ACCOUNTS, &C , OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 2q 



Thirty steiitlte figures of Ptah, Basf, Xefer Turn, Isis, Anubis and Bes of Et^-ntian 

 style ; from Umrit. °"' ^ 



Calcareous stone slab with have aad two greyhounds ; from Umrit. 



Calcareous stone rnoiild with inscriptions in unknown characters ; from Beyrout. 



Terracotta bowl in the shape of a ladle ; from Beyrout. 



Terracotta figure recliniuL;- in a car drawn by three Imman-headed horses : from Tvre. 



Bearded horseman ; from Tyre. 



Handle of vase, showing the manner of making ; from Cyprus. 



Alabaster vase; from Bengemmi. 



Alabaster vase. 



Bronze prismatic rod. 



Four fragments of terracotta vases ; from Lieyrout. 



Seven fragments of vases from the temple of iMelkarth, Malta. 



Calcareous stone fragment of mortar ; from Tartus. 



Dark stone pebble case in iron wire ; from Tartus. 



The above presented by the Eev. Greville ,!. Chester. 



Chalcedony scaraboid with flying horseman discharging arrow behind him ; from 

 Nishapur near Abr Sheba, Kortesu, Persia. 



Silver ring s^et with garnet, with bust in intaglio ; from Mai- Amir, the old Ideg. 



Cast of the Siloam inscription ; from the Pool at Jerusalem. 



Cast of the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar, king of Sidon ; B.C. 380 presented by the 

 Museum of the Louvre. 



Cast of Phoenician inscription on monument dedicated to the queen Isaddon; presented 

 by the Museum of t ,e Louvre. 



Bronze lamp in shape of a bull ; from the plains of Sharon. 



Ten calcareous stone slabs with Cypriote inscriptions ; published in the Salaminia of 

 Major A. P. di Cesnola. 



Limestone slab with bust of female in high relief, named Akme, and Palmyrene in- 

 scription. 



A terracotta vase ornamented with head of the god Bes ; from Dougola ; presented by- 

 Francis Galton, Esq., F.R.S. 



The numbc" of objects acquired in the Assyrian division during the year 1884 was 

 612. o J 



The greater part of these acquisitions consist of unbaked and baked clay tablets, mostly 

 contracts, from Babylon, Borsippa, Scphai'vaim, &c. The following are the dates repre- 

 sented : — 



The 14th and 16th years of Kandalanu or Kineladanos. 



The 4th, 5th, 9th-12th, 14th, 24th, 26th, 28th-30th, 32nd, 34th, 38th, 40th, and 41st of 

 Nebuchadnezzar. 



The accession year of Amel-Marduk or Evil-Merodach. 



The accession, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years of Nerigllssar. 



The accession, lst-12th, and l4th-17th of Nabonidus. 



The 2ud, ord, oth, 7th, and 8th of Cyrus. 



The accession, lst-4th, 6th, and 7th of Cambyses. 



The Ist-llth, ]4th, 15th, 17th, 29th, 33rd and 34th years of Darius, 



The 1st year of Barzia or Bardes. 



Also a tablet bearing the name of Esarhaddon, ''■ king of Babylon," and a tablet roea- 

 tioning Demetrius. 



Most of the above refer to loans of money or produce, the buying and selling of houses, 

 fields, produce, slaves, &c., also many documents which are simply memoranda of com- 

 mercial transactions. Many of these tablets refer to coined money, and one, dated in the 

 reign of Darius, mentions silver "impressed with the image of a bird." 



A few of the above documents, however, are of the highest interest and importance for 

 the manners, customs^ and history of the ancient Babylonians. The following are the 

 most noteworthy : 



A large tablet of unbaked clay containing the history of Babylon from 747 B.C. to 

 about d()7 B.C. 



This document mentions a revolt which took place in Babylon and Borsippa in the time 

 of Nabonassar, quelled by that king In Borsippa, and the death of Nabonassar In his 

 palace in the 14th year of his reign. 



The death of Nabu-nadin-zir or Nadinu (Nadlos), his successor. In a revolt which took 

 place in the second year of his reign. The leader of the revolt, who mounted the throne, 

 reigned only one month and tw^alve days, and Viras succeeded by Ukin-zir or Chlnziros, In 

 whose third year came Tiglath-pileser and dest'.'oyed Bit-Amukan, and captured Ukin-zir. 



Tiglath-pileser died, after a reign of two years, and was succeeded by Sulman-aSarld or 



Shalmaneser. This king destroyed the city Sabara'in. He reigned five years at 

 Babylon, and was succeeded by Marduk-abla-IddIn or Meiodach-baladan. 



In the second year of Merodach-baladan a great battle took place In the province of 

 Dur-ili, between Ummanlgas, king of Elam, and Sargon of Assyria, In which the former 

 was vicrorious. Merodadii-baladan came to the aid of the Elamites, but was only in 

 time to join in the pursuit. 



0.73. Sennacherib 



