Among the most usual are figures which represent either Mylitta (Bettis), or Ishtar.
They are made in a fine terra cotta, which has turned of a pale red in baking, and are colored with a cretaceous coating, so as greatly to resemble Greek pottery.

Another type is that of an old man, bearded, and with hands clasped, which we may perhaps identify with Nebo, the Assyrian Mercury, since his statues in the British Museum have a somewhat similar character.

Other forms are the fish-god Nin, or Nin-ip [PLATE LXIV., Fig.

1]; and the deities, not yet identified, which were found by M.Botta under the pavement-bricks at Khorsahad.

[PLATE LXIV., Fig.