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A terra-cotta cylinder, referring to the restoration of the temple of the sun-god at 

 Sippara, by Assur-bani-apli, or Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; about 668 B.C. 



A terra-cotta cylinder, referring to the restoration of the temple of the sun-god at 

 Sippara, by Samas-sura-ukin (Saosduchinos), brother of Assur-bani-a^ili. who, on the death 

 of Esarhddaon, succeeded to the throne of JBabylonia. 'J'his cylinder, which is written in 

 a very archaic style, contains two versions of the text, the one in the so-called Sumerian 

 language, the other in Babylonian or Assyrian. 



A terra-cotta cylinder recording the repairs and restorations made to the temple of the 

 sun-god at Sippara, by Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. This cylinder is an imitation of 

 the cone-like cylinders of Khammurabi, an earlier king. 



Several terra-cotta cylinders referring to the restoration of the temple of the sun- 

 god at Sippara, by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon ; from Abu-habbah. 



A tablet, containing a number of Babylonian legal precepts, illustrating the laws 

 relating to the possession and inheritance of property ; from Abu-habbah. 



A large number of unbaked clay tablets, evidently the receipts for the tithes of the 

 temple of the sun-god at Sippara, dated in the reigns of Samas-sum-ukin (Saosduchinos), 

 Kandalanu (Kineladanos), Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, Evil-Merodach, Neriglissar, 

 Labasi-Marduk (Labosardach), Nabonidus, Cyrus, Cambyses, Bardes, Darius, and 

 Artaxerxes. 



A large limestone boundary-stone, of rectangular shape, containing, on one side, 

 representations of men, animals, and composite creatures, emblems of the gods of 

 Babylonia and Assyria, and supposed to be the originals of the signs of the Zodiac. On 

 two of the three remaining faces is a long inscription, in good condition, referring to the 

 reign of Nebuchadnezzar I. ; from Babylon. 



A smaller boundary-stone, with conical top, containing aa inscription recording a grant 

 of land made by Meli-Sikhu, king of Babylonia, about 1300 B.C. This monument is 

 carved at the corners and along where ihe conical top begins, in the form of the walls and 

 towers of a castle or fortress. The top is carved with mythological figures, supposed to 

 represent the signs of the Zodiac. 



A boundary-stone of black basalt, recording a grant of land made by Nabu-kin-abli, 

 king of Babylon, about 1200 B.C., to Arad- . . . -bi. This monument, which is 

 inscribed on three sides and on the top, is sculptured with representations of Nabu-kin- 

 abli, the king, and Arad- . . . -bi and his daughter. The fourth side is covered with 

 bas-reliefs similar to those' on the other stones of this class, supposed to represent the 

 signs of the Zodiac. 



A small jasper signet-cylinder, inscribed with the name of Kuri-galzu, king of 

 Babylonia, about 1380 B.C. 



An alabaster figure of a female, in the Babylonian style, represented wearing a long 

 robe, and having on the head a large wig, arranged in ringlets, falling to the shoulders. 

 The hands are placed against the breasts, and each is shown holding a lotus-flower ; from 

 Abu-habbah. 



A large shell, engraved with representations of horsemen, and an ornament like the 

 so-called sacred tree of the Assyrians ; the hinge carved to represent a human head ; 

 from Abu-habbah. 



An Egyptian scarabseus carved in ivory, showing traces of gold inlaying ; from Abu- 

 habbah. 



Head of a calf carved in ivory, very fine bold woi-kmanship ; from Abu-habbah. 



An oblong eight-sided object of porphcry, with a bronze mounting at the smaller end 

 in the form of a ram's head, with inlaid eyes. The stone part contains six lines, in two 

 short columns, of a cuneiform inscription, rather worn, from which it seems that the 

 instrument was a present from Tugulti-nimi, king of Khana, near Karkemish, to the 

 temple of the sun-god at Sipara ; from Abu-habbah. 



A small collection of silver and other objects from Babylon, evidently the remains of 

 a silversmith's or coiner's shop. Of these, the following are the principal : — 



A handle of a silver vase, in the shape of a bull, horned, standing on his hind legs, the 

 forelegs bent at the knee, as if kneeling, the head turned, looking backwards. One side 

 of the head mutilated by a stroke from a chisel. 



A circular silver brooch, or other ornament, with a fastening. 



Fourteen silver coins of Cyprus, Tyre, &c., some illegible by reason of the oxidization, 

 others defaced by strokes of a chisel. 



Fragments of eight silver coins, cut up by means of a chisel. 



A circular gold ornament, with a fastening. 



A blue composition figure of an ape, and the upper part of a figure of the Egyptian 

 god Bes. 



A series of letters or dispatches from the royal library at Kouyunjik, Assyria. 



The top of an arch-headed stele, engraved with a representation of an Assyrian king, 

 from the Khabour 



A stone, engraved with an inscription in the so-called Hittite or Hamathite character, 

 from Aleppo. 



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