in diameter and in three other pieces; and four other fragments. The margin is slightly reverted. From Sudatmand. Bn. 254.-A ladle-like object in metal1 the receptacle having a diameter of 2" 60 and a depth of 1"-50, the margin being expanded and flat, but imperfect in the front. From Jūni. Bn. 255-257.-Three bronze bangles and two fragments of others, one fragment being hollow. The free ends of two terminate in rude representations of snakes' heads with scroll ornaments behind them. One bracelet has been figured." Professor Warden has kindly analysed the most perfect, and his analysis will be found in the Appendix C. They are from Jūni, with the exception of the hollow piece which is from Sudatmand. Bn. 258-262.-Five metal finger rings, one with an urnshaped expansion on one side. Four are from Darak and one from Kohistān. Bn. 263-264.-Two small metal buttons more or less conical, the larger 1" in diameter, and the smaller 0.55. The first from Kohistan, and the second from Sudatmand. Bn. 265.-A metal ring welded on to a stem 1"-95 long, and a collar at the line of union of the two, the ring being 1"-10 across. Bn. 266-274.-Nine fragments of metal rods much corroded externally, and one club-shaped at the one end. The longest is about 9", but the others are short fragments. Probably from Sutkägen Dor. Bn. 275-278.-Four metal arrow-heads; two imperfect. One has been figured.3 1 Blanford. Op. cit., Pl. ii, fig. 6. One is from Surag, another from Gird Koh, the third from Kohistan, and the fourth from Kārwän. Bn. 279-292.-Fourteen metal fragments. From Satkagen Dor. Bn. 293-301.-Nine metal coins, but with all traces of characters obliterated, if they ever had any. From Sudatmand. Bn. 302.-A long narrow chisel-shaped piece of iron evidently recent. Locality unknown. Bn. 303.-A silver bracelet or bangle with the free ends roundly expanded. It is in five separate pieces that have been joined together. From Damba Koh. Bn. 304-323.-Twenty fragments of human bones, skull, vertebræ, and limb bones. These are the contents of the urn Bn. 1 of this list. From Kohistan near Surag. Bn. 324-336.-Thirteen fragments of human bones, skull, long bones and feet. From vessel Bn. 33 of this list. From Karwān. Bn. 337-349.-Thirteen fragments of human bones, skull, and long bones. From Chidīzī. Bn. 350-367.-Part of the vertebra of a goat, and eighteen ruminant teeth, Bos and Capra; part of a vertebra and two portions of long bones of Capra, and three teeth of Sus. From Kohistan. Bn. 368-371.-Four fish vertebræ, one of a shark charred; two calcined fragments. From Chidīzi. Bn. 372-373.-The caudal spine of a ray, and the pectoral spine of a siluroid. No locality given. Bn. 374-379.-Six reptilian bones (Crocodilia), and one crocodile tooth and two charred fragments. From Chidīzi. Bn. 380-388.-Nine fragments of Gasteropodous Mollusca and part of the bone of a cuttle-fish. From Chidizi. Bn. 389.-Portion of the shell of an Echinus. Persia. This place is situated in the Gulf of Oman on the coast of Persia close to the entrance to the Persian Gulf.1 An old hill fort occurs near the modern town, and in the former the two following objects were found. Presented to the Indian Museum by Commander A. W. Stiffe. Jk. 1.-A bead made of coarse quartz earthenware and covered with a pale blue glaze. It exactly resembles some of the beads from Gwadar. Jk. 2.—A piece of pottery probably made of finely ground quartz and an alkaline clay. It is 0"-20 thick and measures 2′′.20 x 2". It is covered with a white and blue glaze, the devices having the general character also of the Gwadar pottery. Persepolis. On the south platform or its western section. A slab of greyish limestone, measuring 27′′ 50 square, with two figures in low relief, one a warrior leading by the hand Lieut. A. W. Stiffe, Quart. Jour. Geo. Surv. Socy., 1874, pp. 50-53. a boyish, bare-headed figure, with negro features. The figures stop short at the knees. On the right-hand side there is a border of six lotus-like rosettes of which there is one, and a portion of another, at the upper left-hand corner. Presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Captain W. Bruce,1 1820. Bushire. 2 Sir John Malcolm, in his History of Persia, incidentally mentions that mounds, apparently of considerable antiquity, occur in the neighbourhood of Bushire or Abusheher; and that from them many vases full of bones were removed while he was residing there. From the smallness of the vases in which these bones were, he concludes that the ancient Persians, as hinted at by Herodotus, first treated their dead like the followers of Zoroaster at the present day, until all the flesh had been removed by birds and animals of prey, and that the bones, when free of the flesh, were then interred in vases. Be. 1.-A small brass, probably female, human figure, the lower portion of the body terminating not in limbs but a quadrangular end or tenon, evidently intended to fit into a socket. The way in which the draping and coronal headdress are treated is Grecian. The left hand is at the side, holding up the garments, while the right hand is in front of the chest. There is a small copper ring round the neck. Height of figure 3"-50. It was found by a peasant near Bushire, and was presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal,3 by Captain G. T. Bennett, 4th May 1836. 1 As. Res. Vol. XIII, 1820, App. p. XVI. 2 History of Persia, Vol. I, p. 198. 3 Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. V, 1836, p. 248, Pl. vi, fig. 4. Turkey in Asia. On the south platform on its eastern section. Bn. 1.-A brick from Babylon, 12" 75 square, and 3"-25 thick, with an inscription in the centre. There is no history attached to this brick which is marked 934 of Dr. Mitra's Catalogue. It may be one of two presented to the Asiatic Society,1 mentioned below, but which I have not been able to identify. Bn. 2.-Fragment of a brick from the ruins of Babylon, with an inscription in the centre. It is irregularly shaped, and its greatest length is 12" 90 and it is 3"-50 thick. Presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal by J. Avdall, Esq., 2nd September 1829.2 Bn. 3.—A brick, with an inscription, from Babylon, measuring 12′′ 50 square by 3.25 thick. Presented by the Geological Survey of India, 7th August 1877. Bn. 4.-A brick like the preceding, from Babylon. Presented by the Geological Survey of India, 7th August 1877. Egypt. Et. 1 a. b.-A human mummy. The wooden cover of the mummy case (b) has been removed and is exhibited separately on the other side of the window. The body (a) is seen wrapped up in cloth, the arms being tied down to the sides. The front parts of the feet have fallen away, so that the bones are exposed. The dried flesh also of the face 1 A brick presented by the Hon'ble Captain Keppel, 7th July 1824. As. Res., Vol. XV, 1825, App. XXXIV. A brick, with an inscription, given to Mr. Stewart at Bussora, and said to come from Babylon, presented by Mr. Hume, 5th April 1809. "As. Res. Vol. XVII, 1832, App. p. 621. |