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



Tablets dated in the accession year, and in the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th 

 years of Nabonidus. These refer principally to the tithes or other dues paid to the 

 temple of the Sungod at Sippara. 



Tablets, dated in the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th years of Cyrus, of a similar nature to the fore- 

 going. 



Contracts and other documents dated in the 3rd, 6th, 9th, lOth, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 

 20th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, and 34th years of Darius. The most interesting are some 

 referring to loans of coined silver at interest, and one recording the placing of a female 

 slave named Taslimu as security for a sum of two-thirds of a mana of coined silver, 

 borrowed by her owner, Itti-Bel-limmir, from Daan-edir. 



Part of a tablet upon which is drawn a plan of a field. 



Phoenician : — 



Silver ladle. 



Limestone male bearded head, from Jebeil. 



Palmy rene : — 



Busts of Wahballat the son of Bolha, the son of Borpha Ahithur ; Tibol the son of 

 Lishmesh Tibol the elder; Alia, daughter of Yarhai Abab, dated in the year a.Gr. 



425 = AD. 113; the daughter of Ogailu Shalmawi ; and that of a man 



whose name is broken away. 



III. Presents. 



Seven terracotta coin moulds ; fragments of millefiori glass ; part of a red terracotta 

 vase ornamented with flowers, fish, etc. ; top of a sepulchral box of Hapi, the scribe of 

 the soldiers ; fragment of a cable from Thebes ; embroidered palm leaf basket ; pieces of 

 Egyptian linen ; and a collection of about fifty objects, being modern imitations of 

 Egyptian antiquities. Presented by Walter Myers, Esq., F.S.A. 



Head of Sachet, with two kittens upon the top of her head. 



Five blue glazed porcelain sepulchral figures of Tani-hert, Masa-herti, Tet-ptah-anch,. 

 Pa-net'em, and Nestanebasher, about 1040 B.C. 



Inlaid bronze head of Ra, with disk and uraeus from asgis, bearing the name of Apries, 

 King of Egypt, B.C. 590. 



Bronze mortar rake ; terracotta lamp ; part of a stone figure of a dignitary called 

 Psammetichus, and fragment of alabaster inscribed with the name of Chephren, King of 

 Egypt, circ, B.C. 3650. Presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq. 



Pair of bronze cymbals from Jebeil ; shell for holding paint ; twelve miscellaneous in- 

 scribed gems; reed with Coptic inscription ; shell necklace; bead necklace; shell and 

 bead necklace ; and wooden box in the shape of a cartouche, Presented by the Rev. 

 Greville J. Chester. 



Iron hoe from Thebes. 



Iron blade of hatchet. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. 



Part of a basalt figure of Nectanebus, King of Egypt, B.C. 360 ; limestone tablet of 

 Ptolemy II., with representation of this king offering to the gods ; limestone tablet of 

 Ptolemy II. and Arsinoe II. ; two limestone sphinxes ; small statue of Ptolemy II. ; 

 green glazed figures of Nephthys, Araen~Ra, Thoueris, and other deities ; terracotta boat; 

 large blue glazed porcelain bowl ; iron hatchet ; red terracotta figure of the god Bes ; 

 flat green glazed dish, with division ; a collection of stone mortars of various sizes ; and 

 a collection of miscellaneous objects, chiefly bowls and vases. A series of foundation 

 deposits from the temple of Ptolemy II. at Naucratis, consisting of libation vases of 

 different sizes , alabaster pegs ; mud rake ; mud brick ; models of an adze, chisel, trowel, 

 and hatchet ; sacrificial knife and axe ; and small pieces of the stones and other materials, 

 such as iron, lead, copper, silver, gold, turquoise, agate, jasper, and lapis-lazuli, used in 

 the building. Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



Cartonnage head with gilded face, from the mummy of Nes-Ames, about B.C. 300. 

 Presented by W. Ingram, Esq. 



A cast of a lion carved in stone, covered with wricing in the so-called Hittite character, 

 from Marash. Presented by Frederic D. Mocatta, Esq. 



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