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before Sennacherib, and whose principal monuments are to be seen 
in the Nimroucl 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 
thera 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-pal, B.C. 668, in which are mentioned Gj'ges, Necho, and Tirhaka; 
sale tablets with Phoenician inscriptions, and others dated from Nabo- 
nidus, B.C. 555, to the Seleucidse, 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 
Gudea, 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 cuneiform syllabary; tablet of Assyrian laws ; hieroglyphic forms of 
cuneiform characters; a list of square roots; a tablet, giving an 
account of the descent of Ishtar, the Assyrian Venus to Hades, and 
the principal fragments of the three 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. 
NIMEOUD CENTRAL SALOON. 
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 Ninu'oud ; 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 Koupmjik 
Gallery, is a small group of slabs in relief, consisting of sculp- 
tures discovered in the South-western edifice of the o-reat 
