ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3I 



A broken tablet recording the adoptiou, by Marduk-sum-nasir, of Marduk-remanni, his 

 grandchild, a child three years old, the son of Kitinnu-Marduk and Ramua (daughter of 

 Marduk-sum-nasir). It is stipulated that certain property be given to the child on his 

 coming of age. Dated the 10th of Marcheswan in the third year of Cyrus. 



A tablet referring to the property left to Marduk-sum-iddin and Iddin-Nabu, by their 

 father, Nabu-epis-ziri. Dated the 16th of Marcheswan in the i2th year of Nabonidus. 



The marriage contract of Nabu-nadin-sum and Sira, referring to the property given 

 VFith the latter by her brothers, Marduk-sum-iddin and Iddin-Nabu. Dated the 13th of 

 Marcheswan in the 16th year of Nabonidus. 



A marriage contract in which Itti-Marduk-balatu gives ten mana of silver, four slaves, 

 and the furniture of a house with Amat-Nana, his daughter. Dated the 13th of Marches- 

 wan, in the third year of Cambyses. 



A tablet referring to the sale of a slave marked on the left hand with the name of his 

 mistress. Dated in the 20th year of Darius. 



Several large tablets of the time of Darius referring to the sale of fields. Sec, two ot 

 which contain the Egj^ptian name Pisamiski or Psammetichus, one of the witnesses. 



A small clay cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar from Sippara or Sepharvaim, referring to the 

 restoration of the temple of the sun-god in that city. ^ 



A crystal bead from Assyria, inscribed : " To Assur his lord, Samas-ili the Tartan has 

 presented (this) for (the saving of) his life." 



A large limestone cylinder-seal with representations of Gistubar and Ea-bani fighting 

 with animals, lions devouring deer, &c. About 2000 B.C. 



A haamatite cylinder-seal bearing a representation of a goddess, worshipper, and 

 attendant. Inscribed, " Urrit-nagna, son of Za, servant of the deity Dun-sig-e." About 

 2000 B.C. 



Several cylinder-seals from Cyprus. 



Several figures of Eros in clay, of the Parthian period. 



Several medallions, rosette-ornaments, &c., in clay, of the Parthian period. 



Some alabaster dolls (Greek or Parthian). 



A large slab from Nimroud, of the time of Tiglath-pileser III., about 740 B.C., bearing 

 the representation of the siege of a city, and a procccssion of warriors carrying idols, 

 together with part of a cuneiform inscription, has been transferred from the Academy for 

 the Fine Arts at Bristol, to the British Museum. 



S. Birch. 



Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



, I. — Arrangement. 



Three inscriptions, fifty-three sculptures, three pieces of architecture, one mosaic 

 and one cast, have been repaired and mounted; five bronzes, and one object in silver-gilt 

 have been cleaned, repaired, and mounted ; one hundred and seventy-two fictile vases, 

 and fragments of vases, two hundred and nine terracottas, seven coijies of Etruscan 

 paintings, two fresco-paintings and one amber ring, have been cleaned, repaired, and 

 mounted ; sixteen plaster casts have been made from gems ; twelve new moulds have been 

 made from sculptures ; the sculptures from the temple of Athene Polias at. Priene have 

 been arranged in the Mausoleum Koom, and progress has been made in arranging the 

 sculptures of the Ephesos Room ; the collection of mural paintings and the later Greek 

 and Roman terracottas have been mounted and arranged in the Fourth Vase Room ; two 

 new table-cases, a glass shade, and a 2)edestal with a glass shade, have been placed in the 

 Vase Rooms, and a pedestal with a glass shade in the Second Bronze Room ; three hun- 

 dred and seventy-one descriptive tilles have been attached to objects; five hundred and 

 eighteen objects have been registered, and eleven objects catalogued ; sheets B-E. 

 of Part III. of the "Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum" have been printed 

 off, and a new edition of the General Guide to the Exhibition Rooms has been issued. 



II. — A cquisidons. 

 I. — 1. A terracotta female figure reclining on a rock. From Athens. 



2. Two terracotta female figures seated and holding masks. From Tanagra. These 

 three figures are in very fine condition and of great beauty. 



3. A fictile oinochoe on the front of which is modelled a youthful male figure winged 

 and wearing a Phrygian cap, probably Ganymede. From Corinth. 



II. — 1. A fictile vase said to have been found at Phocaea, in Asia Minor. (Pub- 

 lished in Journal of Hellenic Studies, II., p. 305.) 



2. A fictile vase, of red ware, on the front of Avhich is modelled a female figure. This 

 type of vase occurs frequently in Cyprus. Said to have been found at Phocaea. 



0.73. F 3. A globular 



