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13. A brick of the largest size. It was found at A1 Hymer. It is covered with 
cuneiform characters in ten lines, the greatest number of lines yet discovered 
in any Babylonian ruin. This brick is described in Plate LXXVII., 
mark (a). It is preserved in a deal box, for fear of falling to pieces, having- 
been fractured in travelling. 
14. A specimen of the marble of which Persepolis is built. The author had it 
engraved in the three characters, — Cuneiform, Greek, and Persian, import¬ 
ing the city’s three names, — Istaker, Persepolis, Tackt-i-Jemsheed. 
15. A piece of the rock of Nackshi-Roustam, or Mountain of Sepulchres. 
16. A sacred cake from Meschid Ali, formed of the earth near the tomb of the 
saint. 
To the Edinburgh and Dublin Museums, smaller specimens of all these Babylonian 
relics, were presented. Others are also deposited in the Imperial Museum at St. 
Petersburgh. 
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