Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

LURING 19 CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 475
with drawn bow) ; a piece of lapis lazuli with a human
head in low relief; another round stone slab dedicated to
En-lil by King Lugalkigubnidudu ; a model in limestone
for making plano-convex bricks ; about forty fragments
of clay bearing impressions of archaic seal cylinders ; and
more than one hundred inscribed clay tablets taken from
below the level of Naram-Sin. With regard to several
other antiquities found in the strata immediately beneath
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Pre-Sargonic Votive Tablet in Limestone, Sacrificial Scene
it — as, e.g., a quantity of large beads in crystal (quartz),
a hollow cone of silver, a vase of jewelry containing rings
and a well preserved chain in the same metal, several excellently
fashioned nails, scrapers, knives, a saw, and many
fragments of vessels, all in copper — it must remain doubtful
whether they belonged to "the house of Bel" or, as
seems more probable to the present writer, in part at
least were originally deposited in the numerous ash-graves
which begin to appear directly below the pavement of the
Sargon dvnastv.
Several fragments of small pavements were discovered
slightly above that of Naram-Sin in the east section of the
temple court immediately before the sanctuary of Bel.