 Arsaesis, in the reign of Trajan. 



Terra-cotta fragment of vase, inscribed in Greek, with a receipt for 17 drachmas for the 

 poll-tax, dated in the 4th year of the reign ot Hadrian, A.D. 120. 



Terra-cotta figure of Harpocrates. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Sandstone sepulchral tablet, with demotic inscription ; from Sakkarah. 



Limestone sepulchral tablet of Greek style ; from Tel Basta. Presented by F. G. 

 Hilton Price, Esq, 



Terra-cotta Christian lamp of the Monk Victor, inscribed, ABBA BIKTOPOC ; from 

 Alexandria. 



Terra-cotta lamp, inscribed with the name of " Agathos," AFAGOY ; from Alexandria. 



Two terra-cotta Christian lamps from Alexandria, and two from the Fayoum. Pre- 

 sented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Bronze ornament, in shape of a combination of the seven-branched golden candlestick, 

 and the crescent ; irom Alexandria. 



Terra-cotta lamp of late period; from Jaffa. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. 

 Chester. * 



Sepulchral Egyptian Vase, inscribed with hieroglyphic formula for Ransnab. Found 

 at Caesarea in Cilicia. 



Dark basalt fragments, with parts of figures and Hittite inscriptions; from Car- 

 chemish. 



Dark basalt semi-cylindrical monument, with portion of winged figure and Hittite 

 inscription ; from Carchemish. 



Of the acquisitions from Babylonia and Assyria the following may be mentioned : — 



Three cylinders, duplicates, each filling out and completing the other, containing an 

 account, by Nabonidus, king of Babylon, of the restorations of the temples of the 

 country. The best of the three contains 159 lines of writing, divided into three columns. 

 The inscription begins with the name, titles, and genealogy of Nabonidus. It then 

 goes on to say that fi-khulkhul, the temple of the Moongod at Harran, had been 

 destroyed by the Sabmanda, or Medes, and the inscription here relates that the gods 

 Merodach and Sin revealed to Nabonidus that it was the will of Bel that the temple 

 should be restored, the gods promising that the Sabmanda should be destroyed. This 

 happened three years after, when M erodach " sent his young servant," Cyrus, king of 

 Ansan, with his " little army," Avhich overthrew the Sabmanda, and captured Astyages, 

 their king. The restoration of the temple is next described, and the names of several 

 kings, both Babylonian and Assyrian, given. Then follows the descrijjtion of the restora- 

 tion of the temple called l6-bara, the shrine of the sun-god at Sippara. Nabonidus's first 

 care was to find the records of former kings, and after some trouble, and the destruction 

 of a large part of the foundations, he lighted upon the record of Naram-Sin, son of 

 Sargon 1. (known as Sargon of Agane, or Agade), whose date he gives as 3200 years 

 before his own time ; that is, 3700 years B.C. After this is given the description of the 

 restoration of the temple of the goddess Anunit, called fi-ulbar, a very ancient building. 

 The only record which Nabonidus speaks of having found in the foundation of ]£-ulbar is 

 that of Sagasalti-Burias (or Saggasti-Burias), son of Kudurri-Bel, a king who reigned 

 about 1050 B.C. At the end of the record Nabonidus calls upon any prince who should 

 come after him to restore the ruins of the temple, to read the record of his name, and not 

 to alter it. He asks him also to cleanse the altar, to sacrifice a victim, and to place his 

 own record with that of Nabonidus. If he do this, then Samas and Anunit will go by his 

 side, will destroy his enemies, and will every day ask Sin, their father, for prosperity for 

 him. 



Three small cylinders, recording the restoration of the temple of the sun-god at Sippara 

 by Khammurabi, king of Babylonia, about 2100 B.C. These cylinders are of an inter- 

 mediate form between the cones of early times and the barrel cylinders of the later kings. 

 From Abu-habbah. 



A stone slab, containing part of an inscription in two columns, and the upper part of 

 a bas-relief, representing Khammurabi, king of Babylonia, about 2100 B.C. From Abu- 

 habbah. 



A terra-cotta cylindrical object, thinner in the middle than at the ends, inscribed with 

 the name of Samsu-iluna, king of Babylonia, about 2100 B.C. From Abu-habbah. 



A limestone cylinder, slightly thinner in the middle than at the ends, containing an 

 inscription, in two columns, dedicated to the goddess Istar by Arad-Sin, an early king of 

 Babylonia, for preserving his life and that of his father, Kudur-mabug, a king of Babylonia, 

 Date about 2400 b.c. JB'rom Babylonia. 



A terra-cotta 



