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horse. Before the partition-walls: fragment of an ancient Babylonian
memorial stone with a relief of the primaeval king Gudea; Babylonian
tiles (from Tello) with cuneiform inscriptions dating back to 3000 B.C.;
tile with the stamp of Nebuchadnezzar (601-561). — At the end of Room I.:
Punic tomb-stone, with Latin and Punic inscriptions; two colossal lions
from Sendjerli (see below); in front, fragment of a colossal statue of
King Panammu from N. Syria (ca. 720 B.C.); statue of the God Hadad,
with ancient Aramaic inscription; to the right, memorial stone of the
Armenian King Rusas I. (ca. 720). — On the right side of the room are
the so-called Hittite Sculptures, discovered in lsss-91 in N. Syria (Send¬
jerli) and Asia Minor, some dating from between 1000 and 2000 B.C.
These are mainly mural reliefs (lion-hunt; deities with animals' heads);
several bear ancient Aramaic inscriptions (King Barrakub with attendants);
wine vessel, double sphinx as base of a column. — In the middle: cast
of a diorite slab found in 1901 at Susa, with the laws of King Ham¬
murabi (ca. 2500 B.C.), the oldest existing civil code (original in the
Louvre); eight enamelled slabs of brick with animals, from a triumphal
avenue at Babylon. Monument of victory of the Assyrian king Asarhaddon
(681-668). — On the Staircase are casts of Assyrian monuments, chiefly
from Nimroud.
First Floor. To the left, casts of antiquities from Assyria, Phoenicia,
and S. Arabia; to the right, casts from Cyprus, Persia, and Kommagene in
Syria, and also of Hittite sculptures (see above). Among the most valuable
originals are (in Niche F, to the left) the terracotta tablets found at El-
Amarna in Central Egypt, consisting of letters addressed by Asiatic
princes (one being from Jerusalem) and Egyptian vassals to the Pharaohs
Amenophis III. and IV. (ca. 1400 B.C.). Niche G: Babylonian terracotta
tablets (commercial documents, list of words, ground-plan of a palace).
Niche H: Antiquities from Palmyra (3rd cent. A.D.); seals from N. Syria,
Cyprus, and Chaldaaa. Niche J: Leaden coffin from Jerusalem; Armenian
bronzes. To the right (Niches K and L): Sculptures (and casts) from
the tomb of King Antiochus I. of Kommagene (69-34 B.C.). In the
centre, Babylonian inscribed cylinders, particularly cylinders commemo¬
rating the buildings of Nebuchadnezzar ((K)4-5i'.2) and Nabonedus (555-538);
terracotta dishes with magic spells.
d. The National GaUery.
Admission, see p. 38. Lift to the upper stories sec p. 87. — The offioial
Catalogue (1908, VU JC) includes also works which are not exhibited.
The large edition (2'/a M) also contains short biographical and other
notices and 300 illustrations. The names of the artists and the subjects
represented are given on each work.
To the E. of the New Museum, in the centre of a square sur¬
rounded with Doric colonnades and embellished with flower-beds,
rises the **N"ational Gallery (PI. R, 2(1), designed by Stiller in
accordance with a plan of Frederick William IV., and built by
Struck in 1X66-76. The building is of red sandstone, and erected in
the form of a Corinthian temple, 206 ft. long and 102 ft. wide,
elevated on a basement 39 ft. in height. At the S. end is a portico
of eight columns, and at the X. a semicircular apse. The sculptures
arc by M. Schulz, Calandrelli, and Moser. At the top of the
imposing flight of steps in front of the S. facade is an Equestrian
Statue of Frederick William IV., by Calandrelli (lssr,), with
allegorical figures of religion, history, science, and art on the
pedestal. — Several sculptures, mostly in bronze, have been placed