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about two centuries before Sennacherib, and whose principal monu- 
ments are to be seen in the Nimroud collection. It is covered with 
small bas-reliefs, representing the various exploits of the monarch. 
Towards the North end of the room is the upper part of an obelisk 
of Tiglath-Pileser II., also discovered by Mr. Rassam. 
Towards the South end, a circular bowl in limestone, procured by 
Mr. Layard, and sculptured with bas-reliefs of men and lions. 
Six Table Cases in the middle of the room contain small 
objects discovered in various excavations. 
Cases A-B. Objects in iron and bronze — bracelets, fetters, and 
swords. 
Case C. Terracotta tablets with cuneiform inscriptions: amongst 
them are the Assyrian canon of names of Eponymous officers, from 
B.C. 911 to B.C. 660 ; the record of the Egyptian campaigns of Assur- 
bani-abla, b.c. 668, in which are mentioned Gyges, Necho, and Tirhaka ; 
sale tablets with Phoenician inscriptions, and others dated from Nabo- 
nidus, b.c. 555, to the Seleucidae, B.c. 164; a series of seals, two with 
the name of the Egyptian monarch Sabaco. 
Case D. Bronze objects from Van, from the Palace of Argisti, King 
of Minni, contemporary of Sargon, about b,c. 720. Bronze figures of 
Oudea, King of Zerghul, about b.c 2000. 
Case E. Terracotta tablets with cuneiform inscriptions: amongst 
them, an Assyrian planisphere ; the phonetic names of the months ; 
a syllabary ; tablet of Assyrian laws ; hieroglyphic forms of cuneiform 
characters; a list of square roots; a tablet, giving an account of the 
descent of Istar, the Assyrian Venus, to Hades, and the principal 
fragments of the tablets giving the Chaldean account of the Deluge, 
Creation, and Tower of Babel. 
Case F are seals, engraved stones, and cylinders of hard stone: 
amongst them are a cylinder of Dungi, King of Babylonia, about 
B.C. 2000; a fragment, with the name of Durigalzu, a king of Baby- 
lon, about b.c. 1400; and a stone, with the name of Nebuchadnezzar, 
b.c. 600 ; cylinder of Sennacherib, about b.c. 700 ; and one of 
Darius I., B.c. 520, containing an inscription in three languages. 
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With this room commences the series of sculptures exca- 
vated by Mr. Layard in 1847 and 1850, in different parts of 
the great mound at Nimroud ; with which have been placed 
one or two sculptures since obtained by Mr. Rassam from 
the same locality. 
To the left of the door, on entering from the Kouyunjik 
Gallery, is a small group of slabs in relief, consisting of sculp- 
tures discovered in the South-western edifice of the great 
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